Athletics at the 2019 Pan American Games – Men's discus throw explained

Event:	Men's discus throw
Games:	2019
Venue:	Athletics Stadium
Dates:	August 6
Competitors:	10
Nations:	8
Win Value:	67.68 m
Win Label:	Winning distance
Gold:	Fedrick Dacres
Goldnoc:	JAM
Silver:	Traves Smikle
Silvernoc:	JAM
Bronze:	Reginald Jagers III
Bronzenoc:	USA
Prev:	2015
Next:	2023

The men's discus throw competition of the athletics events at the 2019 Pan American Games took place on the 6th of August at the 2019 Pan American Games Athletics Stadium. The defending Pan American Games champion is Fedrick Dacres from Jamaica.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:

World record		74.08 m	Neubrandenburg, East Germany	June 6, 1986
Pan American Games record		67.32 m	Caracas, Venezuela	August 25, 1983

Results

All times shown are in meters.

KEY:

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Q

Qualified

NR

National record

PB

Personal best

SB

Seasonal best

DQ

Disqualified

Final

The results were as follows:^[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	1	2	3	4	5	6	Mark	Notes
			66.14	67.68	x	65.02	65.07	x	67.68	PR
			62.96	x	64.23	63.92	65.02	63.48	65.02
			x	64.48	x	x	x	x	64.48
4			63.21	64.24	63.73	63.58	62.42	62.33	64.24
5			58.69	61.15	59.91	x	x	x	61.15
6			56.92	57.81	x	x	x	x	57.81
7			56.92	x	55.31	55.88	55.20	56.61	56.92
8			x	47.26	x	x	48.76	48.39	48.76
			x	x	x				NM
			x	x	x				NM

Notes and References

1. Web site: Men's discus throw − Results. www.lima2019.pe. Lima Organizing Committee for the 2019 Pan and Parapan American Games (COPAL). 15 Aug 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190807030954/https://wrsd.lima2019.pe/PAG2019/resPAG2019/pdf/PAG2019/ATH/PAG2019_ATH_C73S_ATHMDISCUS------------FNL-000100--.pdf. 7 August 2019. dead.