Athletics at the 2017 Summer Universiade
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men	women
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Half marathon	men	women
20 km walk	men	women
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The men's discus throw event at the 2017 Summer Universiade was held on 26 and 28 August at the Taipei Municipal Stadium.

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Reginald Jagers III  United States	Alin Alexandru Firfirică  Romania	Róbert Szikszai  Hungary

Qualification: 60.00 m (Q) or at least 12 best (q) qualified for the final.^[1]

Rank	Group	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	Result	Notes
1	B	Alin Alexandru Firfirică	Romania	56.82	59.69	61.98	61.98	Q, SB
2	A	Róbert Szikszai	Hungary	56.16	56.64	61.01	61.01	Q
3	A	Reginald Jagers III	United States	56.01	57.71	60.43	60.43	Q
4	B	János Huszák	Hungary	59.47	–	–	59.47	q
5	B	Mario Cota	Mexico	57.39	58.25	55.28	58.25	q
6	B	Gregory Thompson	Great Britain	57.12	56.30	57.94	57.94	q
7	B	Francisco Belo	Portugal	57.41	57.09	57.73	57.73	q
8	A	Muhammad Shamshuddin	Malaysia	53.34	57.42	56.43	57.42	q
9	A	Maximilian Klaus	Germany	56.20	55.37	56.11	56.20	q
10	B	Domantas Poška	Lithuania	55.42	51.90	56.70	56.70	q
11	A	Douglas dos Reis	Brazil	50.10	x	55.94	55.94	q
12	A	Martin Marković	Croatia	55.40	x	x	55.40	q, SB
13	A	Andreas Ellegaard	Denmark	53.25	x	53.63	53.63
14	B	Torben Brandt	Germany	50.78	x	50.24	50.78
15	A	Kim Dong-hyuk	South Korea	x	49.11	48.90	49.11
16	B	Jason van Rooyen	South Africa	45.07	47.15	x	47.15
17	A	Eduardo Espín	Ecuador	43.72	44.62	43.56	44.62
18	B	Carlo Caong	Philippines	x	38.73	x	38.73
	A	Faridun Ashurov	Tajikistan	x	x	x	NM
	A	Itamar Levi	Israel	x	x	x	NM
	B	Bartłomiej Stój	Poland	x	x	x	NM

^[2]

Rank	Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Reginald Jagers III	United States	60.00	x	59.39	59.10	61.24	x	61.24
	Alin Alexandru Firfirică	Romania	x	61.13	60.15	60.35	60.75	60.56	61.13
	Róbert Szikszai	Hungary	52.88	57.52	60.91	x	x	58.47	60.91
4	Mario Cota	Mexico	56.98	60.07	x	59.21	x	57.61	60.07
5	Francisco Belo	Portugal	59.56	59.78	57.19	x	57.76	55.39	59.78
6	János Huszák	Hungary	57.80	59.69	x	59.08	x	x	59.69
7	Douglas dos Reis	Brazil	x	59.37	x	x	x	56.34	59.37
8	Gregory Thompson	Great Britain	56.57	x	57.52	x	x	x	57.52
9	Domantas Poška	Lithuania	57.38	x	x				57.38
10	Martin Marković	Croatia	x	53.86	56.49				56.49	SB
11	Maximilian Klaus	Germany	56.42	56.44	55.03				56.44
12	Muhammad Shamshuddin	Malaysia	x	53.25	53.48				53.48