# 2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's discus throw

The men's discus throw at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha from 28 to 30 September 2019.

## Summary

Coming in to these championships, Daniel Ståhl dominated the season both with the best throw and the best group of throws. A full metre behind him was Fedrick Dacres and Lukas Weißhaidinger was a further two and a half metres behind him. That form held true in the qualifying round as Ståhl was the only automatic qualifier.
As the first thrower, Ståhl set the early standard with a 66.59m. Near the end of the round, Weißhaidinger answered with a 66.74m to take the first round lead. Starting the second round, Ståhl answered back with a 67.18m. Three throws later, Dacres joined the battle with a 66.94m, but that would turn out to be his best of the day. Three throws later Apostolos Parellis joined the 66 metre crowd for the first time adding 63 cm to his national record. The third round saw Ståhl lead off with the winner 67.59 m (221 ft 9 in). Later Weißhaidinger improved his standing to 66.82m. And the last thrower Alin Firfirică displaced Parellis with a 66.46m. With three more rounds in the competition, none of the leaders would improve their position. The podium matched the three world leaders.

## Records

Before the competition records were as follows:
| 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) | 71.86 m | Bottnaryd, Sweden | 29 June 2019 |
| 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 | Jorge Balliengo (ARG) | 66.32 m | Rosario, Argentina | 15 April 2006 |
| 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 |

## Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 65.00 m.

## Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), was as follows:
| Date | Time | Round |
| 28 September | 16:15 | Qualification |
| 30 September | 21:15 | Final |

## Results
### Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 65.60 (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 | B | Daniel Ståhl | Sweden (SWE) | x | 67.88 | | 67.88 | Q |
| 2 | A | Fedrick Dacres | Jamaica (JAM) | 65.44 | 64.26 | x | 65.44 | q |
| 3 | B | Matthew Denny | Australia (AUS) | 64.48 | 60.94 | 65.08 | 65.08 | q |
| 4 | A | Alin Firfirică | Romania (ROM) | 64.55 | 65.05 | x | 65.05 | q |
| 5 | B | Ehsan Haddadi | Iran (IRI) | 64.84 | 63.05 | 61.29 | 64.84 | q |
| 6 | B | Ola Stunes Isene | Norway (NOR) | 58.43 | 64.54 | 63.33 | 64.54 | q |
| 7 | A | Apostolos Parellis | Cyprus (CYP) | 64.03 | x | 64.50 | 64.50 | q |
| 8 | B | Andrius Gudžius | Lithuania (LTU) | 64.14 | 63.28 | x | 64.14 | q |
| 9 | B | Sam Mattis | United States (USA) | x | 63.96 | 60.89 | 63.96 | q |
| 10 | A | Simon Pettersson | Sweden (SWE) | 63.65 | 61.98 | 62.43 | 63.65 | q |
| 11 | A | Martin Wierig | Germany (GER) | 60.63 | 63.65 | 62.03 | 63.65 | q |
| 12 | A | Lukas Weißhaidinger | Austria (AUT) | 59.94 | 63.31 | 60.77 | 63.31 | q |
| 13 | A | Mason Finley | United States (USA) | x | 63.22 | x | 63.22 | |
| 14 | B | Christoph Harting | Germany (GER) | 60.31 | 62.04 | 63.08 | 63.08 | |
| 15 | B | Traves Smikle | Jamaica (JAM) | 62.24 | 62.25 | 62.93 | 62.93 | |
| 16 | A | David Wrobel | Germany (GER) | 62.43 | 61.47 | x | 62.43 | |
| 17 | A | Piotr Małachowski | Poland (POL) | x | 62.20 | 61.63 | 62.20 | |
| 18 | A | Danijel Furtula | Montenegro (MNE) | x | x | 62.12 | 62.12 | |
| 19 | A | Martin Kupper | Estonia (EST) | x | 62.10 | 61.71 | 62.10 | |
| 20 | B | Mauricio Ortega | Colombia (COL) | 61.92 | x | x | 61.92 | |
| 21 | B | Alex Rose | Samoa (SAM) | 61.80 | x | x | 61.80 | |
| 22 | B | Bartłomiej Stój | Poland (POL) | x | 61.21 | 61.79 | 61.79 | |
| 23 | B | Robert Urbanek | Poland (POL) | 61.55 | 61.78 | 61.35 | 61.78 | |
| 24 | B | Aleksey Khudyakov | Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA) | 61.27 | 60.52 | x | 61.27 | |
| 25 | A | Chad Wright | Jamaica (JAM) | 58.06 | 60.60 | 58.58 | 60.60 | |
| 26 | B | Jorge Fernández | Cuba (CUB) | 60.52 | x | 60.60 | 60.60 | |
| 27 | A | Brian Williams | United States (USA) | x | 60.48 | 59.12 | 60.48 | |
| 28 | A | János Huszák | Hungary (HUN) | 58.17 | 54.67 | 60.45 | 60.45 | |
| 29 | A | Philip Milanov | Belgium (BEL) | 60.24 | 60.05 | x | 60.24 | |
| 30 | B | Giovanni Faloci | Italy (ITA) | 58.83 | x | 59.77 | 59.77 | |
| 31 | B | Kristjan Čeh | Slovenia (SLO) | 59.55 | x | x | 59.55 | |
| 32 | A | Guðni Valur Guðnason | Iceland (ISL) | x | 53.91 | x | 53.91 | |

### Final

The final was started on 30 September at 21:15.
| 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) | 66.59 | 67.18 | 67.59 | 65.83 | x | 67.05 | 67.59 | |
| | Fedrick Dacres | Jamaica (JAM) | 64.97 | 66.94 | 64.67 | 63.50 | 62.85 | x | 66.94 | |
| | Lukas Weißhaidinger | Austria (AUT) | 66.74 | x | 66.82 | x | 63.74 | 66.35 | 66.82 | |
| 4 | Alin Firfirică | Romania (ROM) | 63.94 | x | 66.46 | 65.19 | 63.95 | 64.16 | 66.46 | |
| 5 | Apostolos Parellis | Cyprus (CYP) | 64.76 | 66.32 | 64.56 | x | 64.86 | 65.66 | 66.32 | NR |
| 6 | Matthew Denny | Australia (AUS) | 65.43 | 63.03 | x | 64.38 | x | x | 65.43 | PB |
| 7 | Ehsan Haddadi | Iran (IRI) | 63.80 | 63.80 | 62.51 | 64.29 | 65.16 | 63.32 | 65.16 | |
| 8 | Martin Wierig | Germany (GER) | 64.31 | x | 62.70 | x | x | 64.98 | 64.98 | |
| 9 | Simon Pettersson | Sweden (SWE) | 59.71 | 61.81 | 63.72 | | | | 63.72 | |
| 10 | Ola Stunes Isene | Norway (NOR) | 62.95 | x | 63.67 | | | | 63.67 | |
| 11 | Sam Mattis | United States (USA) | x | 63.15 | 63.42 | | | | 63.42 | |
| 12 | Andrius Gudžius | Lithuania (LTU) | x | 61.55 | x | | | | 61.55 | |