Athletics at the 2015 Pan American Games – Men's discus throw

Men's discus throw at the XVII Pan American Games
Venue	CIBC Pan Am and Parapan Am Athletics Stadium
Dates	July 23
Competitors	12 from 10 nations
Winning distance	64.80
Medalists
Fedrick Dacres   Jamaica   Ronald Julião   Brazil   Russell Winger   United States
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Athletics at the 2015 Pan American Games
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		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
Road events
Marathon		men		women
20 km walk		men		women
50 km walk		men
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The men's discus throw competition of the athletics events at the 2015 Pan American Games took place on July 23 at the CIBC Pan Am and Parapan Am Athletics Stadium. The defending Pan American Games champion was Jorge Fernandez of Cuba.

Records

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

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

Qualification

Main article: Athletics at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the minimum standard (53.05) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2014 to June 28, 2015).

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
July 23, 2015	19:05	Final

Results

All results shown are in meters.

KEY:

q

Best non-qualifiers

Q

Qualified

NR

National record

PB

Personal best

SB

Seasonal best

DQ

Disqualifed

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Fedrick Dacres	Jamaica	63.01	62.39	64.80	63.05	64.40	x	64.80
	Ronald Julião	Brazil	60.89	63.15	x	x	x	64.65	64.65	SB
	Russell Winger	United States	59.40	62.64	60.74	x	60.62	62.33	62.64
4	Jared Schuurmans	United States	59.79	57.26	x	62.32	59.67	x	62.32
5	Jorge Fernández	Cuba	x	x	59.91	62.04	x	60.99	62.04
6	Timothy Nedow	Canada	57.28	x	59.43	61.10	61.49	59.57	61.49	PB
7	Mauricio Ortega	Colombia	61.33	56.08	x	x	x	59.06	61.33
8	Mario Cota	Mexico	56.06	55.78	57.18	57.29	x	59.89	59.89	SB
9	Marc-Antoine Lafrenaye-Dugas	Canada	x	55.71	55.79				55.79
10	Quincy Wilson	Trinidad and Tobago	x	43.65	x				43.65
	Eldred Henry	British Virgin Islands	x	x	x				NM
	Dillon Simon	Dominica	x	x	x				NM