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

Athletics at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Qualification
Track / road events
100 m	men	women
100 m T12	men
100 m T34		women
100 m T38	men	women
100 m T47	men
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
1500 m T54	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
Marathon	men	women
Marathon T54	men	women
10,000 m 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
Shot put F57		women
Discus throw		women
Discus throw F44/64	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men

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.

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

The schedule was as follows:^[1]

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Across two groups, those who threw ≥65.00 m (Q) or at least the 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final.^[2]

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

The medals were determined in the final.^[3]

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