The men's

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at the

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was held at the

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from 28 to 30 September 2019.

Summary

Coming in to these championships,

Daniel Ståhl Daniel Ståhl (born 27 August 1992) is a Swedish athlete specialising in the discus throw. Ståhl is the Olympic champion ( 2020 Tokyo) and two-time world champion ( 2019 Doha, 2023 Budapest), setting the new championships record in Budapest. ...

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 Lukas Weißhaidinger (born 20 February 1992) is an Austrian discus thrower and shot putter. He was European junior discus champion in 2011 and holds the Austrian record in men's discus throw. He won bronze medals at the 2018 European Championsh ...

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 . 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:

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:

Results

Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 65.60 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final.

Final

The final was started on 30 September at 21:15.

References

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Discus throw The discus throw (), also known as disc throw, is a track and field sport in which the participant athlete throws an oblate spheroid weight (object), weight called a discus in an attempt to mark a further distance than other competitors. It is a ...

Discus throw at the World Athletics Championships