The men's discus throw at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 27 and 29 August.

[1][2] Three time defending champion Robert Harting and his exuberant celebrations would not be here due to knee surgery, opening up opportunities for others.

Returning silver medalist Piotr Małachowski is the world leader hoping to move up a notch.

In the trials, it took Fedrick Dacres one toss to make an automatic qualifier, Małachowski took three attempts to do, but nobody else could get there.

There were no other fireworks until the fifth round when Małachowski's Polish teammate, Robert Urbanek got off a 65.18 to claim the bronze medal.