# 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.
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.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:
| 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

* Entry standards
* 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.
| 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

The final was started at 19:50
| 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 | |