2015 World Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw

The men's discus throw at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 27 and 29 August.[1][2]

Men's discus throw at the 2015 World Championships
Discus medalists L-R Milanov, Małachowski, Urbanek
Venue	Beijing National Stadium
Dates	27 August (qualification) 29 August (final)
Competitors	31 from 20 nations
Winning distance	67.40
Medalists
Piotr Małachowski    Poland   Philip Milanov    Belgium   Robert Urbanek    Poland

Three time defending champion Robert Harting and his exuberant celebrations would not be here due to knee surgery, opening up 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, but nobody else could get there.

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.[3]

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:[4]

World record	Jürgen Schult (GDR)	74.08	Neubrandenburg, East Germany	6 June 1986
Championship record	Virgilijus Alekna (LTU)	70.17	Helsinki, Finland	7 August 2005
World leading	Piotr Malachowski (POL)	68.29	Cetniewo, Poland	1 August 2015
African record	Frantz Kruger (RSA)	70.32	Salon-de-Provence, France	26 May 2002
Asian record	Ehsan Haddadi (IRI)	69.32	Tallinn, Estonia	3 June 2008
North, Central American and Caribbean record	Ben Plucknett (USA)	72.34	Stockholm, Sweden	7 July 1981
South American record	Jorge Balliengo (ARG)	66.32	Rosario, Argentina	15 April 2006
European record	Jürgen Schult (GDR)	74.08	Neubrandenburg, East Germany	6 June 1986
Oceanian record	Benn Harradine (AUS)	68.20	Townsville, Australia	10 May 2013

Qualification standards

Entry standards[5]
65.00

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
27 August 2015	09:30	Qualification
29 August 2015	19:40	Final

All times are local times (UTC+8)

Results

Qualification

Qualification: 65.00 m (Q) and at least 12 best (q) advanced to the final.[6]

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	# 1	# 2	# 3	Mark	Notes
1	A	Fedrick Dacres	Jamaica (JAM)	65.77			65.77	Q
2	A	Piotr Małachowski	Poland (POL)	x	59.08	65.59	65.59	Q
3	B	Gerd Kanter	Estonia (EST)	x	64.78	61.94	64.78	q
4	A	Apostolos Parellis	Cyprus (CYP)	63.93	64.41	63.25	64.41	q
5	B	Robert Urbanek	Poland (POL)	62.97	64.23	x	64.23	q
6	B	Christoph Harting	Germany (GER)	64.23	–	–	64.23	q
7	A	Vikas Gowda	India (IND)	63.86	63.84	x	63.86	q
8	A	Philip Milanov	Belgium (BEL)	x	62.20	63.85	63.85	q
9	A	Daniel Ståhl	Sweden (SWE)	62.66	61.22	62.06	62.66	q
10	A	Julian Wruck	Australia (AUS)	60.84	60.80	62.63	62.63	q
11	B	Mauricio Ortega	Colombia (COL)	58.81	x	62.54	62.54	q
12	B	Benn Harradine	Australia (AUS)	60.75	62.48	x	62.48	q
13	A	Victor Hogan	South Africa (RSA)	62.41	x	62.33	62.41
14	A	Andrius Gudžius	Lithuania (LTU)	59.64	58.25	62.22	62.22
15	B	Daniel Jasinski	Germany (GER)	57.65	61.53	61.70	61.70
16	A	Martin Kupper	Estonia (EST)	60.23	61.59	59.98	61.59
17	B	Chad Wright	Jamaica (JAM)	60.78	61.53	61.23	61.53
18	A	Zoltán Kővágó	Hungary (HUN)	56.19	x	61.37	61.37
19	A	Martin Wierig	Germany (GER)	61.35	x	x	61.35
20	A	Lukas Weißhaidinger	Austria (AUT)	60.68	61.26	60.62	61.26
21	A	Ronald Julião	Brazil (BRA)	61.02	59.71	59.28	61.02
22	B	Jason Morgan	Jamaica (JAM)	60.85	60.81	60.02	60.85
23	B	Axel Härstedt	Sweden (SWE)	60.52	x	x	60.52
24	B	Ehsan Haddadi	Iran (IRI)	60.39	x	x	60.39
25	B	Alex Rose	Samoa (SAM)	57.78	59.07	x	59.07
26	B	Russell Winger	United States (USA)	56.08	53.16	58.69	58.69
27	B	Essa Mohammed al-Zankawi	Kuwait (KUW)	58.44	58.68	57.64	58.68
28	B	Lois Maikel Martínez	Spain (ESP)	58.01	57.91	x	58.01
29	B	Jared Schuurmans	United States (USA)	55.95	57.71	57.74	57.74
30	B	Gerhard Mayer	Austria (AUT)	x	57.73	x	57.73
	A	Rodney Brown	United States (USA)	x	x	x	NM

Final

The final was started at 19:50[7]

Rank	Name	Nationality	# 1	# 2	# 3	# 4	# 5	# 6	Mark	Notes
	Piotr Małachowski	Poland (POL)	65.09	67.40	62.04	64.40	64.59	64.84	67.40
	Philip Milanov	Belgium (BEL)	60.06	64.38	66.90	x	62.32	65.67	66.90	NR
	Robert Urbanek	Poland (POL)	60.47	61.58	64.14	64.62	65.18	x	65.18
4	Gerd Kanter	Estonia (EST)	64.82	63.52	63.95	64.01	64.65	x	64.82
5	Daniel Ståhl	Sweden (SWE)	61.74	60.42	64.42	64.73	x	x	64.73	SB
6	Apostolos Parellis	Cyprus (CYP)	63.20	64.55	63.63	63.46	64.39	62.66	64.55
7	Fedrick Dacres	Jamaica (JAM)	64.22	59.80	x	62.74	61.73	x	64.22
8	Christoph Harting	Germany (GER)	63.94	63.55	x	x	x	x	63.94
9	Vikas Gowda	India (IND)	60.28	x	62.24				62.24
10	Benn Harradine	Australia (AUS)	58.15	x	62.05				62.05
11	Mauricio Ortega	Colombia (COL)	13.10	x	62.01				62.01
12	Julian Wruck	Australia (AUS)	59.74	60.01	56.78				60.01

References

1. "Beijing 2015: Timetable". Beijing 2015. 11 August 2015. Archived from the original on 1 December 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
2. Start list
3. "REPORT: MEN'S DISCUS FINAL – IAAF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, BEIJING 2015". iaaf.org. 29 August 2015. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
4. "Records & Lists – Discus Throw". IAAF. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
5. IAAF World Championships Beijing 2015 – Standards (PDF), IAAF, 2014, retrieved 18 August 2015
6. Qualification results
7. Final results