Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's discus throw
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| Men's discus throw at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Stade de France, Paris, France | ||||||||||||
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| Winning distance | 70.00 OR | ||||||||||||
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The men's discus throw at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held in Paris, France, on 5 and 7 August 2024.
Summary
[edit]Still only 21 years old, Mykolas Alekna dominated the season, setting the new world record of 74.35 m (243 ft 11 in). On that windy day in Ramona, Oklahoma, he threw three throws beyond 72 metres and all six over 70, the most remarkable series in history. He can set his eyes on breaking the Olympic Record set in 2004 by Virgilijus Alekna, his father. Over the previous two years, Mykolas has already collected World silver and bronze. Daniel Ståhl was the defending champion and 2023 Gold Medalist. Lukas Weißhaidinger is the returning bronze medalist. Kristjan Čeh was 2022 World Champion and 2023 silver medalist. Andrius Gudžius got bronze in 2022. #2 on the world list this season is Alex Rose,[1][2] the #11 performer in history (Ståhl and Čeh are tied at #5).
In the final, the second thrower in the order, Čeh threw 67.27m. Matt Denny threw 66.89m and Andrius Gudžius got a 66.45m before Alekna tossed it to take the lead. In the second round, moved into second with 68.42m. Denny took the lead with 69.31m and then, as expected, Alekna beat his father's Olympic Record, by 8cm, throwing 69.97m. The networks had pictures of the one year old with his dad, his age when dad set the previous record. Of the leaders, only Rojé Stona was able to improve in the third round, his 66.16m barely moved him into 7th place to get three more throws. On his next throw, Stona threw 70 m (229 ft 7 in) to take the lead by 3cm and at the same time hit the magic 70 meter mark in an enclosed, windless stadium. After beating the Olympic Record his father had held for 20 years, Alekna barely held it for 20 minutes. Alekna took three more attempts but couldn't catch Stona.[3]
Background
[edit]The men's discus throw has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since the inaugural edition in 1896. This was the 30th time that the event was contested at the Summer Olympics.
Records
[edit]Prior Records
[edit]Prior to this competition, the existing world, Olympic, and area records are as follows.
| Record | Athlete (Nation) | Distance (m) | Location | Date |
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| World record |  Mykolas Alekna (LIT)
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74.35[4] | Ramona, United States | 14 April 2024 |
| Olympic record | Virgilijus Alekna (LIT)
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69.89 | Athens, Greece | 23 August 2004 |
| World leading | Mykolas Alekna (LIT)
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74.35[5] | Ramona, United States | 14 April 2024 |
| Area Record | Athlete (Nation) | Distance (m) |
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| Africa (records) |  Frantz Kruger (RSA)
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70.32 |
| Asia (records) |  Ehsan Hadadi (IRI)
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69.32 |
| Europe (records) | Mykolas Alekna (LIT)
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74.35 WR |
| North, Central America |  Ben Plucknett (USA)
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71.32 |
| Oceania (records) |  Alex Rose (SAM)
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71.48 |
| South America (records) |  Mauricio Ortega (COL)
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70.29 |
Olympic Record broken
[edit]Virgilijus Alekna's 20-year Olympic record of 69.89 meters, set in Athens 2004, was broken twice at in the finals — first by his son Mykolas with a throw of 69.97 meters, and then by Rojé Stona with a throw of 70.00 meters.[7]
| Record | Athlete (Nation) | Distance (m) | Attempt |
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| Olympic Record | Mykolas Alekna (LIT)
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69.97 | 2 |
| Olympic record |  Rojé Stona (JAM)
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70.00 | 4 |
Qualification
[edit]For the men's discus throw event, the qualification period was between 1 July 2023 and 30 June 2024. 32 athletes were able to qualify for the event, with a maximum of three athletes per nation, by throwing the entry standard of 67.20 m or further or by their World Athletics Ranking for this event.[8][9]
Results
[edit]Qualification
[edit]The qualification was held on 5 August, starting at 10:10 (UTC+2) for Group A and 11:35 (UTC+2) for Group B in the morning. 32 athletes qualified for the first round by qualification time or world ranking.[10]
| Rank | Group | Athlete | Nation | 1 | 2 | 3 | Distance | Notes |
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| 1 | A | Mykolas Alekna |  Lithuania
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x | 67.47 | 67.47 | Q | |
| 2 | A | Matthew Denny |  Australia
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64.27 | 66.83 | 66.83 | Q | |
| 3 | A | Lukas Weißhaidinger |  Austria
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66.72 | 66.72 | Q | ||
| 4 | B | Clemens Prüfer |  Germany
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66.36 | 66.36 | Q | ||
| 5 | A | Traves Smikle |  Jamaica
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59.18 | 65.91 | 65.91 | q | |
| 6 | B | Rojé Stona | Jamaica
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x | 65.32 | 63.30 | 65.32 | q |
| 7 | A | Ralford Mullings | Jamaica
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65.18 | x | x | 65.18 | q |
| 8 | A | Daniel Ståhl |  Sweden
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65.16 | 63.36 | 63.98 | 65.16 | q |
| 9 | B | Kristjan Čeh |  Slovenia
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x | 64.80 | 64.56 | 64.80 | q |
| 10 | B | Andrius Gudžius | Lithuania
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60.83 | 64.07 | 64.07 | q | |
| 11 | B | Alin Firfirică |  Romania
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61.98 | x | 63.66 | 63.66 | q |
| 12 | B | Alex Rose |  Samoa
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62.88 | x | 60.94 | 62.88 | q |
| 13 | B | Connor Bell |  New Zealand
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59.76 | 62.88 | x | 62.88 | |
| 14 | A | Sam Mattis |  United States
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62.66 | x | x | 62.66 | |
| 15 | B | Philip Milanov |  Belgium
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60.28 | x | 62.44 | 62.44 | |
| 16 | A | Martin Marković |  Croatia
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61.22 | 62.31 | 61.62 | 62.31 | |
| 17 | A | Andrew Evans | United States
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60.15 | x | 62.25 | 62.25 | |
| 18 | A | Mauricio Ortega |  Colombia
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x | 61.65 | 61.97 | 61.97 | |
| 19 | A | Lolassonn Djouhan |  France
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61.93 | 61.72 | x | 61.93 | |
| 20 | A | Nicholas Percy |  Great Britain
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59.87 | 61.81 | 58.89 | 61.81 | |
| 21 | B | Miká Sosna | Germany
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x | x | 61.81 | 61.81 | |
| 22 | B | Joseph Brown | United States
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x | 61.68 | x | 61.68 | |
| 23 | A | Francois Prinsloo |  South Africa
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51.64 | 61.35 | x | 61.35 | |
| 24 | B | Lawrence Okoye | Great Britain
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61.17 | 60.40 | x | 61.17 | |
| 25 | B | Juan José Caicedo |  Ecuador
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60.99 | 60.44 | x | 60.99 | |
| 26 | A | Mario Díaz |  Cuba
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60.05 | 60.92 | 59.63 | 60.92 | |
| 27 | B | Victor Hogan | South Africa
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x | 60.11 | 60.78 | 60.78 | |
| 28 | A | Martynas Alekna | Lithuania
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58.34 | 57.53 | 58.66 | 58.66 | |
| 29 | B | Tom Reux | France
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x | 56.88 | 58.22 | 58.22 | |
| A | Henrik Janssen | Germany
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x | x | x | NM | ||
| B | Oussama Khennoussi |  Algeria
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x | x | x | NM | ||
| B | Claudio Romero |  Chile
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x | x | x | NM |
Final
[edit]The final was held on 7 August, starting at 20:25 (UTC+2) in the evening.[10]
All three medalists posted some of the longest throws in Olympic history, surpassing Virgilijus Alekna's 69.89 meters (Athens 2004) and 69.3 meters (Sydney 2000), and Lars Riedel's 69.4 meters (Atlanta 1996).[12]
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Distance | Notes |
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Rojé Stona | Jamaica
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61.66 | 65.20 | 66.16 | 70.00 | x | x | 70.00 | OR, PB |
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Mykolas Alekna | Lithuania
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68.55 | 69.97 | x | 68.88 | 68.49 | x | 69.97 | |
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Matthew Denny | Australia
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66.89 | 69.31 | 68.39 | x | 69.15 | 66.44 | 69.31 | |
| 4 | Kristjan Čeh | Slovenia
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67.27 | 68.41 | x | 66.36 | 66.34 | x | 68.41 | |
| 5 | Lukas Weißhaidinger | Austria
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60.02 | 67.54 | 64.52 | x | 64.43 | x | 67.54 | |
| 6 | Clemens Prüfer | Germany
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65.79 | 65.58 | 65.58 | 67.41 | x | x | 67.41 | |
| 7 | Daniel Ståhl | Sweden
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64.97 | 66.95 | 64.06 | 66.00 | x | x | 66.95 | |
| 8 | Andrius Gudžius | Lithuania
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66.45 | 65.02 | x | x | x | 66.55 | 66.55 | |
| 9 | Ralford Mullings | Jamaica
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65.61 | x | x | Did not advance | 65.61 | |||
| 10 | Traves Smikle | Jamaica
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63.77 | 64.11 | 64.97 | Did not advance | 64.97 | |||
| 11 | Alin Firfirică | Romania
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64.45 | 63.00 | 62.84 | Did not advance | 64.45 | |||
| 12 | Alex Rose | Samoa
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60.07 | 61.89 | x | Did not advance | 61.89 | |||
References
[edit]- ^ "Men's Discus Throw - Final extended start list" (PDF). Olympics. 7 August 2024. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
- ^ "Discus Throw - men - senior - all - 2024".
- ^ a b "Men's Discus Throw - Final results" (PDF). Olympics. 7 August 2024. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
- ^ "All time Top lists – Senior – Discus throw men", World Athletics, 29 June 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
- ^ "Season Top Lists – Senior 2024 – Discus throw men", World Athletics, 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
- ^ "Records – Discus throw men". World Athletics. 3 July 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
- ^ McCarvel, Nick (2024-08-07). "Paris 2024 Athletics Men's Discus Throw: All Results as Roje Stona Wins the Gold Medal".
- ^ Sean McAlister, "How to qualify for athletics at Paris 2024. The Olympics qualification system explained", Olympics.com, 20 December 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
- ^ "Road To | World Athletics". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2024-07-07.
- ^ a b "Paris 2024 - Olympic Schedule - Athletics", Olympics.com. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
- ^ "Men's Discus Throw - Qualification results" (PDF). Olympics. 5 August 2024. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
- ^ "History of Olympic Results: Discus Throw – Men". Retrieved 2024-08-07.
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