Athletics 2024/Men's discus throw

Men's discus throw
General information
Sport	Athletics 2024
Date	5–7 August 2024
Competitors	32 athletes
Venue	Stade de France
Previous medalists
Gold	Daniel Stahl
Silver	Simon Pettersson
Bronze	Lukas Weisshaidinger
Medalists
	Roje Stona
	Mykolas Alekna
	Matthew Denny

The men's discus throw of Athletics 2024 during the 2024 Summer Olympics was held on 5–7 August 2024 in the Stade de France. With 32 athletes competing, the event was won by Roje Stona from Jamaica, with Mykolas Alekna from Lithuania taking the silver medal and Matthew Denny from Australia taking bronze.

Format

The competition exists out of two separate rounds. In the qualification, each competitor gets three attempts to throw a discus as far as possible. After three attempts, the twelve best performance advance to the final, including athletes tied for twelfth place. In the final, the qualified athletes once again get three attempts to reach as far as possible, but contrary to the qualification, the eight best-placed athletes get another three attempts. The athlete with the farthest throw wins the event.

Preview

Thirty-two athletes qualified for the event with the reigning European champion and 2023 world bronze medalist Mykolas Alekna aiming to follow his father's success of winning the title after breaking a new world record that had stood for almost four decades. He is expected to challenge the defending Olympic champion and reigning world champion Daniel Stahl, one of the top favorites for the title.

Current Records

Record	Date	Nat.	Name	Distance
WR	14 April 2024		Mykolas Alekna	74.35
OR	23 August 2004		Virgilijus Alekna	69.89

Summary

Qualification

Qualification A Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Throw 1	Throw 2	Throw 3
1		Mykolas Alekna	x	67.47
2		Matthew Denny	64.27	66.83
3		Lukas Weisshaidinger	66.72
4		Traves Smikle	59.18	65.91
5		Ralford Mullings	65.18	x	x
6		Daniel Stahl	65.16	63.36	63.98
7		Sam Mattis	62.66	x	x
8		Martin Markovic	61.22	62.31	61.62
9		Andrew Evans	60.15	x	62.25
10		Mauricio Ortega	x	61.65	61.97
11		Lolassonn Djouhan	61.93	61.72	x
12		Nicholas Percy	59.87	61.81	58.89
13		Francois Prinsloo	51.64	61.35	x
14		Mario Alberto Diaz	60.05	60.92	59.63
15		Martynas Alekna	58.34	57.53	58.66
—		Henrik Janssen	x	x	x

Qualification B Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Throw 1	Throw 2	Throw 3
1		Clemens Pruefer	66.36
2		Roje Stona	x	65.32	63.30
3		Kristjan Ceh	x	64.80	64.56
4		Andrius Gudzius	60.83	64.07
5		Alin Alexandru Firfirica	61.98	x	63.66
6		Alex Rose	62.88	x	60.94
7		Connor Bell	59.76	62.88	x
8		Philip Milanov	60.28	x	62.44
9		Mika Sosna	x	x	61.81
10		Joseph Brown	x	61.68	x
11		Lawrence Okoye	61.17	60.40	x
12		Juan Caicedo	60.99	60.44	x
13		Victor Hogan	x	60.11	60.78
14		Tom Reux	x	56.88	58.22
—		Oussama Khennoussi	x	x	x
—		Claudio Romero	x	x	x

Final

Final Results
Rank	Nat.	Name	T1	T2	T3	T4	T5	T6
1		Roje Stona	61.66	65.20	66.16	70.00 OR	x	x
2		Mykolas Alekna	68.55	69.97	x	68.88	68.49	x
3		Matthew Denny	66.89	69.31	68.39	x	69.15	66.44
4		Kristjan Ceh	67.27	68.41	x	66.36	66.34	x
5		Lukas Weisshaidinger	60.02	67.54	64.52	x	64.43	x
6		Clemens Pruefer	65.79	65.58	65.58	67.41	x	x
7		Daniel Stahl	64.97	66.95	64.06	66.00	x	x
8		Andrius Gudzius	66.45	65.02	x	x	x	66.55
9		Ralford Mullings	65.61	x	x	Did not advance
10		Traves Smikle	63.77	64.11	64.97	Did not advance
11		Alin Alexandru Firfirica	64.45	63.00	62.84	Did not advance
12		Alex Rose	60.07	61.89	x	Did not advance

Results

Result	Athlete	Nationality
	Roje Stona	Jamaica
	Mykolas Alekna	Lithuania
	Matthew Denny	Australia
4	Kristjan Ceh	Slovenia
5	Lukas Weisshaidinger	Austria
6	Clemens Pruefer	Germany
7	Daniel Stahl	Sweden
8	Andrius Gudzius	Lithuania
9	Ralford Mullings	Jamaica
10	Traves Smikle	Jamaica
11	Alin Alexandru Firfirica	Romania
12	Alex Rose	Samoa
13	Connor Bell	New Zealand
14	Sam Mattis	United States
15	Philip Milanov	Belgium
16	Martin Markovic	Croatia
17	Andrew Evans	United States
18	Mauricio Ortega	Colombia
19	Lolassonn Djouhan	France
20	Nicholas Percy	Great Britain
21	Mika Sosna	Germany
22	Joseph Brown	United States
23	Francois Prinsloo	South Africa
24	Lawrence Okoye	Great Britain
25	Juan Caicedo	Ecuador
26	Mario Alberto Diaz	Cuba
27	Victor Hogan	South Africa
28	Martynas Alekna	Lithuania
29	Tom Reux	France
—	Henrik Janssen	Germany
—	Oussama Khennoussi	Algeria
—	Claudio Romero	Chile