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Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's discus throw

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Men's discus throw
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Olympic Athletics
VenueJapan National Stadium
Dates30 July 2021 (qualifying)
31 July 2021
(final)
Competitors32 from 24 nations
Winning distance68.90
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Daniel Ståhl  Sweden
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Simon Pettersson  Sweden
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Lukas Weißhaidinger  Austria
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The men's discus throw event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place between 30 and 31 July 2021 at the Japan National Stadium.[1] Approximately 35 athletes were expected to compete; the exact number depended on how many nations use universality places to enter athletes in addition to the 32 qualifying through distance or ranking (no universality places were used in 2016).[2] 32 athletes from 24 nations competed.[3] Daniel Ståhl of Sweden won gold, with his countryman Simon Pettersson earning silver. It was the first victory in the event for Sweden and the first men's discus throw medal of any color for the nation since 1972. Lukas Weißhaidinger took Austria's first-ever Olympic in the men's discus with his bronze.

Summary

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Matthew Denny took the early lead with a 65.76 metres in the first round. After almost fouling out of the qualifying round Lukas Weißhaidinger started the second round with a 66.65 metres to take the lead. Shortly afterward, Simon Pettersson almost matched it with a 66.58 metres of his own. The next thrower was his Swedish teammate Daniel Ståhl who launched the winner 68.90 m (226 ft 12 in). It turned out to be his only throw of the day good enough to win. In the third, Weißhaidinger would improve to his best of the day 67.07 metres but that couldn't withstand Pettersson's fifth round best of 67.39 metres. Denny would throw a personal best 67.02 metres in the final round, but not enough to get on the medal stand. Not only was it Sweden's first 1–2 finish in the discus, they were the only Swedish medals in the event other than Ricky Bruch's 1972 bronze.

Background

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This was the 29th appearance of the event, making it one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics.

Qualification

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A National Olympic Committee (NOC) could enter up to 3 qualified athletes in the men's discus throw event if all athletes meet the entry standard or qualify by ranking during the qualifying period. (The limit of 3 has been in place since the 1930 Olympic Congress.) The qualifying standard is 66.00 metres. This standard was "set for the sole purpose of qualifying athletes with exceptional performances unable to qualify through the IAAF World Rankings pathway." The world rankings, based on the average of the best five results for the athlete over the qualifying period and weighted by the importance of the meet, will then be used to qualify athletes until the cap of 32 is reached.[2][4]

The qualifying period was originally from 1 May 2019 to 29 June 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the period was suspended from 6 April 2020 to 30 November 2020, with the end date extended to 29 June 2021. The world rankings period start date was also changed from 1 May 2019 to 30 June 2020; athletes who had met the qualifying standard during that time were still qualified, but those using world rankings would not be able to count performances during that time. The qualifying time standards could be obtained in various meets during the given period that have the approval of the IAAF. Both outdoor and indoor meets are eligible. The most recent Area Championships may be counted in the ranking, even if not during the qualifying period.[2][5]

NOCs can also use their universality place—each NOC can enter one male athlete regardless of time if they had no male athletes meeting the entry standard for an athletics event—in the discus throw.[2]

Entry number: 32.

Qualification standard No. of athletes NOC Nominated athletes
Entry standard – 66.00 3  Germany Daniel Jasinski
Clemens Prüfer
David Wrobel[6]
3  Jamaica Fedrick Dacres
Traves Smikle
Chad Wright
3  United States Mason Finley
Reggie Jagers
Sam Mattis
2  Sweden Simon Pettersson
Daniel Ståhl
1  Australia Matthew Denny
1  Austria Lukas Weißhaidinger
1  Belarus Yauheni Bahutski
1  Colombia Mauricio Ortega
1  Cyprus Apostolos Parellis
1  Ecuador Juan Caicedo
1  France Lolassonn Djouhan
1  Great Britain Lawrence Okoye
1  Iran Ehsan Haddadi
1  Italy Giovanni Faloci
1  Lithuania Andrius Gudžius
1  Norway Ola Stunes Isene
1  Poland Piotr Małachowski
1  Romania Alin Firfirică
1  Samoa Alex Rose
1  Slovenia Kristjan Čeh
1  Spain Lois Maikel Martínez
1  Ukraine Mykyta Nesterenko
World ranking 1  Montenegro Danijel Furtula
1  Poland Bartłomiej Stój
Universality places 1  Iceland Guðni Valur Guðnason
Total 32

Competition format

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The 2020 competition will continue to use the two-round format with divided final introduced in 1936. The qualifying round gives each competitor three throws to achieve a qualifying distance (not yet set; 2016 used 65.50 metres); if fewer than 12 men do so, the top 12 will advance. The final provides each thrower with three throws; the top eight throwers receive an additional three throws for a total of six, with the best to count (qualifying round throws are not considered for the final).[7]

Records

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Prior to this competition, the existing world, Olympic, and area records are as follows.

World record  Jürgen Schult (GDR) 74.08 Neubrandenburg, East Germany 6 June 1986
Olympic record  Virgilijus Alekna (LTU) 69.89 Athens, Greece 23 August 2004
Area Distance (m) Athlete Nation
Africa (records) 70.32 Frantz Kruger  South Africa
Asia (records) 69.32 Ehsan Haddadi  Iran
Europe (records) 74.08 WR Jürgen Schult  East Germany
North, Central America
and Caribbean
(records)
71.32 Ben Plucknett  United States
Oceania (records) 68.20 Benn Harradine  Australia
South America (records) 70.29 Mauricio Ortega  Colombia

No new records were established during the competition.

Schedule

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All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

The men's discus throw will take place over two separate days.[1]

Date Time Round
Friday, 30 July 2021 9:00 Qualifying
Saturday, 31 July 2021 19:00 Final

Results

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Qualifying

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Qualification Rules: Qualifying performance 66.00 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the Final.

Rank Group Athlete Nation 1 2 3 Distance Notes
1 A Daniel Ståhl  Sweden 66.12 66.12 Q
2 A Andrius Gudzius  Lithuania 65.94 65.07 x 65.94 q
3 B Kristjan Čeh  Slovenia 65.45 x 63.34 65.45 q
4 A Matthew Denny  Australia 61.58 65.13 64.98 65.13 q
5 A Lukas Weißhaidinger  Austria x x 64.77 64.77 q
6 A Mauricio Ortega  Colombia 61.19 64.49 x 64.49 q
7 B Simon Pettersson  Sweden 60.62 59.47 64.18 64.18 q
8 A Sam Mattis  United States 62.31 63.74 63.21 63.74 q, SB
9 A Daniel Jasinski  Germany x 61.35 63.29 63.29 q
10 B Ola Stunes Isene  Norway 61.59 61.84 63.26 63.26 q
11 A Clemens Prüfer  Germany 62.52 61.45 63.18 63.18 q
12 B Chad Wright  Jamaica 62.93 60.80 61.37 62.93 q, SB
13 B Fedrick Dacres  Jamaica 62.91 62.43 x 62.91
14 B Bartłomiej Stój  Poland 62.84 61.05 x 62.84
15 A Piotr Małachowski  Poland x 61.76 62.68 62.68
16 A Alin Firfirică  Romania 60.42 61.90 x 61.90
17 B Apostolos Parellis  Cyprus 61.73 62.11 x 62.11 SB
18 B Alex Rose  Samoa 61.28 61.72 61.30 61.72
19 B Reginald Jagers III  United States 59.33 x 61.47 61.47
20 B Mykyta Nesterenko  Ukraine 59.71 60.61 60.95 60.95
21 A Lolassonn Djouhan  France 60.74 x 60.57 60.74
22 B David Wrobel  Germany 60.38 x x 60.38
23 B Mason Finley  United States x x 60.34 60.34
24 A Danijel Furtula  Montenegro 59.65 x 59.93 59.93
25 A Traves Smikle  Jamaica 59.04 x x 59.04
26 A Ehsan Haddadi  Iran 58.48 58.98 x 58.98 SB
27 B Yauheni Bahutski  Belarus 58.65 x x 58.65
28 A Juan Caicedo  Ecuador x 57.75 x 57.75
29 B Giovanni Faloci  Italy x x 57.33 57.33
30 B Lois Maikel Martínez  Spain x 54.69 x 54.69
A Lawrence Okoye  Great Britain x x x - NM
B Guðni Valur Guðnason  Iceland x x x - NM

Final

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Rank Athlete Nation 1 2 3 4 5 6 Distance Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Daniel Ståhl  Sweden 63.72 68.90 65.16 66.10 67.03 64.58 68.90
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Simon Pettersson  Sweden 61.39 66.58 x 66.24 67.39 65.39 67.39
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Lukas Weißhaidinger  Austria 62.92 66.65 67.07 66.86 x x 67.07
4 Matthew Denny  Australia 65.76 65.53 65.94 65.00 66.06 67.02 67.02 PB
5 Kristjan Čeh  Slovenia x 62.95 x 66.05 x 66.37 66.37
6 Andrius Gudžius  Lithuania 64.05 x 63.82 64.11 62.81 x 64.11
7 Mauricio Ortega  Colombia 61.06 63.51 x 64.08 63.87 x 64.08
8 Sam Mattis  United States 61.18 63.88 63.14 x 62.39 x 63.88 SB
9 Chad Wright  Jamaica 61.43 61.42 62.56 Did not advance 62.56
10 Daniel Jasinski  Germany 61.75 62.44 x Did not advance 62.44
11 Clemens Prüfer  Germany 61.75 60.73 x Did not advance 61.75
12 Ola Stunes Isene  Norway 60.95 61.18 x Did not advance 61.18

References

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  1. ^ a b "Athletics Competition Schedule". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d "Qualification System – Games of the XXXI Olympiad – Athletics" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
  3. ^ "Discus Throw, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  4. ^ "IAAF to follow other sports with world ranking system for athletes". BBC Sport. 7 March 2018. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  5. ^ "Olympic qualification period suspended until 1 December 2020". World Athletics. 6 April 2020. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  6. ^ Alternate Athlete: Christoph Harting, SCC Berlin.
  7. ^ "Athletics Explanatory Guide". Tokyo 2020. August 2019.