Men's discus throwing competitions at the 2011 World Athletics Championships were held on August 29 and 30.
Winners
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Robert Harting Germany | Gerd Kanter Estonia | Ehsan Haddadi Iran |
Final
| A place | Name | Citizenship | #one | # 2 | # 3 | #four | #5 | # 6 | results | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Harting | Germany | 68.49 | x | 68.10 | 68.97 | 66.33 | x | 68.97 | ||
| Gerd Kanter | Estonia | 62.79 | 66.95 | 66.13 | 66.90 | x | 65.83 | 66.95 | ||
| Ehsan Haddadi | Iran | 65.29 | 64.07 | x | x | 65.50 | 66.08 | 66.08 | SB | |
| four | Dead israel | Estonia | 61.87 | 63.60 | 64.31 | 63.73 | 65.20 | x | 65.20 | |
| 5 | Benn Harradin | Australia | 64.43 | 64.02 | 62.08 | x | 64.18 | 64.77 | 64.77 | |
| 6 | Virgilius Alekna | Lithuania | 62.75 | x | 64.09 | 62.62 | x | 61.25 | 64.09 | |
| 7 | Vikas Govda | India | 60.79 | 61.51 | 64.05 | 62.81 | 62.16 | 62.16 | 64.05 | |
| 8 | George Fernandez | Cuba | 61.05 | 63.54 | 63.10 | x | 60.11 | 61.77 | 63.54 | |
| 9 | Peter Malakhovsky | Poland | 58.28 | x | 63.37 | 63.37 | ||||
| 10 | Jason Jung | USA | 62.54 | x | 63.20 | 63.20 | ||||
| eleven | Mario pestano | Spain | 62.97 | 63.00 | 62.74 | 63.00 | ||||
| 12 | Brett Morse | United Kingdom | 60.84 | 62.69 | 57.87 | 62.69 |