Men · World record
Discus Throw
The current record and its documented progression: 45 ratified records from 1912 to 2025.
Current record
75.56
Mykolas AleknaLTURamona · 13 Apr 2025
1 year standing0.67 m improvementAll-time top 25 →
Record progression
Each step is a documented record
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Documented records
45 ratified · 1 at altitude · most recent first · Wikipedia (EN) revision 1372027153, imported 2 Sep 2026
| Mark | Athlete | Nation | Venue | Date | Stood |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 75.56 | Mykolas Alekna | LTU | Ramona | 13 Apr 2025 | 1 yr |
| 74.89 | Mykolas Alekna | LTU | Ramona | 13 Apr 2025 | 0 d |
| 74.35 | Mykolas Alekna | LTU | Ramona | 14 Apr 2024 | 364 d |
| 74.08 | Jürgen Schult | GDR | Neubrandenburg, East Germany | 6 Jun 1986 | 37 yrs |
| 71.86 | Yuriy Dumchev | Moscow | 29 May 1983 | 3 yrs | |
| 71.16 | Wolfgang Schmidt | GDR | Berlin | 9 Aug 1978 | 4 yrs |
| 70.86 | Mac Wilkins | USA | San Jose | 1 May 1976 | 2 yrs |
| 70.24 | Mac Wilkins | USA | San Jose | 1 May 1976 | 0 d |
| 69.80 | Mac Wilkins | USA | San Jose | 1 May 1976 | 0 d |
| 69.18 | Mac Wilkins | USA | Walnut | 24 Apr 1976 | 7 d |
| 69.08 | John Powell | USA | Long Beach | 3 May 1975 | 357 d |
| 68.48 | John van Reenen | RSA | Stellenbosch | 14 Mar 1975 | 50 d |
| 68.40 | Rickard Bruch | SWE | Stockholm | 5 Jul 1972 | 2 yrs |
| 68.40A | Jay Silvester | USA | Reno | 18 Sep 1968 | 3 yrs |
| 66.54 | Jay Silvester | USA | Modesto | 25 May 1968 | 116 d |
| 65.22 | Ludvik Danek | TCH | Sokolov, Czechoslovakia | 12 Oct 1965 | 2 yrs |
| 64.55 | Ludvik Danek | TCH | Turnov, Czechoslovakia | 2 Aug 1964 | 1 yr |
| 62.94 | Al Oerter | USA | Walnut | 25 Apr 1964 | 99 d |
| 62.62 | Al Oerter | USA | Walnut | 27 Apr 1963 | 364 d |
| 62.45 | Al Oerter | USA | Chicago | 1 Jul 1962 | 300 d |
Showing 20 of 45 · Show all · Rows link to a profile only where the athlete appears on a published list. Struck marks were rescinded or never ratified, and A marks a performance at altitude; both come from the source article's own key and markers, and eras are kept as it lists them. Nothing is inferred.