# 2023 World Athletics Championships – Men's discus throw

The men's discus throw at the 2023 World Athletics Championships was held at the National Athletics Centre in Budapest on 19 and 21 August 2023.

## Summary

Nobody in the field was able to make the 66.50m automatic qualifier. In the first round of the final, Andrius Gudžius was the first over 65 with a 65.95m. The next thrower was the defending champion Kristjan Čeh. His 68.31m opened up a big lead. Near the end of the round, Matthew Denny moved into second with a 66.39m. In the second round, Gudžius improved to 66.16m, the Čeh made a big improvement in his lead to 69.27m. Daniel Ståhl stepped into second with at 66.58m, then Mykolas Alekna took it from him with 67.08m. In the third round, Fedrick Dacres moved into third with his 66.72m and the field was put into a new order.
In the fourth round, Denny tossed it 68.24m for a new second place. Then Ståhl pushed everybody down a notch by throwing 69.37m. Alekna moved into third with a 68.85m. Nobody improved in the fifth round so the field was reordered again. As the next to last thrower, Čeh finally got into the 70's barely at 70.02m to retake the lead. On the final throw of the competition, Ståhl launched the winner 71.46 m (234 ft 5 in), the #15 throw in history (Ståhl and Čeh already share #6, Alekna's father holds #2). 71.46m became the new Championship Record.

## Records

Before the competition records were as follows:
| Record | Athlete & Nat. | Perf. | Location | Date |
| World record | Jürgen Schult (GDR) | 74.08 m | Neubrandenburg, East Germany | 6 June 1986 |
| Championship record | Virgilijus Alekna (LTU) | 70.17 m | Helsinki, Finland | 7 August 2005 |
| World Leading | Kristjan Čeh (SLO) | 71.86 m | Jöhvi, Estonia | 16 June 2023 |
| African Record | Frantz Kruger (RSA) | 70.32 m | Salon-de-Provence, France | 26 May 2002 |
| Asian Record | Ehsan Hadadi (IRI) | 69.32 m | Tallinn, Estonia | 3 June 2008 |
| North, Central American and Caribbean record | Ben Plucknett (USA) | 71.32 m | Eugene, United States | 4 June 1983 |
| South American Record | Mauricio Ortega (COL) | 70.29 m | Lovelhe, Portugal | 22 July 2020 |
| European Record | Jürgen Schult (GDR) | 74.08 m | Neubrandenburg, East Germany | 6 June 1986 |
| Oceanian record | Alex Rose (SAM) | 70.39 m | Ramona, United States | 16 April 2023 |
The following records were set at the competition:
| Record | Perf. | Athlete | Nat. | Date |
| Championship record | 71.46 | Daniel Ståhl | Sweden (SWE) | 21 Aug 2023 |

## Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 67.00 m.

## Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+2), was as follows:
| Date | Time | Round |
| 19 August | 19:09 | Qualification |
| 21 August | 20:30 | Final |

## Results
### Qualification

Athletes attaining a mark of at least 66.50 metres ( Q ) or at least the 12 best performers ( q ) qualify for the final.
| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | Round | Round | Round | Mark | Notes |
| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | Mark | Notes |
| 1 | A | Daniel Ståhl | Sweden (SWE) | 64.58 | 66.25 | 64.99 | 66.25 | q |
| 2 | A | Mykolas Alekna | Lithuania (LTU) | 66.04 | x | 63.99 | 66.04 | q |
| 3 | B | Kristjan Čeh | Slovenia (SLO) | 65.95 | 65.18 | 65.29 | 65.95 | q |
| 4 | A | Traves Smikle | Jamaica (JAM) | 65.71 | 64.32 | 64.30 | 65.71 | q |
| 5 | B | Lukas Weißhaidinger | Austria (AUT) | 64.34 | 65.61 | 64.20 | 65.61 | q |
| 6 | B | Andrius Gudžius | Lithuania (LTU) | 65.50 | 64.57 | 63.68 | 65.50 | q |
| 7 | B | Fedrick Dacres | Jamaica (JAM) | 65.50 | 64.57 | 63.68 | 65.50 | q |
| 8 | B | Alex Rose | Samoa (SAM) | 65.50 | 64.57 | 63.68 | 65.50 | q |
| 9 | B | Matthew Denny | Australia (AUS) | 61.70 | x | 64.29 | 64.29 | q |
| 10 | A | Brian Williams [de] | United States (USA) | 63.85 | 61.42 | 61.09 | 63.85 | q, SB |
| 11 | A | Henrik Janssen | Germany (GER) | 61.96 | 62.97 | 63.79 | 63.79 | q |
| 12 | B | Connor Bell | New Zealand (NZL) | x | 63.72 | x | 63.72 | q |
| 13 | A | Lawrence Okoye | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | x | x | 63.66 | 63.66 | |
| 14 | B | Turner Washington | United States (USA) | 59.99 | 63.57 | 62.87 | 63.57 | |
| 15 | A | Sam Mattis | United States (USA) | 62.55 | 63.43 | 60.57 | 63.43 | |
| 16 | B | Steven Richter | Germany (GER) | 63.37 | 62.13 | x | 63.37 | |
| 17 | B | Daniel Jasinski | Germany (GER) | 62.54 | 63.36 | x | 63.36 | |
| 18 | A | Philip Milanov | Belgium (BEL) | 59.15 | 63.00 | x | 63.00 | |
| 19 | A | Rojé Stona | Jamaica (JAM) | 62.67 | x | 61.69 | 62.67 | |
| 20 | A | Martynas Alekna | Lithuania (LTU) | 58.44 | 62.57 | 58.06 | 62.57 | |
| 21 | B | Simon Pettersson | Sweden (SWE) | 62.53 | x | x | 62.53 | |
| 22 | A | Guðni Valur Guðnason | Iceland (ISL) | 59.97 | x | 62.28 | 62.28 | |
| 23 | B | Claudio Romero | Chile (CHI) | 62.24 | 61.60 | x | 62.24 | |
| 24 | A | Apostolos Parellis | Cyprus (CYP) | 61.94 | 62.10 | 60.86 | 62.10 | SB |
| 25 | B | Oskar Stachnik | Poland (POL) | 60.93 | 61.96 | 61.89 | 61.96 | |
| 26 | A | Martin Marković | Croatia (CRO) | x | 61.88 | 61.37 | 61.88 | |
| 27 | A | Victor Hogan | South Africa (RSA) | 60.09 | 61.80 | x | 61.80 | |
| 28 | A | Robert Urbanek | Poland (POL) | 61.20 | 61.30 | x | 61.30 | |
| 29 | A | Alin Firfirică | Romania (ROM) | x | 61.03 | x | 61.03 | |
| 30 | B | Róbert Szikszai | Hungary (HUN) | 60.64 | x | x | 60.64 | |
| 31 | A | Moaaz Mohamed Ibrahim | Qatar (QAT) | 60.40 | 57.81 | 60.11 | 60.40 | |
| 32 | A | Lucas Nervi | Chile (CHI) | 58.76 | 57.31 | 58.66 | 58.76 | |
| 33 | B | Mario Díaz | Cuba (CUB) | 56.59 | 56.75 | 58.03 | 58.03 | |
| 34 | B | Yasiel Sotero [es] | Spain (ESP) | 55.39 | 55.89 | 53.88 | 55.89 | |
| 35 | B | Juan José Caicedo | Ecuador (ECU) | x | x | 55.78 | 55.78 | |

### Final

Results:
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Round | Round | Round | Round | Round | Round | Mark | Notes |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Mark | Notes |
| | Daniel Ståhl | Sweden (SWE) | 63.01 | 66.58 | x | 69.37 | 67.56 | 71.46 | 71.46 | CR |
| | Kristjan Čeh | Slovenia (SLO) | 68.31 | 69.27 | x | 67.89 | 66.69 | 70.02 | 70.02 | |
| | Mykolas Alekna | Lithuania (LTU) | 65.23 | 67.08 | 64.37 | 68.85 | 68.07 | 68.07 | 68.85 | |
| 4 | Matthew Denny | Australia (AUS) | 66.39 | x | x | 68.24 | x | 65.92 | 68.24 | NR |
| 5 | Fedrick Dacres | Jamaica (JAM) | 65.74 | 64.60 | 66.72 | x | 63.89 | x | 66.72 | |
| 6 | Andrius Gudžius | Lithuania (LTU) | 65.95 | 66.16 | x | x | 63.98 | 66.13 | 66.16 | |
| 7 | Lukas Weißhaidinger | Austria (AUT) | 63.57 | 65.19 | 62.85 | 65.20 | 65.54 | x | 65.54 | |
| 8 | Henrik Janssen | Germany (GER) | 62.97 | 63.80 | 63.77 | x | x | 62.27 | 63.80 | |
| 9 | Brian Williams [de] | United States (USA) | 62.68 | 63.62 | x | | | | 63.62 | |
| 10 | Connor Bell | New Zealand (NZL) | 63.23 | x | 62.21 | | | | 63.23 | |
| 11 | Traves Smikle | Jamaica (JAM) | x | 61.90 | x | | | | 61.90 | |
| 12 | Alex Rose | Samoa (SAM) | x | x | 61.69 | | | | 61.69 | |