# 2022 World Athletics Championships – Men's discus throw

The men's discus throw at the 2022 World Athletics Championships was held at the Hayward Field in Eugene on 17 and 19 July 2022.

## 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 | Daniel Ståhl (SWE) | 71.47 m | Uppsala, Sweden | 21 June 2022 |
| 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 | Benn Harradine (AUS) | 68.20 m | Townsville, Australia | 10 May 2013 |
The following records were set at the competition:
| Record | Perf. | Athlete | Nat. | Date |
| Championship record | 71.13 | Kristjan Čeh | Slovenia (SLO) | 19 Jul 2022 |

## Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 66.00 m.

## Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC−7), was as follows:
| Date | Time | Round |
| 17 July | 17:05 | Qualification |
| 19 July | 18:33 | Final |

## Results
### Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 66.00 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final.
| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | Round | Round | Round | Mark | Notes |
| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | Mark | Notes |
| 1 | A | Mykolas Alekna | Lithuania (LTU) | 65.78 | 68.91 | | 68.91 | Q |
| 2 | A | Kristjan Čeh | Slovenia (SLO) | 68.23 | | | 68.23 | Q |
| 3 | A | Simon Pettersson | Sweden (SWE) | 63.71 | 68.11 | | 68.11 | Q, SB |
| 4 | A | Matthew Denny | Australia (AUS) | 64.89 | 66.98 | | 66.98 | Q |
| 5 | B | Andrius Gudžius | Lithuania (LTU) | 64.21 | 66.60 | | 66.60 | Q |
| 6 | B | Lukas Weißhaidinger | Austria (AUT) | 66.51 | | | 66.51 | Q |
| 7 | B | Daniel Ståhl | Sweden (SWE) | x | 65.95 | x | 65.95 | q |
| 8 | A | Sam Mattis | United States (USA) | 61.87 | 65.59 | 62.30 | 65.59 | q |
| 9 | A | Alin Firfirică | Romania (ROM) | 59.48 | 64.14 | 65.54 | 65.54 | q, SB |
| 10 | B | Fedrick Dacres | Jamaica (JAM) | 58.87 | 63.36 | 64.49 | 64.49 | q |
| 11 | A | Traves Smikle | Jamaica (JAM) | 64.21 | 63.16 | x | 64.21 | q |
| 12 | A | Alex Rose | Samoa (SAM) | 63.11 | 64.14 | 63.97 | 64.14 | q |
| 13 | A | Lawrence Okoye | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 63.57 | x | 59.89 | 63.57 | |
| 14 | B | Nicholas Percy | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 58.30 | 62.90 | 63.20 | 63.20 | |
| 15 | A | Marek Bárta | Czech Republic (CZE) | 62.90 | 61.58 | 56.68 | 62.90 | |
| 16 | A | Apostolos Parellis | Cyprus (CYP) | 62.46 | 61.32 | 61.27 | 62.46 | |
| 17 | B | Martin Wierig | Germany (GER) | 60.52 | 60.86 | 62.28 | 62.28 | |
| 18 | B | Andrew Evans | United States (USA) | 59.31 | 62.20 | 62.18 | 62.20 | |
| 19 | B | Henrik Janssen | Germany (GER) | 61.85 | 60.30 | 60.36 | 61.85 | |
| 20 | B | Claudio Romero | Chile (CHI) | 61.69 | x | x | 61.69 | |
| 21 | B | Philip Milanov | Belgium (BEL) | x | 61.22 | 61.47 | 61.47 | |
| 22 | B | Mario Díaz | Cuba (CUB) | 57.72 | 58.35 | 60.83 | 60.83 | |
| 23 | B | Martin Marković | Croatia (CRO) | x | 57.74 | 60.59 | 60.59 | |
| 24 | B | Victor Hogan | South Africa (RSA) | 60.51 | x | 59.83 | 60.51 | |
| 25 | A | Chad Wright | Jamaica (JAM) | 59.14 | x | 60.31 | 60.31 | |
| 26 | B | Mauricio Ortega | Colombia (COL) | 59.47 | x | 59.91 | 59.91 | |
| 27 | A | Werner Visser | South Africa (RSA) | 58.44 | x | x | 58.44 | |
| 28 | B | Brian Williams | United States (USA) | x | 56.40 | 58.25 | 58.25 | |
| 29 | A | Torben Brandt | Germany (GER) | 54.11 | 53.42 | x | 54.11 | |
| | B | Lucas Nervi | Chile (CHI) | x | x | x | NM | |

### Final

The final will take place on 19 July at 18:36.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Round | Round | Round | Round | Round | Round | Mark | Notes |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Mark | Notes |
| | Kristjan Čeh | Slovenia (SLO) | 65.27 | 69.02 | 71.13 | 68.95 | 70.51 | 67.57 | 71.13 | CR |
| | Mykolas Alekna | Lithuania (LTU) | 66.64 | 67.87 | 67.28 | 69.27 | x | x | 69.27 | |
| | Andrius Gudžius | Lithuania (LTU) | 67.31 | 66.06 | x | 67.55 | x | x | 67.55 | |
| 4 | Daniel Ståhl | Sweden (SWE) | 66.59 | 65.99 | x | 65.39 | 67.10 | 66.86 | 67.10 | |
| 5 | Simon Pettersson | Sweden (SWE) | x | 67.00 | x | x | x | x | 67.00 | |
| 6 | Matthew Denny | Australia (AUS) | 61.55 | 65.50 | 66.29 | 65.56 | 65.49 | 66.47 | 66.47 | |
| 7 | Alin Firfirică | Romania (ROM) | 65.10 | 63.80 | 62.58 | x | x | 65.57 | 65.57 | SB |
| 8 | Alex Rose | Samoa (SAM) | 65.57 | 64.17 | 63.41 | 62.78 | x | 61.16 | 65.57 | |
| 9 | Fedrick Dacres | Jamaica (JAM) | 64.85 | 63.25 | 64.79 | | | | 64.85 | |
| 10 | Lukas Weißhaidinger | Austria (AUT) | 61.72 | 63.98 | 62.45 | | | | 63.98 | |
| 11 | Sam Mattis | United States (USA) | 60.89 | 63.19 | 62.82 | | | | 63.19 | |
| 12 | Traves Smikle | Jamaica (JAM) | x | 62.23 | x | | | | 62.23 | |