Athletics at the 2019 Pan American Games – Men's discus throw

The men's discus throw competition of the athletics events at the 2019 Pan American Games will take place on the 6 of August at the 2019 Pan American Games Athletics Stadium. The defending Pan American Games champion is Fedrick Dacres from Jamaica.

Men's discus throw at the XVIII Pan American Games
Venue	Athletics Stadium
Dates	August 6
Competitors	10 from 8 nations
Mark	67.68 m
Medalists
Fedrick Dacres   Jamaica   Traves Smikle   Jamaica   Reginald Jagers III   United States
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Records

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

World record	Jürgen Schult (GDR)	74.08 m	Neubrandenburg, East Germany	June 6, 1986
Pan American Games record	Luis Delis (CUB)	67.32 m	Caracas, Venezuela	August 25, 1983

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
August 6, 2019	15:30	Final

Results

All times shown are in meters.

KEY:

q

Fastest non-qualifiers

Q

Qualified

NR

National record

PB

Personal best

SB

Seasonal best

DQ

Disqualified

Final

The results were as follows:[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Mark	Notes
	Fedrick Dacres	Jamaica	66.14	67.68	x	65.02	65.07	x	67.68	PR
	Traves Smikle	Jamaica	62.96	x	64.23	63.92	65.02	63.48	65.02
	Reginald Jagers III	United States	x	64.48	x	x	x	x	64.48
4	Jorge Fernández	Cuba	63.21	64.24	63.73	63.58	62.42	62.33	64.24
5	Mauricio Ortega	Colombia	58.69	61.15	59.91	x	x	x	61.15
6	Juan Caicedo	Ecuador	56.92	57.81	x	x	x	x	57.81
7	Josh Boateng	Grenada	56.92	x	55.31	55.88	55.20	56.61	56.92
8	Abel Vest	Haiti	x	47.26	x	x	48.76	48.39	48.76
	Brian Williams II	United States	x	x	x				NM
	Claudio Romero	Chile	x	x	x				NM

References

1. "Men's discus throw − Results" (PDF). www.lima2019.pe. Lima Organizing Committee for the 2019 Pan and Parapan American Games (COPAL). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 August 2019. Retrieved 15 Aug 2019.