2017 World Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw
| Men's discus throw at the 2017 World Championships |
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| Venue | Olympic Stadium | |||||||||
| Dates | 4 August (qualification) 5 August (final) |
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| Competitors | 32 from 23 nations | |||||||||
| Winning distance | 69.21 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Events at the 2017 World Championships 
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| Track events | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| 400 m | men | women | ||
| 800 m | men | women | ||
| 1500 m | men | women | ||
| 5000 m | men | women | ||
| 10,000 m | men | women | ||
| 100 m hurdles | women | |||
| 110 m hurdles | men | |||
| 400 m hurdles | men | women | ||
| 3000 m steeplechase |
men | women | ||
| 4 × 100 m relay | men | women | ||
| 4 × 400 m relay | men | women | ||
| Road events | ||||
| Marathon | men | women | ||
| 20 km walk | men | women | ||
| 50 km walk | men | women | ||
| Field events | ||||
| High jump | men | women | ||
| Pole vault | men | women | ||
| Long jump | men | women | ||
| Triple jump | men | women | ||
| Shot put | men | women | ||
| Discus throw | men | women | ||
| Hammer throw | men | women | ||
| Javelin throw | men | women | ||
| Combined events | ||||
| Heptathlon | women | |||
| Decathlon | men | |||
The men's discus throw at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics will be held at the Olympic Stadium on 4 and 5 August.
The first throw of the competition was a personal best by big American Mason Finley, 67.07m. It only held the lead for two throwers until Andrius Gudžius threw 67.52m. Those held up through the round. At the start of the second round, Finley added almost another meter to his personal best, throwing 68.03m. The next thrower, 2017 world leader Daniel Ståhl did him a meter plus better throwing 69.19m. The next thrower in the ring was Gudžius, who edged 2cm further with a 69.21 m (227 ft 0 3⁄4 in). Those three throws at the start of the second round were the medals. No other athlete came within two meters of Finley for bronze.
Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:
The standard to automatically qualify for entry was 65.00 m.
The event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), was as follows:
The qualification round took place on 4 August 2017, in 2 groups, with Group A starting at 19:20 and Group B starting at 20:49. Athletes attaining a mark of at least 64.50 m (Q) or at least the 12 best performers (q) qualified for the final. The overall results were as follows:
The final took place on 5 August 2017 at 19:27. The results were as follows:
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