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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
VenueBeijing National Stadium
Dates27 August (qualification)
29 August (final)
Competitors31 from 20 nations
Winning distance67.40
Medalists
gold medal Piotr Małachowski   Poland
silver medal Philip Milanov   Belgium
bronze medal Robert Urbanek   Poland
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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 edit

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 Małachowski (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 edit

Entry standards[5]
65.00

Schedule edit

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

All times are local times (UTC+8)

Results edit

Qualification edit

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 Al-Zenkawi   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 edit

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 edit

  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
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