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Discus Throw World Record List

Discus Throw World Record List...

How old is the discus throw really and was part of the pentathlon 2,732 years ago. The discus throw has been the subject of many famous ancient Greek sculptures and Roman copies such as Discobolas and Discophoros. The discus throw also appears repeatedly in ancient Greek mythology, being depicted as a means of murder in the cases of Hyacinth, Crocus, Phocus and Acrisius, and as a named event in the funeral games of Patroclus.

Men's:

Men's Discus Throw World Record
RankMarkAthleteDatePlace
174.08 m (243 ft 1⁄2 in)Jürgen Schult (GDR)6 June 1986Neubrandenburg
273.88 m (242 ft 4+1⁄2 in)Virgilijus Alekna (LTU)3 August 2000Kaunas
373.38 m (240 ft 8+3⁄4 in)Gerd Kanter (EST)4 September 2006Helsingborg
471.86 m (235 ft 9 in)Yuriy Dumchev (URS)29 May 1983Moscow
571.86 m (235 ft 9 in)Daniel Ståhl (SWE)29 June 2019Bottnaryd
671.84 m (235 ft 8+1⁄4 in)Piotr Małachowski (POL)8 June 2013Hengelo
771.70 m (235 ft 2+3⁄4 in)Róbert Fazekas (HUN)14 July 2002Szombathely
871.50 m (234 ft 6+3⁄4 in)Lars Riedel (GER)3 May 1997Wiesbaden
971.32 m (233 ft 11+3⁄4 in)Ben Plucknett (USA)4 June 1983Eugene
1071.26 m (233 ft 9+1⁄2 in)John Powell (USA)9 June 1984San Jose
1171.26 m (233 ft 9+1⁄2 in)Rickard Bruch (SWE)15 November 1984Malmö
1271.26 m (233 ft 9+1⁄2 in)Imrich Bugár (TCH)25 May 1985San Jose
1371.18 m (233 ft 6+1⁄4 in)Art Burns (USA)19 July 1983San Jose
1471.16 m (233 ft 5+1⁄2 in)Wolfgang Schmidt (GDR)9 August 1978Berlin
1571.14 m (233 ft 4+3⁄4 in)Anthony Washington (USA)22 May 1996Salinas
1671.06 m (233 ft 1+1⁄2 in)Luis Delís (CUB)21 May 1983Havana
1770.98 m (232 ft 10+1⁄4 in)Mac Wilkins (USA)9 July 1980Helsinki
1870.82 m (232 ft 4 in)Aleksander Tammert (EST)15 April 2006Denton
1970.78 m (232 ft 2+1⁄2 in)Fedrick Dacres (JAM)16 June 2019Rabat
2070.66 m (231 ft 9+3⁄4 in)Robert Harting (GER)22 May 2012Turnov
2170.54 m (231 ft 5 in)Dmitriy Shevchenko (RUS)7 May 2002Krasnodar
2270.38 m (230 ft 10+3⁄4 in)Jay Silvester (USA)16 May 1971Lancaster
2370.35 m (230 ft 9+1⁄2 in)Kristjan Čeh (SLO)26 June 2021Kuortane
2470.32 m (230 ft 8+1⁄2 in)Frantz Kruger (RSA)26 May 2002Salon-de-Provence
2570.29 m (230 ft 7+1⁄4 in)Mauricio Ortega (COL)22 July 2020Lovelhe

Women's:

Women's Discus Throw World Record
RankMarkAthleteDatePlace
176.80 m (251 ft 11+1⁄2 in)Gabriele Reinsch (GDR)9 July 1988Neubrandenburg
274.56 m (244 ft 7+1⁄4 in)Zdeňka Šilhavá (TCH)26 August 1984Nitra
374.56 m (244 ft 7+1⁄4 in)Ilke Wyludda (GDR)23 July 1989Neubrandenburg
474.08 m (243 ft 1⁄2 in)Diana Gansky (GDR)20 June 1987Karl-Marx-Stadt
573.84 m (242 ft 3 in)Daniela Costian (ROU)30 April 1988Bucharest
673.36 m (240 ft 8 in)Irina Meszynski (GDR)17 August 1984Prague
773.28 m (240 ft 5 in)Galina Savinkova (URS)8 September 1984Donetsk
873.22 m (240 ft 2+1⁄2 in)Tsvetanka Khristova (BUL)19 April 1987Kazanlak
973.10 m (239 ft 9+3⁄4 in)Gisela Beyer (GDR)20 July 1984Berlin
1072.92 m (239 ft 2+3⁄4 in)Martina Hellmann (GDR)20 August 1987Potsdam
1172.14 m (236 ft 8 in)Galina Murashova (URS)17 August 1984Prague
1271.80 m (235 ft 6+3⁄4 in)Mariya Vergova (BUL)13 July 1980Sofia
1371.68 m (235 ft 2 in)Xiao Yanling (CHN)14 March 1992Beijing
1471.58 m (234 ft 10 in)Ellina Zvereva (URS)12 June 1988Leningrad
1571.50 m (234 ft 6+3⁄4 in)Evelin Jahl (GDR)10 May 1980Potsdam
1671.41 m (234 ft 3+1⁄4 in)Sandra Perković (CRO)18 July 2017Bellinzona
1771.30 m (233 ft 11 in)Larisa Korotkevich (RUS)29 May 1992Sochi
1871.22 m (233 ft 7+3⁄4 in)Ria Stalman (NED)15 July 1984Walnut
1971.16 m (233 ft 5+1⁄2 in)Valarie Allman (USA)12 September 2021Berlin
2070.88 m (232 ft 6+1⁄2 in)Hilda Ramos (CUB)8 May 1992Havana
2170.80 m (232 ft 3+1⁄4 in)Larisa Mikhalchenko (URS)18 June 1988Kharkiv
2270.68 m (231 ft 10+1⁄2 in)Maritza Martén (CUB)18 July 1992Sevilla
2370.65 m (231 ft 9+1⁄4 in)Denia Caballero (CUB)20 June 2015Bilbao
2470.50 m (231 ft 3+1⁄2 in)Faina Melnik (URS)24 April 1976Sochi
2570.34 m (230 ft 9+1⁄4 in)Silvia Madetzky (GDR)16 May 1988Athens
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