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Men's discus throw
at the 2017 World Championships
VenueOlympic Stadium
Dates4 August (qualification)
5 August (final)
Competitors32 from 23 nations
Winning distance69.21
Medalists
gold medal Andrius Gudžius   Lithuania
silver medal Daniel Ståhl   Sweden
bronze medal Mason Finley   United States
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The men's discus throw at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics will be held at the Olympic Stadium on 4–5 August.[1]

The winning margin was 2 cm which as of 2024 is the only time the men's discus has been won by less than 25 cm at these championships.

Summary

The first throw of the final was a personal best by American Mason Finley, 67.07 metres. It only held the lead for two throwers until Andrius Gudžius threw 67.52 metres. Those held up through the round. At the start of the second round, Finley added almost another metre to his personal best, throwing 68.03 metres. The next thrower, world leader Daniel Ståhl went better throwing 69.19 metres. The next thrower was Gudžius, who edged two centimetres further with a 69.21 metres. Those three throws at the start of the second round were the medals. No other athlete came within two metres of Finley for bronze.

Records

Before the competition records were as follows:[2]

Record Perf. Athlete Nat. Date Location
World 74.08 Jürgen Schult  GDR 6 Jun 1986 Neubrandenburg, East Germany
Championship 70.17 Virgilijus Alekna  LTU 7 Aug 2005 Helsinki, Finland
World leading 71.29 Daniel Ståhl  SWE 29 Jun 2017 Sollentuna, Sweden
African 70.32 Frantz Kruger  RSA 26 May 2002 Salon-de-Provence, France
Asian 69.32 Ehsan Haddadi  IRI 3 Jun 2008 Tallinn, Estonia
NACAC 72.34 Ben Plucknett  USA 7 Jul 1981 Stockholm, Sweden
South American 66.32 Jorge Balliengo  ARG 15 Apr 2006 Rosario, Argentina
European 74.08 Jürgen Schult  GDR 6 Jun 1986 Neubrandenburg, East Germany
Oceanian 68.20 Benn Harradine  AUS 10 May 2013 Townsville, Australia

No records were set at the competition.[3]

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 65.00 metres.[4]

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), was as follows:[5]

Date Time Round
4 August 20:45 Qualification
5 August 19:26 Final

Results

Qualification

The qualification round took place on 4 August, in 2 groups, with Group A starting at 19:20 and Group B starting at 20:49. attaining a mark of at least 64.50 metres ( Q ) or at least the 12 best performers ( q ) qualified for the final.[6] The overall results were as follows:[7]

Rank Group Name Nationality Round Mark Notes
1 2 3
1 A Daniel Ståhl  Sweden (SWE) 61.83 67.64 67.64 Q
2 B Andrius Gudžius  Lithuania (LTU) 67.01 67.01 Q
3 A Robert Harting  Germany (GER) 65.32 65.32 Q
4 A Piotr Małachowski  Poland (POL) 65.13 65.13 Q
5 B Fedrick Dacres  Jamaica (JAM) 64.46 64.28 64.82 64.82 Q
6 A Mason Finley  United States (USA) 63.98 64.76 64.76 Q
7 B Simon Pettersson  Sweden (SWE) 60.43 x 63.69 63.69 q
8 B Robert Urbanek  Poland (POL) 62.37 63.67 63.04 63.67 q
9 B Gerd Kanter  Estonia (EST) x 63.61 x 63.61 q
10 A Lukas Weißhaidinger  Austria (AUT) 63.57 x 61.48 63.57 q
11 A Apostolos Parellis  Cyprus (CYP) 63.36 62.68 62.67 63.36 q
12 A Traves Smikle  Jamaica (JAM) 63.23 x x 63.23 q
13 B Lolassonn Djouhan  France (FRA) 58.00 63.21 61.35 63.21
14 A Philip Milanov  Belgium (BEL) 62.94 x 63.16 63.16
15 A Ehsan Hadadi  Iran (IRI) 63.03 61.22 60.92 63.03
16 B Mauricio Ortega  Colombia (COL) x 62.34 62.97 62.97
17 A Martin Kupper  Estonia (EST) 59.49 62.11 62.71 62.71
18 B Victor Hogan  South Africa (RSA) 61.76 62.26 x 62.26
19 B Alex Rose  Samoa (SAM) 61.62 x 59.63 61.62
20 B Andrew Evans  United States (USA) 61.32 60.47 60.78 61.32
21 B Benn Harradine  Australia (AUS) 60.00 x 60.95 60.95
22 B Zoltán Kővágó  Hungary (HUN) 56.71 56.26 59.46 59.46
23 B Viktor Butenko  Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA) 59.29 x x 59.29
24 A Niklas Arrhenius  Sweden (SWE) 58.91 x 58.84 58.91
25 A Erik Cadée  Netherlands (NED) 58.19 x 58.90 58.90
26 A Sven Martin Skagestad  Norway (NOR) x 57.89 58.86 58.86
27 B Mustafa Al-Saamah  Iraq (IRQ) 57.77 56.38 58.40 58.40
28 A Mitchell Cooper  Australia (AUS) x 56.20 57.26 57.26
29 B Nicholas Percy  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) x 52.56 56.93 56.93
30 A Marshall Hall  New Zealand (NZL) x 56.64 54.20 56.64
A Rodney Brown  United States (USA) x x x NM
B Martin Wierig  Germany (GER) x x x NM

Final

The final took place on 5 August at 19:27. The results were as follows:[8]

Rank Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Mark Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Andrius Gudžius  Lithuania (LTU) 67.52 69.21 63.43 x 63.98 67.89 69.21 PB
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Daniel Ståhl  Sweden (SWE) x 69.19 66.58 68.57 x 63.06 69.19
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Mason Finley  United States (USA) 67.07 68.03 65.21 37.36 66.59 x 68.03 PB
4 Fedrick Dacres  Jamaica (JAM) 65.62 65.70 x 65.83 64.41 64.67 65.83
5 Piotr Małachowski  Poland (POL) 63.96 65.14 64.88 x 65.24 63.92 65.24
6 Robert Harting  Germany (GER) 65.10 x 64.75 x x x 65.10
7 Robert Urbanek  Poland (POL) 61.93 64.15 63.91 64.14 x 63.46 64.15
8 Traves Smikle  Jamaica (JAM) 63.64 64.04 x 62.28 x 63.37 64.04
9 Lukas Weißhaidinger  Austria (AUT) 63.76 62.75 x 63.76
10 Apostolos Parellis  Cyprus (CYP) 62.18 63.17 x 63.17
11 Simon Pettersson  Sweden (SWE) 55.58 60.39 x 60.39
12 Gerd Kanter  Estonia (EST) 59.72 60.00 x 60.00

References

  1. ^ Start list
  2. ^ "Discus Throw Men – Records". IAAF. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  3. ^ "Records Set - Final" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  4. ^ "Qualification System and Entry Standards" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  5. ^ "Discus Throw Men − Timetable". IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  6. ^ "Discus Throw Men − Qualification − Results" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  7. ^ "Discus Throw Men − Qualification − Summary" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  8. ^ "Discus Throw Men − Final − Results" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_World_Championships_in_Athletics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_discus_throw