The

discus throw The discus throw (), also known as disc throw, is a track and field event in which an athlete throws a heavy disk (mathematics), disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than their competitors. It is an classical antiqui ...

at the

World Championships in Athletics The World Athletics Championships (until 2019 known as the World Championships in Athletics) are a biennial athletics competition organized by World Athletics (formerly IAAF, International Association of Athletics Federations). Alongside the Ol ...

has been contested by both men and women since the inaugural edition in 1983. The competition format typically has one qualifying round contested by two groups of athletes, with all those clearing the qualifying height or placing in top twelve overall advancing to the final round. In the

2015 World Championships in Athletics The 2015 IAAF World Championships ( zh, 第十五届世界田径锦标赛), the fifteenth edition of the IAAF World Championships, were held from 22 to 30 August at the National Stadium in Beijing, China. Forty-three nations won medals, 144 of ...

the qualifying distance for men was 65.00 m and for women 63.00 m. The championship records for the event are 71.46 m for men, set by

Daniel Ståhl Daniel Ståhl (born 27 August 1992) is a Swedish athlete specialising in the discus throw. Ståhl has crowned a fine career winning gold medals both 2019 at the World Championships and 2021 in Tokyo at the Olympic Games. Career He competed at t ...

in 2023, and 71.62 m for women, set by Martina Hellmann in 1987.

Age

*All information from IAAF

Medalists

Men

Multiple medalists

Medals by country

Women

Multiple medalists

Medals by country

References

Bibliography

External links

Official IAAF website
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Events at the World Athletics Championships