Progression of Official World Record
Men, Discus Throw
Result | Name | Country | DOB | Comp | Date | Age | Record life | |
74.35 | Mykolas Alekna | LTU | 28 Sep 2002 | Ramona OK | 14 Apr 2024 | 21 years 199 days | 11 days | |
72.21 NU23R 70.32 72.89 NU23R 70.51 74.35 NU23R 70.50 | ||||||||
74.08 | Jürgen Schult | GER | 11 May 1960 | Neubrandenburg | 6 Jun 1986 | 26 years 26 days | 37 years 313 days | |
67.20 X X 74.08 X P | ||||||||
71.86 | Yuriy Dumchev | RUS | 5 Aug 1958 | Moskva | 29 May 1983 | 24 years 297 days | 3 years 8 days | |
X X 66.22 67.56 69.44 71.86 | ||||||||
71.16 | Wolfgang Schmidt | GER | 16 Jan 1954 | Berlin | 9 Aug 1978 | 24 years 205 days | 4 years 293 days | |
68.14 71.16 67.72 67.16 65.78 68.34 | ||||||||
70.86 | Mac Wilkins | USA | 15 Nov 1950 | San José CA | 1 May 1976 | 25 years 168 days | 2 years 100 days | |
69.80 WR 70.24 WR 70.86 WR 66.98 68.08 66.58 | ||||||||
69.18 | Mac Wilkins | USA | 15 Nov 1950 | MSR | Walnut CA | 24 Apr 1976 | 25 years 161 days | 7 days |
68.40 | Rickard Bruch | SWE | 2 Jul 1946 | DNG | Stockholm | 5 Jul 1972 | 26 years 3 days | 3 years 294 days |
68.40 | Jay Silvester | USA | 27 Aug 1937 | Reno NV | 18 Sep 1968 | 31 years 22 days | 7 years 219 days | |
66.54 | Jay Silvester | USA | 27 Aug 1937 | Modesto CA | 25 May 1968 | 30 years 272 days | 116 days | |
65.22 | Ludvík Danek | CZE | 6 Jan 1937 | Sokolov | 12 Oct 1965 | 28 years 279 days | 2 years 226 days | |
64.55 | Ludvík Danek | CZE | 6 Jan 1937 | Turnov | 2 Aug 1964 | 27 years 209 days | 1 year 71 days | |
62.94 | Al Oerter | USA | 19 Sep 1936 | MSR | Walnut CA | 25 Apr 1964 | 27 years 219 days | 99 days |
62.62 | Al Oerter | USA | 19 Sep 1936 | MSR | Walnut CA | 27 Apr 1963 | 26 years 220 days | 364 days |
62.45 | Al Oerter | USA | 19 Sep 1936 | Chicago IL | 1 Jul 1962 | 25 years 285 days | 300 days | |
61.64 | Vladimir Trusenyev | RUS | 3 Aug 1931 | Leningrad | 4 Jun 1962 | 30 years 305 days | 27 days | |
61.10 | Al Oerter | USA | 19 Sep 1936 | Los Angeles CA | 18 May 1962 | 25 years 241 days | 17 days | |
60.72 | Jay Silvester | USA | 27 Aug 1937 | Bruxelles | 20 Aug 1961 | 23 years 358 days | 271 days | |
60.56 | Jay Silvester | USA | 27 Aug 1937 | Frankfurt | 11 Aug 1961 | 23 years 349 days | 9 days | |
59.91 | Rink Babka | USA | 23 Sep 1936 | Walnut CA | 12 Aug 1960 | 23 years 324 days | 364 days | |
59.91 | Edmund Piatkowski | POL | 31 Jan 1936 | Warszawa | 14 Jun 1959 | 23 years 134 days | 2 years 58 days | |
59.28 | Fortune Gordien | USA | 9 Sep 1922 | Pasadena CA | 21 Aug 1953 | 30 years 346 days | 5 years 297 days | |
58.10 | Fortune Gordien | USA | 9 Sep 1922 | Pasadena CA | 11 Jul 1953 | 30 years 305 days | 41 days | |
57.93 | Sim Iness | USA | 9 Jul 1930 | Lincoln NE | 20 Jun 1953 | 22 years 346 days | 21 days | |
56.97 | Fortune Gordien | USA | 9 Sep 1922 | Hämeenlinna | 14 Aug 1949 | 26 years 339 days | 3 years 310 days | |
56.46 | Fortune Gordien | USA | 9 Sep 1922 | Lisboa | 9 Jul 1949 | 26 years 303 days | 36 days | |
55.33 | Adolfo Consolini | ITA | 5 Jan 1917 | Milano | 10 Oct 1948 | 31 years 279 days | 272 days | |
54.93 | Bob Fitch | USA | Minneapolis MN | 8 Jun 1946 | exactly | 2 years 124 days | ||
54.23 | Adolfo Consolini | ITA | 5 Jan 1917 | Milano | 14 Apr 1946 | 29 years 99 days | 55 days | |
53.34 | Adolfo Consolini | ITA | 5 Jan 1917 | Milano | 26 Oct 1941 | 24 years 294 days | 4 years 170 days | |
53.26 | Archie Harris | USA | Stanford CA | 20 Jun 1941 | exactly | 128 days | ||
53.10 | Willi Schröder | GER | 7 Mar 1912 | Magdeburg | 28 Apr 1935 | 23 years 52 days | 6 years 53 days | |
52.42 | Harald Andersson | SWE | 2 Apr 1907 | Oslo | 25 Aug 1934 | 27 years 145 days | 246 days | |
51.73 | Paul Jessup | USA | 23 Sep 1907 | Pittsburgh PA | 23 Aug 1930 | 22 years 334 days | 4 years 2 days | |
51.03 | Eric Krenz | USA | 7 May 1906 | Stanford CA | 17 May 1930 | 24 years 10 days | 98 days | |
49.90 | Eric Krenz | USA | 7 May 1906 | Stanford CA | 9 Mar 1929 | 22 years 306 days | 1 year 69 days | |
48.20 | Bud Houser | USA | 25 Sep 1901 | Stanford CA | 3 Apr 1926 | 24 years 190 days | 2 years 340 days | |
47.89 | Glenn Hartranft | USA | 3 Dec 1901 | San Francisco CA | 2 May 1925 | 23 years 150 days | 336 days | |
47.61 | Thomas Lieb | USA | 28 Oct 1899 | Chicago IL | 14 Sep 1924 | 24 years 322 days | 230 days | |
47.58 | Jim Duncan | USA | 25 Sep 1887 | New York NY | 27 May 1912 | 24 years 245 days | 12 years 110 days |