The men's discus throw at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 27 and 29 August.Start list
Three time defending champion Robert Harting is not competing due to knee surgery. This opens opportunities for others. Returning silver medalist Piotr Małachowski is the world leader hoping to move up a notch. In the trials, it took Fedrick Dacres one toss to make an automatic qualifier; Małachowski took three attempts to do so, yet no other competitors were able to throw automatic qualifiers.
In the finals, Małachowski took the lead on the second throw of the competition with a 65.09, the next thrower was Dacres who put out a 64.22. Later in the round, 36-year-old Gerd Kanter threw 64.82 to take over second. In the second round Małachowski solidified his lead by throwing 67.40 which turned out to be the gold medal-winning throw. Three throws later Apostolos Parellis threw 64.55 to take over third. In the third round, Philip Milanov popped a 66.90 Belgian National Record to take over second place. There were no other fireworks until the fifth round when Małachowski's Polish teammate, Robert Urbanek got off a 65.18 to claim the bronze medal.
Records Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:
World record74.08Neubrandenburg, East Germany6 June 1986Championship record70.17Helsinki, Finland7 August 2005World leading68.29 Cetniewo, Poland1 August 2015African record70.32Salon-de-Provence, France26 May 2002Asian record69.32Tallinn, Estonia3 June 2008North, Central American and Caribbean record72.34Stockholm, Sweden7 July 1981South American record66.32Rosario, Argentina15 April 2006European record74.08Neubrandenburg, East Germany6 June 1986Oceanian record68.20Townsville, Australia10 May 2013
Qualification standards Entry standards 65.00
Schedule Date Time Round27 August 2015 09:30 Qualification29 August 2015 19:40 Final
Results Qualification Qualification: 65.00 m (Q) and at least 12 best (q) advanced to the final.Qualification results
Rank Group Name Nationality # 1 # 2 # 3 Mark Notes 1 A Fedrick Dacres 65.77 65.77 2 A Piotr Małachowski 59.08 65.59 65.59 3 B Gerd Kanter 64.78 61.94 64.78 4 A Apostolos Parellis 63.93 64.41 63.25 64.41 5 B Robert Urbanek 62.97 64.23 64.23 6 B Christoph Harting 64.23 64.23 7 A Vikas Gowda 63.86 63.84 63.86 8 A Philip Milanov 62.20 63.85 63.85 9 A Daniel Ståhl 62.66 61.22 62.06 62.66 10 A Julian Wruck 60.84 60.80 62.63 62.63 11 B Mauricio Ortega 58.81 62.54 62.54 12 B Benn Harradine 60.75 62.48 62.48 13 A Victor Hogan 62.41 62.33 62.41 14 A Andrius Gudžius 59.64 58.25 62.22 62.22 15 B Daniel Jasinski 57.65 61.53 61.70 61.70 16 A Martin Kupper 60.23 61.59 59.98 61.59 17 B Chad Wright 60.78 61.53 61.23 61.53 18 A Zoltán Kővágó 56.19 61.37 61.37 19 A Martin Wierig 61.35 61.35 20 A Lukas Weißhaidinger 60.68 61.26 60.62 61.26 21 A Ronald Julião 61.02 59.71 59.28 61.02 22 B Jason Morgan 60.85 60.81 60.02 60.85 23 B Axel Härstedt 60.52 60.52 24 B Ehsan Haddadi 60.39 60.39 25 B Alex Rose 57.78 59.07 59.07 26 B Russell Winger 56.08 53.16 58.69 58.69 27 B Essa Al-Zenkawi 58.44 58.68 57.64 58.68 28 B Lois Maikel Martínez 58.01 57.91 58.01 29 B Jared Schuurmans 55.95 57.71 57.74 57.74 30 B Gerhard Mayer 57.73 57.73 A Rodney Brown
Final The final was started at 19:50Final results
Rank Name Nationality # 1 # 2 # 3 # 4 # 5 # 6 Mark Notes Piotr Małachowski 65.09 67.40 62.04 64.40 64.59 64.84 67.40 Philip Milanov 60.06 64.38 66.90 62.32 65.67 66.90 Robert Urbanek 60.47 61.58 64.14 64.62 65.18 65.18 Gerd Kanter 64.82 63.52 63.95 64.01 64.65 64.82 Daniel Ståhl 61.74 60.42 64.42 64.73 64.73 Apostolos Parellis 63.20 64.55 63.63 63.46 64.39 62.66 64.55 Fedrick Dacres 64.22 59.80 62.74 61.73 64.22 Christoph Harting 63.94 63.55 63.94 Vikas Gowda 60.28 62.24 62.24 10 Benn Harradine 58.15 62.05 62.05 11 Mauricio Ortega 13.10 62.01 62.01 12 Julian Wruck 59.74 60.01 56.78 60.01
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