NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships – Men's discus throw


This is a list of the NCAA outdoor champions in the discus throw. Measurement was conducted in imperial distances until 1975. Metrication occurred in 1976, so all subsequent championships were measured in metric distances.

Champions

;Key:
YearName, TeamDistance
1921Gus PopeWashington43.34
1922Thomas LiebNotre Dame43.95
1923Thomas LiebNotre Dame43.69
1924not held-
1925Clifford HoffmanStanford45.21
1926Clarence "Bud" HouserSouthern Cal45.41
1927James CorsonPacific43.95
1928Eric KrenzStanford45.47
1929Peter RasmusOhio St48.51
1930Paul JessupWashington49.01
1931Robert HallSouthern Cal46.52
1932Frank PurmaIllinois47.68
1933Henri LaBordeStanford49.78
1934Gordon DunnStanford49.56
1935Ken CarpenterSouthern Cal48.14
1936Ken CarpenterSouthern Cal52.73
1937Pete ZagarStanford47.62
1938Pete ZagarStanford49.46
1939Pete ZagarStanford49.99
1940Archie HarrisIndiana49.49
1941Archie HarrisIndiana53.26
1942Bob FitchMinnesota50.2
1943Howard DebusNebraska44.01
1944Wilfred BangertMissouri45.54
1945Wilfred BangertMissouri46.26
1946Fortune GordienMinnesota46.91
1947Fortune GordienMinnesota52.81A
1948Fortune GordienMinnesota50
1949Victor FrankYale51.45
1950Dick DoyleMontana52.25
1951Jim DillionAuburn51.05
1952Sim InessSouthern Cal52.79
1953Sim InessSouthern Cal57.93
1954Jim DillionAuburn53.72
1955Des KochSouthern Cal53.65
1956Ron DrummondUCLA52.74
1957Al OerterKansas56.49
1958Rink BabkaSouthern Cal56.74
1958Al OerterKansas56.74
1959Dick CochranMissouri54.25
1960Dick CochranMissouri57.39
1961Glen PasseyUtah St53.85
1962Dave WeillStanford57.33
1963Dave WeillStanford55.23A
1964Larry KennedyNew Mexico56.45
1965Bob StoeckerStanford55.97
1966Randy MatsonTexas A&M60.05
1967Randy MatsonTexas A&M58.01A
1968John van Reenen Wash St59.39
1969John van Reenen Wash St61.16
1970John van Reenen Wash St58.14
1971Mike LouisianaBrigham Y59.39
1972Fred DeBernardiUTEP59.87
1973Mac WilkinsOregon62.15
1974Zdravko Pecar Brigham Y57.96
1975Jim McGoldrickTexas57.94A
1976Borys Chambul Washington61.65
1977Svein Inge Valvik UTEP60.62
1978Kenth Gardenkrans Brigham Y64
1979Brad Cooper Florida St63.94
1980Göran Svensson Brigham Y61.72
1981Scott CrowellIowa St62.88
1982Dean CrouserOregon63.22A
1983Dean CrouserOregon65.88
1984John BrennerUCLA63.42
1985Rick MeyerHouston62.94
1986Olav Jenssen UTEP60.4
1987Clifford FelkinsAbilene Christian61
1988Kari Nisula California58.08
1989John NicholsLouisiana St63.42A
1990Kamy KeshmiriNevada-Reno63.12
1991Kamy KeshmiriNevada-Reno66.58
1992Kamy KeshmiriNevada-Reno67.06
1993Brian MilnePenn St61.08
1994John GodinaUCLA60.48
1995John GodinaUCLA61.68
1996Andy BloomWake Forest64.34
1997Jason Tunks Southern Meth59.72
1998Casey MaloneColorado St61.02
1999Gábor Máté Auburn61.6
2000Gábor Máté Auburn65.74
2001Tolga Köseoglu Texas A&M62.43
2002Janus Robberts Southern Meth62.37
2003Hannes Hopley Southern Meth61.25
2004Hannes Hopley Southern Meth62.01
2005Michael RobertsonStanford61.7
2006Vikas Gowda North Carolina60.55
2007Niklas Arrhenius BYU62.84
2008Rashaud ScottKentucky60.87
2009Martin Maric UC Berkeley59.82
2010Ryan WhitingArizona State59.06
2011Julian Wruck Texas Tech61.81
2012Chad Wright Nebraska62.79
2013Julian Wruck UCLA64.94
2014Hayden ReedAlabama62.74
2015Sam MattisPenn62.48
2017Filip Mihaljevic Virginia63.76