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Discus Throw, Men

Date	30 – 31 July 2021
Status	Olympic
Location	Japan National Stadium, Kasumigaoka, Shinjuku, Tokyo
Participants	32 from 24 countries

Sweden’s Daniel Ståhl had dominated the discus in the last few years, winning the 2019 World Championship, and had won 11 of 12 meets in 2021. Other contenders were Slovenia’s Kristjan Čeh and Lithuanian Andrius Gudžius but they were expected to battle for the silver and bronze behind Ståhl.

Austria’s Lukas Weißhaidinger led after round one with 66.65, but in the second round of the final, Ståhl threw 68.90, which would win the gold medal. His only challenge came from his countryman Simon Pettersson who threw 67.39 in round five and would win the silver medal, with Weißhaidinger taking bronze, a medal he had also won at the 2019 World Championships and 2018 Europeans.

Čeh and Gudžius were never in the medal race, with the former finishing fifth and Gudžius sixth. Sweden’s 1-2 finish was the first in the Olympic discus since 1960, when the United States swept the medals.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Qualifying	Final
1	Daniel Ståhl	SWE	66.12 (1)	68.90 (1)	Gold
2	Simon Pettersson	SWE	64.18 (7)	67.39 (2)	Silver
3	Lukas Weißhaidinger	AUT	64.77 (5)	67.07 (3)	Bronze
4	Matthew Denny	AUS	65.13 (4)	67.02 (4)
5	Kristjan Čeh	SLO	65.45 (3)	66.37 (5)
6	Andrius Gudžius	LTU	65.94 (2)	64.11 (6)
7	Mauricio Ortega	COL	64.49 (6)	64.08 (7)
8	Sam Mattis	USA	63.74 (8)	63.88 (8)
9	Chad Wright	JAM	62.93 (12)	62.56 (9)
10	Daniel Jasinski	GER	63.29 (9)	62.44 (10)
11	Clemens Prüfer	GER	63.18 (11)	61.75 (11)
12	Ola Stunes Isene	NOR	63.26 (10)	61.18 (12)
13 r1/2	Fedrick Dacres	JAM	62.91 (13)	–
14 r1/2	Bartłomiej Stój	POL	62.84 (14)	–
15 r1/2	Piotr Małachowski	POL	62.68 (15)	–
16 r1/2	Apostolos Parellis	CYP	62.11 (16)	–
17 r1/2	Alin Firfirică	ROU	61.90 (17)	–
18 r1/2	Alex Rose	SAM	61.72 (18)	–
19 r1/2	Reggie Jagers	USA	61.47 (19)	–
20 r1/2	Mykyta Nesterenko	UKR	60.95 (20)	–
21 r1/2	Lolassonn Djouhan	FRA	60.74 (21)	–
22 r1/2	David Wrobel	GER	60.38 (22)	–
23 r1/2	Mason Finley	USA	60.34 (23)	–
24 r1/2	Danijel Furtula	MNE	59.93 (24)	–
25 r1/2	Traves Smikle	JAM	59.04 (25)	–
26 r1/2	Ehsan Haddadi	IRI	58.98 (26)	–
27 r1/2	Yauhen Bahutski	BLR	58.65 (27)	–
28 r1/2	Juan Caicedo	ECU	57.75 (28)	–
29 r1/2	Giovanni Faloci	ITA	57.33 (29)	–
30 r1/2	Lois Maikel Martínez	ESP	54.69 (30)	–
AC r1/2	Guðni Guðnason	ISL	– (NM)	–
AC r1/2	Lawrence Okoye	GBR	– (NM)	–

Qualifying Round

Date	30 July 2021 — 9:46
Format	Top 12 and ties and all those reaching 66.00 metres advanced to the final.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Distance
1	Daniel Ståhl	SWE	66.12	Q
2	Andrius Gudžius	LTU	65.94	q
3	Kristjan Čeh	SLO	65.45	q
4	Matthew Denny	AUS	65.13	q
5	Lukas Weißhaidinger	AUT	64.77	q
6	Mauricio Ortega	COL	64.49	q
7	Simon Pettersson	SWE	64.18	q
8	Sam Mattis	USA	63.74	q
9	Daniel Jasinski	GER	63.29	q
10	Ola Stunes Isene	NOR	63.26	q
11	Clemens Prüfer	GER	63.18	q
12	Chad Wright	JAM	62.93	q
13	Fedrick Dacres	JAM	62.91
14	Bartłomiej Stój	POL	62.84
15	Piotr Małachowski	POL	62.68
16	Apostolos Parellis	CYP	62.11
17	Alin Firfirică	ROU	61.90
18	Alex Rose	SAM	61.72
19	Reggie Jagers	USA	61.47
20	Mykyta Nesterenko	UKR	60.95
21	Lolassonn Djouhan	FRA	60.74
22	David Wrobel	GER	60.38
23	Mason Finley	USA	60.34
24	Danijel Furtula	MNE	59.93
25	Traves Smikle	JAM	59.04
26	Ehsan Haddadi	IRI	58.98
27	Yauhen Bahutski	BLR	58.65
28	Juan Caicedo	ECU	57.75
29	Giovanni Faloci	ITA	57.33
30	Lois Maikel Martínez	ESP	54.69
NM	Lawrence Okoye	GBR	–
NM	Guðni Guðnason	ISL	–

Group A

Date	30 July 2021 — 9:46

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Distance	Round #1 Distance	Round #2 Distance	Round #3 Distance
1	Daniel Ståhl	SWE	66.12	66.12	-	-	Q
2	Andrius Gudžius	LTU	65.94	65.94	65.07	x	q
3	Matthew Denny	AUS	65.13	61.58	65.13	64.98	q
4	Lukas Weißhaidinger	AUT	64.77	x	x	64.77	q
5	Mauricio Ortega	COL	64.49	61.19	64.49	x	q
6	Sam Mattis	USA	63.74	62.31	63.74	63.21	q
7	Daniel Jasinski	GER	63.29	x	61.35	63.29	q
8	Clemens Prüfer	GER	63.18	62.52	61.45	63.18	q
9	Piotr Małachowski	POL	62.68	x	61.76	62.68
10	Alin Firfirică	ROU	61.90	60.42	61.90	x
11	Lolassonn Djouhan	FRA	60.74	60.74	x	60.57
12	Danijel Furtula	MNE	59.93	59.65	x	59.93
13	Traves Smikle	JAM	59.04	59.04	x	x
14	Ehsan Haddadi	IRI	58.98	58.48	58.98	x
15	Juan Caicedo	ECU	57.75	x	57.75	x
NM	Lawrence Okoye	GBR	–	x	x	x

Group B

Date	30 July 2021 — 11:21

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Distance	Round #1 Distance	Round #2 Distance	Round #3 Distance
1	Kristjan Čeh	SLO	65.45	65.45	x	63.34	q
2	Simon Pettersson	SWE	64.18	60.62	59.47	64.18	q
3	Ola Stunes Isene	NOR	63.26	61.59	61.84	63.26	q
4	Chad Wright	JAM	62.93	62.93	60.80	61.37	q
5	Fedrick Dacres	JAM	62.91	62.91	62.43	x
6	Bartłomiej Stój	POL	62.84	62.84	61.05	x
7	Apostolos Parellis	CYP	62.11	61.73	62.11	x
8	Alex Rose	SAM	61.72	61.28	61.72	61.30
9	Reggie Jagers	USA	61.47	59.33	x	61.47
10	Mykyta Nesterenko	UKR	60.95	59.71	60.61	60.95
11	David Wrobel	GER	60.38	60.38	x	x
12	Mason Finley	USA	60.34	x	x	60.34
13	Yauhen Bahutski	BLR	58.65	58.65	x	x
14	Giovanni Faloci	ITA	57.33	x	x	57.33
15	Lois Maikel Martínez	ESP	54.69	x	54.69	x
NM	Guðni Guðnason	ISL	–	x	x	x

Final Round

Date	31 July 2021 — 20:15

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Distance	Round #1 Distance	Round #2 Distance	Round #3 Distance	Round #4 Distance	Round #5 Distance	Round #6 Distance
1	Daniel Ståhl	SWE	68.90	63.72	68.90	65.16	66.10	67.03	64.58
2	Simon Pettersson	SWE	67.39	61.39	66.58	x	66.24	67.39	65.39
3	Lukas Weißhaidinger	AUT	67.07	62.92	66.65	67.07	66.86	x	x
4	Matthew Denny	AUS	67.02	65.76	65.53	65.94	65.00	66.06	67.02
5	Kristjan Čeh	SLO	66.37	x	62.95	x	66.05	x	66.37
6	Andrius Gudžius	LTU	64.11	64.05	x	63.82	64.11	62.81	x
7	Mauricio Ortega	COL	64.08	61.06	63.51	x	64.08	63.87	x
8	Sam Mattis	USA	63.88	61.18	63.88	63.14	x	62.39	x
9	Chad Wright	JAM	62.56	61.43	61.42	62.56	–	–	–
10	Daniel Jasinski	GER	62.44	61.75	62.44	x	–	–	–
11	Clemens Prüfer	GER	61.75	61.75	60.73	x	–	–	–
12	Ola Stunes Isene	NOR	61.18	60.95	61.18	x	–	–	–