Athletics at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Men's discus throw

Men's discus throw at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Alexander Stadium
Dates	2 August (qualification) 4 August (final)
Competitors	15 from 13 nations
Winning distance	67.26
Medalists
Matthew Denny    Australia   Lawrence Okoye    England   Traves Smikle    Jamaica

The men's discus throw at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, as part of the athletics programme, took place in the Alexander Stadium on 2 and 4 August 2022.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Games records were as follows:

World record	Jürgen Schult (GDR)	74.08 m	Neubrandenburg, East Germany	6 June 1986
Commonwealth record	Fedrick Dacres (JAM)	70.78 m	Rabat, Morocco	16 June 2019
Games record	Fedrick Dacres (JAM)	68.20 m	Gold Coast, Australia	13 April 2018

Schedule

The schedule was as follows:

Date	Time	Round
Tuesday 2 August 2022	11:34	Qualification
Thursday 4 August 2022	20:35	Final

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Results

Qualification

Across two groups, those who threw ≥65.00 m (Q) or at least the 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final.

Rank	Group	Athlete	#1	#2	#3	Result	Notes
1	A	Traves Smikle (JAM)	63.52	64.90	–	64.90	q
2	B	Matthew Denny (AUS)	61.84	62.93	64.63	64.63	q
3	B	Lawrence Okoye (ENG)	x	62.14	63.79	63.79	q
4	A	Alex Rose (SAM)	63.20	62.56	x	63.20	q
5	A	Nicholas Percy (SCO)	59.48	60.68	59.10	60.68	q
6	B	Connor Bell (NZL)	53.77	53.65	59.47	59.47	q
7	B	Zane Duquemin (JEY)	58.87	x	x	58.87	q
8	B	Roje Stona (JAM)	x	58.35	x	58.35	q
9	B	Apostolos Parellis (CYP)	57.26	57.17	57.99	57.99	q
10	A	Irfan Shamsuddin (MAS)	x	52.75	57.93	57.93	q
11	A	Christoforos Genethli (CYP)	x	57.40	55.83	57.40	q
12	A	Josh Boateng (GRN)	x	56.51	x	56.51	q
13	A	Ryan Williams (NAM)	55.02	55.54	x	55.54
14	B	Djimon Gumbs (IVB)	50.42	53.32	x	53.32
15	A	De'bono Paraka (PNG)	x	x	48.19	48.19

Final

The medals were determined in the final.

Rank	Name	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Matthew Denny (AUS)	65.26	66.61	66.72	65.83	67.24	67.26	67.26	PB
	Lawrence Okoye (ENG)	x	64.97	64.34	x	64.99	x	64.99
	Traves Smikle (JAM)	57.12	60.08	61.72	64.58	62.39	61.71	64.58
4	Alex Rose (SAM)	62.17	61.74	64.56	61.94	x	61.50	64.56
5	Nicholas Percy (SCO)	61.98	63.53	60.65	61.67	59.25	x	63.53
6	Roje Stona (JAM)	58.58	x	62.15	x	59.60	x	62.15
7	Apostolos Parellis (CYP)	62.08	61.27	59.83	60.36	60.17	59.06	62.08
8	Connor Bell (NZL)	59.44	58.88	60.23	x	x	58.84	60.23
9	Irfan Shamsuddin (MAS)	58.91	59.53	56.96				59.53
10	Josh Boateng (GRN)	x	49.82	57.98				57.98
11	Zane Duquemin (JEY)	57.97	x	55.88				57.97
12	Christoforos Genethli (CYP)	57.80	56.88	57.00				57.80