Editing Discus throw (section)

{{Short description|Event in track and field athletics}}
{{Redirect2|Discus thrower|Discus|the statue|Discobolus|other uses|Discus (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox athletics event
|event   = Discus throw
|image   = Robert Harting (2008).jpg
|caption = German 2012 Olympic champion [[Robert Harting]]
|WRmen   = {{flagathlete|[[Mykolas Alekna]]|LTU}} {{T&FcalcR|75.56}} (2025)
|ORmen   = {{nowrap|{{flagathlete|[[Roje Stona]]|JAM}} {{T&FcalcR|70.00}} (2024)}}
|CRmen   = {{nowrap|{{flagathlete|[[Daniel Ståhl]]|SWE}} {{T&FcalcR|71.46}} (2023)}}
|WRwomen = {{nowrap|{{flagathlete|[[Gabriele Reinsch]]|GDR}} {{T&FcalcR|76.80}} (1988)}}
|ORwomen = {{nowrap|{{flagathlete|[[Martina Hellmann]]|GDR}} {{T&FcalcR|72.30}} (1988)}}
|CRwomen = {{nowrap|{{flagathlete|[[Martina Hellmann ]]|GDR}} {{T&FcalcR|71.62}} (1987)}}
}}

The '''discus throw''' ({{audio|En-us-discus.ogg|pronunciation|help=no}}), also known as disc throw, is a [[track and field]] [[sport]] in which the participant [[athlete]] [[throw]]s an [[oblate spheroid]] [[weight (object)|weight]]{{snd}} called a '''discus'''{{snd}} in an attempt to mark a further distance than other competitors. It is an [[classical antiquity|ancient]] sport, as demonstrated by the fifth-century-BC [[Myron]] statue ''[[Discobolus]]''. Although not part of the current [[pentathlon]], it was one of the events of the [[Ancient Olympic pentathlon|ancient Greek pentathlon]], which can be dated back to at least 708&nbsp;BC,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.olympic.org/uk/passion/collectors/object/gallery_uk.asp?ObjId=318|title=Sports – List of Summer and Winter Olympic Sports|date=14 January 2018|website=olympic.org}}</ref> and it is part of the modern [[decathlon]].