2005 World Championships in Athletics 2005 World Championships in Athletics The 10th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), were held in the Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland (6 August 2005 – 14 August 2005), the site of the first IAAF World Championships in 1983. One theme of the 2005 championships was paralympic events, some of which were included as exhibition events. Much of the event was played in extremely heavy rainfall. The original winning bid for the competition was for London but the cost to build the required stadium at Picketts Lock and host the event was
2017 World Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw ( Q ) or at least the 12 best performers ( q ) qualified for the final. The overall results were as follows: The final took place on 5 August at 19:27. The results were as follows: 2017 World Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw The men's discus throw at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics will be held at the Olympic Stadium on . The first throw of the final was a personal best by American Mason Finley, 67.07 metres. It only held the lead for two throwers until Andrius Gudžius threw 67.52 metres. Those held up through