| Event: | Men's discus throw |
| Games: | 2022 |
| Venue: | Alexander Stadium |
| Dates: | 2 August (qualification) 4 August (final) |
| Competitors: | 15 |
| Nations: | 13 |
| Win Label: | Winning distance |
| Win Value: | 67.26 |
| Gold: | Matthew Denny |
| Goldcga: | AUS |
| Silver: | Lawrence Okoye |
| Silvercga: | ENG |
| Bronze: | Traves Smikle |
| Bronzecga: | JAM |
| Prev: | 2018 |
| Next: | 2026 |
The men's discus throw at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, as part of the athletics programme, took place in the Alexander Stadium on 2 and 4 August 2022.
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Games records were as follows:
| World record | 74.08 m | Neubrandenburg, East Germany | 6 June 1986 | ||
| Commonwealth record | 70.78 m | Rabat, Morocco | 16 June 2019 | ||
| Games record | 68.20 m | Gold Coast, Australia | 13 April 2018 |
The schedule was as follows:[1]
| Date | Time | Round | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuesday 2 August 2022 | 11:34 | Qualification | ||||
| style=background:lemonchiffon | Thursday 4 August 2022 | style=background:lemonchiffon | 20:35 | style=background:lemonchiffon | Final |
Across two groups, those who threw ≥65.00 m (Q) or at least the 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final.[2]
| Rank | Group | Athlete |
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| Result | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | 63.52 | 64.90 | 64.90 | q | |||
| 2 | B | 61.84 | 62.93 | 64.63 | 64.63 | q | ||
| 3 | B | 62.14 | 63.79 | 63.79 | q | |||
| 4 | A | 63.20 | 62.56 | 63.20 | q | |||
| 5 | A | 59.48 | 60.68 | 59.10 | 60.68 | q | ||
| 6 | B | 53.77 | 53.65 | 59.47 | 59.47 | q | ||
| 7 | B | 58.87 | 58.87 | q | ||||
| 8 | B | 58.35 | 58.35 | q | ||||
| 9 | B | 57.26 | 57.17 | 57.99 | 57.99 | q | ||
| 10 | A | 52.75 | 57.93 | 57.93 | q | |||
| 11 | A | 57.40 | 55.83 | 57.40 | q | |||
| 12 | A | 56.51 | 56.51 | q | ||||
| 13 | A | 55.02 | 55.54 | 55.54 | ||||
| 14 | B | 50.42 | 53.32 | 53.32 | ||||
| 15 | A | 48.19 | 48.19 |
The medals were determined in the final.[3]
| Rank | Name |
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| Result | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 65.26 | 66.61 | 66.72 | 65.83 | 67.24 | 67.26 | 67.26 | ||||
| 64.97 | 64.34 | 64.99 | 64.99 | |||||||
| 57.12 | 60.08 | 61.72 | 64.58 | 62.39 | 61.71 | 64.58 | ||||
| 4 | 62.17 | 61.74 | 64.56 | 61.94 | 61.50 | 64.56 | ||||
| 5 | 61.98 | 63.53 | 60.65 | 61.67 | 59.25 | 63.53 | ||||
| 6 | 58.58 | 62.15 | 59.60 | 62.15 | ||||||
| 7 | 62.08 | 61.27 | 59.83 | 60.36 | 60.17 | 59.06 | 62.08 | |||
| 8 | 59.44 | 58.88 | 60.23 | 58.84 | 60.23 | |||||
| 9 | 58.91 | 59.53 | 56.96 | 59.53 | ||||||
| 10 | 49.82 | 57.98 | 57.98 | |||||||
| 11 | 57.97 | 55.88 | 57.97 | |||||||
| 12 | 57.80 | 56.88 | 57.00 | 57.80 |