# 2017 World Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw

The men's discus throw at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics will be held at the Olympic Stadium on 4–5 August.
The winning margin was 2 cm which as of 2024 is the only time the men's discus has been won by less than 25 cm at these championships.

## Summary

The first throw of the final was a personal best by American Mason Finley, 67.07 metres. It only held the lead for two throwers until Andrius Gudžius threw 67.52 metres. Those held up through the round. At the start of the second round, Finley added almost another metre to his personal best, throwing 68.03 metres. The next thrower, world leader Daniel Ståhl went better throwing 69.19 metres. The next thrower was Gudžius, who edged two centimetres further with a 69.21 metres. Those three throws at the start of the second round were the medals. No other athlete came within two metres of Finley for bronze.

## Records

Before the competition records were as follows:
| Record | Perf. | Athlete | Nat. | Date | Location |
| World | 74.08 | Jürgen Schult | GDR | 6 Jun 1986 | Neubrandenburg, East Germany |
| Championship | 70.17 | Virgilijus Alekna | LTU | 7 Aug 2005 | Helsinki, Finland |
| World leading | 71.29 | Daniel Ståhl | SWE | 29 Jun 2017 | Sollentuna, Sweden |
| African | 70.32 | Frantz Kruger | RSA | 26 May 2002 | Salon-de-Provence, France |
| Asian | 69.32 | Ehsan Haddadi | IRI | 3 Jun 2008 | Tallinn, Estonia |
| NACAC | 72.34 | Ben Plucknett | USA | 7 Jul 1981 | Stockholm, Sweden |
| South American | 66.32 | Jorge Balliengo | ARG | 15 Apr 2006 | Rosario, Argentina |
| European | 74.08 | Jürgen Schult | GDR | 6 Jun 1986 | Neubrandenburg, East Germany |
| Oceanian | 68.20 | Benn Harradine | AUS | 10 May 2013 | Townsville, Australia |
No records were set at the competition.

## Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 65.00 metres.

## Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), was as follows:
| Date | Time | Round |
| 4 August | 20:45 | Qualification |
| 5 August | 19:26 | Final |

## Results
### Qualification

The qualification round took place on 4 August, in 2 groups, with Group A starting at 19:20 and Group B starting at 20:49. attaining a mark of at least 64.50 metres ( Q ) or at least the 12 best performers ( q ) qualified for the final. The overall results were as follows:
| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | Round | Round | Round | Mark | Notes |
| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | Mark | Notes |
| 1 | A | Daniel Ståhl | Sweden (SWE) | 61.83 | 67.64 | | 67.64 | Q |
| 2 | B | Andrius Gudžius | Lithuania (LTU) | 67.01 | | | 67.01 | Q |
| 3 | A | Robert Harting | Germany (GER) | 65.32 | | | 65.32 | Q |
| 4 | A | Piotr Małachowski | Poland (POL) | 65.13 | | | 65.13 | Q |
| 5 | B | Fedrick Dacres | Jamaica (JAM) | 64.46 | 64.28 | 64.82 | 64.82 | Q |
| 6 | A | Mason Finley | United States (USA) | 63.98 | 64.76 | | 64.76 | Q |
| 7 | B | Simon Pettersson | Sweden (SWE) | 60.43 | x | 63.69 | 63.69 | q |
| 8 | B | Robert Urbanek | Poland (POL) | 62.37 | 63.67 | 63.04 | 63.67 | q |
| 9 | B | Gerd Kanter | Estonia (EST) | x | 63.61 | x | 63.61 | q |
| 10 | A | Lukas Weißhaidinger | Austria (AUT) | 63.57 | x | 61.48 | 63.57 | q |
| 11 | A | Apostolos Parellis | Cyprus (CYP) | 63.36 | 62.68 | 62.67 | 63.36 | q |
| 12 | A | Traves Smikle | Jamaica (JAM) | 63.23 | x | x | 63.23 | q |
| 13 | B | Lolassonn Djouhan | France (FRA) | 58.00 | 63.21 | 61.35 | 63.21 | |
| 14 | A | Philip Milanov | Belgium (BEL) | 62.94 | x | 63.16 | 63.16 | |
| 15 | A | Ehsan Hadadi | Iran (IRI) | 63.03 | 61.22 | 60.92 | 63.03 | |
| 16 | B | Mauricio Ortega | Colombia (COL) | x | 62.34 | 62.97 | 62.97 | |
| 17 | A | Martin Kupper | Estonia (EST) | 59.49 | 62.11 | 62.71 | 62.71 | |
| 18 | B | Victor Hogan | South Africa (RSA) | 61.76 | 62.26 | x | 62.26 | |
| 19 | B | Alex Rose | Samoa (SAM) | 61.62 | x | 59.63 | 61.62 | |
| 20 | B | Andrew Evans | United States (USA) | 61.32 | 60.47 | 60.78 | 61.32 | |
| 21 | B | Benn Harradine | Australia (AUS) | 60.00 | x | 60.95 | 60.95 | |
| 22 | B | Zoltán Kővágó | Hungary (HUN) | 56.71 | 56.26 | 59.46 | 59.46 | |
| 23 | B | Viktor Butenko | Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA) | 59.29 | x | x | 59.29 | |
| 24 | A | Niklas Arrhenius | Sweden (SWE) | 58.91 | x | 58.84 | 58.91 | |
| 25 | A | Erik Cadée | Netherlands (NED) | 58.19 | x | 58.90 | 58.90 | |
| 26 | A | Sven Martin Skagestad | Norway (NOR) | x | 57.89 | 58.86 | 58.86 | |
| 27 | B | Mustafa Al-Saamah | Iraq (IRQ) | 57.77 | 56.38 | 58.40 | 58.40 | |
| 28 | A | Mitchell Cooper | Australia (AUS) | x | 56.20 | 57.26 | 57.26 | |
| 29 | B | Nicholas Percy | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | x | 52.56 | 56.93 | 56.93 | |
| 30 | A | Marshall Hall | New Zealand (NZL) | x | 56.64 | 54.20 | 56.64 | |
| | A | Rodney Brown | United States (USA) | x | x | x | NM | |
| | B | Martin Wierig | Germany (GER) | x | x | x | NM | |

### Final

The final took place on 5 August at 19:27. The results were as follows:
| Rank | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Mark | Notes |
| | Andrius Gudžius | Lithuania (LTU) | 67.52 | 69.21 | 63.43 | x | 63.98 | 67.89 | 69.21 | PB |
| | Daniel Ståhl | Sweden (SWE) | x | 69.19 | 66.58 | 68.57 | x | 63.06 | 69.19 | |
| | Mason Finley | United States (USA) | 67.07 | 68.03 | 65.21 | 37.36 | 66.59 | x | 68.03 | PB |
| 4 | Fedrick Dacres | Jamaica (JAM) | 65.62 | 65.70 | x | 65.83 | 64.41 | 64.67 | 65.83 | |
| 5 | Piotr Małachowski | Poland (POL) | 63.96 | 65.14 | 64.88 | x | 65.24 | 63.92 | 65.24 | |
| 6 | Robert Harting | Germany (GER) | 65.10 | x | 64.75 | x | x | x | 65.10 | |
| 7 | Robert Urbanek | Poland (POL) | 61.93 | 64.15 | 63.91 | 64.14 | x | 63.46 | 64.15 | |
| 8 | Traves Smikle | Jamaica (JAM) | 63.64 | 64.04 | x | 62.28 | x | 63.37 | 64.04 | |
| 9 | Lukas Weißhaidinger | Austria (AUT) | 63.76 | 62.75 | x | | | | 63.76 | |
| 10 | Apostolos Parellis | Cyprus (CYP) | 62.18 | 63.17 | x | | | | 63.17 | |
| 11 | Simon Pettersson | Sweden (SWE) | 55.58 | 60.39 | x | | | | 60.39 | |
| 12 | Gerd Kanter | Estonia (EST) | 59.72 | 60.00 | x | | | | 60.00 | |