2019 World Championships Statistics – Men’s DT by K Ken Nakamura The records to look for in Doha: 1) Can Stahl win first DT gold for SWE at the World Championships? 2) Can Dacres win first DT medal for JAM at the World Championships? 3) Can Dacres become first World Youth Champion to win World Champ medal? Summary All time Performance List at the World Championships Performance Performer Dist ance Name Nat Pos Venue Year 1 1 70.17 Virgilijus Alekna LTU 1 Helsinki 2005 2 2 69.72 Lars Ri edel GER 1 Edmonton 2001 3 69.69 Virgilijus Alekna 1 Paris 2003 4 3 69.43 Robert Harting GER 1 Berlin 2009 5 69.40 Virgilijus Alekna 2 Edmonton 2001 6 4 69.21 Andrius Gudzius LTU 1 London 2017 7 5 69.19 Daniel Ståhl SWE 2 Londn 2017 8 6 69. 15 Piotr Malachowski POL 2 Berlin 2009 9 69.11 Robert Harting 1 Moskva 2013 10 7 69.08 Anthony Was hington USA 1 Sevilla 1999 Margin of Victory Difference Distance Name Nat Venue Year Max 2.78m 68.76 Lars Riedel GER Göteborg 1995 2.52m 68.74 Jürgen Schult GDR Roma 1987 Min 2cm 69.21 Andrius Gudzius LTU London 2017 28cm 69.43 Robert Harting GER Berlin 2009 32cm 69.72 Lars Riedel GER Edmonton 2001 Best Marks for Places in the World Championships Pos Distance Name Nat Venue Year 1 70.17 Virgilijus Alekna LTU Helsinki 2005 2 69.40 Virgilijus Alekna LTU Edmonton 2001 69.19 Daniel Ståhl SWE London 2017 69.15 Piotr Malachowski POL Berlin 2009 3 68.09 Lars Riedel GER Sevilla 1999 4 67.57 Dmitriy Shevchenko RUS Edmonton 2001 Multiple Gold Medalists: Robert Harting (GER): 2009, 2011, 2013 Virgilijus Alekna (LTU): 2003, 2005 Lars Riedel (GER): 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2001 World Championships medalists who previously won World Youth medal: Name Nat World Championships Year World Youth Championships Year Robert Harting GER Gold 2009 Silver 2001 All time Performance List at the World Championships Performance Performer Dist ance Name Nat Pos Venue Year 1 1 70.17 Virgilijus Alekna LTU 1 Helsinki 2005 2 2 69.72 Lars Riedel GER 1 Edmonton 2001 3 69.69 Virgilijus Alekna 1 Paris 2003 4 3 69.43 Robert Harting GER 1 Berlin 2009 5 69.40 Virgilijus Alekna 2 Edmonton 2001 6 4 69.21 Andrius Gudzius LTU 1 London 2017 7 5 69.19 Daniel Ståhl SWE 2 Londn 2017 8 6 69.15 Piotr Malachowski POL 2 Berlin 2009 9 69.11 Robert Harting 1 Moskva 2013 10 7 69.08 Anthony Was hington USA 1 Sevilla 1999 11 8 69.01 Robert Fazekas HUN 2 Paris 2003 12 68.97 Robert Harting GER 1 Daegu 2011 13 9 68.94 Gerd Kanter EST 1 Osaka 2007 14 68.79 Virgilijus Alekna 1qB Helsinki 2005 15 68.76 Lars Riedel 1 Göteborg 1995 16 10 68.74 Jürgen Schult GDR 1 Roma 1987 17 68.57 Gerd Kanter EST 2 Helsinki 2005 18 68.54 Lars Riedel 1 Athinai 1997 19 68.36 Piotr Malachowski 2 Moskva 2013 20 68.29 Virgilijus Alekna 1qB Paris 2003 21 68.26 Lars Riedel 1qB Edmonton 2001 22 68.18 Jürgen Schult 2 Sevilla 1999 23 68.09 Lars Riedel 3 Sevilla 1999 24 11 68.03 Mason Finley USA 3 London 2017 25 12 67.72 Imrich Bugar TCH 1 Helsinki 19 83 25 67.72 Lars Riedel 1 Stuttgart 1993 27 67.64 Daniel Ståhl 1qA London 2017 28 13 67 .61 Michael Möllenbeck GER 3 Edmonton 2001 29 14 67.57 Dmitriy Shevchenko RUS 4 Edmonton 2001 30 67.53 Virgilijus Alekna 4 Sevilla 1999 31 67.45 Gerd Ka nter 1qA Osaka 2007 32 67.40 Piotr Malachowski 1 Beijing 2015 33 15 67.36 Luis Delis CUB 2 Helsinki 1983 34 67.01 Andrius Gudzius 1qB London 2017 35 66.95 Gerd Kanter 2 Daegu 2011 36 66.90 Dmitriy Shevchenko 2 Stuttgart 1993 36 16 66 .90 Philip Milanov BEL 2 Beijing 2015 38 66.88 Gerd Kanter 3 Berlin 2009 39 66.81 Robert Harting 1qA Berlin 2009 40 66.73 Gerd Kanter 2qA Berlin 2009 41 66.70 Virgilijus Alekna 2 Athinai 1997 42 66.68 Robert Harting 2 Osaka 2007 43 66.62 Robert Harting 1qA Moskva 2013 44 17 66.60 Rutger Smith 2qA Osaka 2007 45 18 66.55 Ada m Setliff USA 5 Edmonton 2001 46 66.54 Virgilijus Alekna 1qB Osaka 2007 47 19 66.51 Vasiliy Kaptyukh BLR 3 Paris 2003 48 66.46 Lars Riedel 1qB Athinai 1997 48 66.42 Rutger Smith 3 Osaka 2007 50 66.36 Virgilijus Alekna 4 Berlin 2009 51 66.28 Lars Riedel 4 Paris 2003 52 66.26 Robert Harting 2qB Osaka 2007 53 66.25 Vasiliy Kaptyukh 6 Edmonton 2001 54 66.23 Michael Möllenbeck 5 Paris 2003 Shortest winning distance: 66.20 by Lars Riedel in 1991 Margin of Victory Difference Distance Name Nat Venue Year Max 2.78m 68.76 Lars Riedel GER Göteborg 1995 2.52m 68.74 Jürgen Schult GDR Roma 1987 Min 2cm 69.21 Andrius Gudzius LTU London 2017 28cm 69.43 Robert Harting GER Berlin 2009 32cm 69.72 Lars Riedel GER Edmonton 2001 Difference between first and third Diff Winning dist 3rd place dist Winner’s Name Nat Venue Year Max 4.22m 70.17m 65.95 Virgilijus Alekna LTU Helsinki 2005 Min 88cm 66.20 65.32 Lars Riedel GER Tokyo 1991 Difference between third and fourth (medal versus no medal) Difference 3rd place dist Name Nat Venue Year Max 2.20m 68.03 Mason Finley USA London 2017 1.18m 66.42 Rutger Smith NED Osaka 2007 Min 2cm 66.14 Jurgen Schult GER Athinai 1997 Longest mark in each round Round Distance Name Nat Venue Year Final 70.17m Virgilijus Alekna LTU Helsinki 2005 Qualifying 68.79m Virgilijus Alekna LTU Helsinki 2005 Longest non-qualifier for the final Distance Position Name Nat Venue Year 63.21 6qB Lolassonn Djouhan FRA London 2017 62.71 6qB Robert Weir GBR Sevilla 1999 Average of last nine (21 st century) World Championships Average 2017 2015 2013 2011 2009 2007 2005 2003 2001 Winning Distance 69.18 69.21 67.40 69.11 68.97 69.43 68.94 70.17 69.69 69.72 Winning Medal 66.43 68.03 65.18 65.19 66.08 66.88 66.42 65.95 66.51 67.61 8th place 63.98 64.04 63.94 63.38 63.54 63.17 64.33 63.77 64.39 65.27 Best Marks for Places in the World Championships Pos Distance Name Nat Venue Year 1 70.17 Virgilijus Alekna LTU Helsinki 2005 2 69.40 Virgilijus Alekna LTU Edmonton 2001 69.19 Daniel Ståhl SWE London 2017 69.15 Piotr Malachowski POL Berlin 2009 3 68.09 Lars Riedel GER Sevilla 1999 4 67.57 Dmitriy Shevchenko RUS Edmonton 2001 5 66.55 Adam Setliff USA Edmonton 2001 6 66.25 Vasiliy Kaptyukh BLR Edmonton 2001 7 65.86 Roland Varga HUN Edmonton 2001 8 65.27 Frantz Kruger RSA Edmonton 2001 Best Marks for Places – all competitions Pos Distance Name Nat Venue Day Month Year 1 74.08 Jürgen Schult GDR Neubrandenburg 6 June 1986 2 70.92 Gerd Kanter EST Kaunas 25 July 2007 70.83 Robert Fazekas HUN Rethimno 23 June 2004 3 69.10 Art Burns USA San Jose 25 May 1985 68.93 Zoltan Kovago HUN Zürich 6 Aug 2004 4 68.61 Gerd Kanter EST Shanghai 23 May 2010 68.40 Gejza Valent TCH San Jose 25 May 1985 5 67.19 Piotr Malachowski POL London 7 Aug 2012 67.08 Ehsan Hadadi IRI Shanghai 23 May 2010 Multiple Gold Medalists: Robert Harting (GER): 2009, 2011, 2013 Virgilijus Alekna (LTU): 2003, 2005 Lars Riedel (GER): 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2001 Multiple Medalists: Piotr Małachowski (POL): 2009 Silver; 2013 Silver; 2015 Gold Robert Harting (GER): 2007 Silver, 2009 Gold, 2011 Gold, 2013 Gold Gerd Kanter (EST): 2005 Silver, 2007 Gold, 2009 Bronze, 2011 Silver, 2013 Bronze Michael Möllenbeck (GER): 2001 Bronze; 2005 Bronze Virgilijus Alekna (LTU): 1997 Silver, 2001 Silver, 2003 Gold, 2005 Gold Vasiliy Kaptyukh (BLR): 1995 Bronze; 2003 Bronze Lars Riedel (GER): 1991 Gold, 1993 Gold, 1995 Gold, 1997 Gold, 1999 Bronze, 2001 Gold Jürgen Schult (GDR): 1987 Gold, 1993 Bronze, 1997 Bronze, 1999 Silver Luis Delis (CUB): 1983 Silver, 1987 Bronze Note: Kanter has all three (gold, silver, bronze) medals. Multiple Medals by athletes from a single nation Nation Year Gold Silver Bronze POL 2015 Piotr Malachowski Robert Urbanek GER 2001 Lars Riedel Michael Möllenbeck GER 1999 Jürgen Schult Lars Riedel GER 1997 Lars Riedel Jürgen Schult BLR 1995 Vladimir Dubrovshchik Vasily Kaptyukh GER 1993 Lars Riedel Jürgen Schult TCH 1983 Imrich Bugar Gejza Valent Man & Woman from the same team winning the corresponding event: Nation Men Women Venue Year GDR Jürgen Schult Martin Hellmann Roma 1987 Medals by Countries: Nation Gold Silver Bronze GER 8 2 5 LTU 3 2 EST 1 2 2 POL 1 2 1 USA 1 1 1 TCH 1 1 GDR 1 BLR 1 2 CUB 1 1 HUN 1 1 NED 1 1 RUS 1 BEL 1 SWE 1 IRI 1 Round in which the winning marks were recorded by winners Dist Winner Winning marks were recorded in Second best throw Dist for 2 nd 1983 67.72 Imrich Bugar 2 67.14 67.36 1987 68.74 Jurgen Schult 2 67.36 66.22 1991 66.20 Lars Riedel 1 65.82 65.82 1993 67.72 Lars Riedel 2 67.34 66.90 1995 68.76 Lars Riedel 2 67.90 65.98 1997 68.54 Lars Riedel 3 68.24 66.70 1999 69.08 Anthony Washington 6 66.29 68.18 2001 69.7 2 Lars Riedel 5 69.50 69.40 2003 69.69 Virgilijus Alekna 1 68.75 69.01 2005 70.17 Virgilijus Alekna 6 68.10 68.57 2007 68.94 Gerd Kanter 3 68.84 66.68 2009 69.43 Robert Harting 6 68.25 69.15 2011 68.97 Robert Harting 4 68.49 66.95 2013 69.11 Robert Harting 4 69.08 68.36 2015 67.40 Piotr Malachowski 2 65.09 66.90 2017 69.21 Andrius Gudzius 2 67.89 69.19 The second best throw would have won in 1987, 1991 (win by tie breaker), 1993, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2007 & 2011 World Champion with Olympic Gold medal Name Nat World Championships Olympics Robert Harting GER 2009, 2011, 2013 2012 Gerd Kanter EST 2007 2008 Virgilijus Alekna LTU 2003, 2005 2000, 2004 Lars Riedel GER 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2001 1996 Jürgen Schult GDR 1987 1988 World Champion medalists who previously won World Junior medal Name Nat World Championships Year World Junior Championships Year Andrius Gudzius LTU Gold 2017 Gold 2010 Rutger Smith NED Bronze 2007 Bronze 2000 Vasiliy Kaptyukh BLR Bronze 1995, 2003 Bronze 1986 World Championships medalists who previously won World Youth medal: Name Nat World Championships Year World Youth Championships Year Robert Harting GER Gold 2009 Silver 2001 World Champion with European Championships gold medal