Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's discus throw

Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Track events
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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
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4×100 m relay		men		women
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Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
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Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men
Wheelchair races

These are the official results of the Men's Discus Throw event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There were a total of 40 competitors. The final was held on July 31, 1996.

Medalists

Gold	Lars Riedel  Germany
Silver	Vladimir Dubrovshchik  Belarus
Bronze	Vasiliy Kaptyukh  Belarus

Abbreviations

• All results shown are in metres

Records

Standing records prior to the 1996 Summer Olympics
World Record	Jürgen Schult (GDR)	74.08 m	June 6, 1986	Neubrandenburg, East Germany
Olympic Record	Jürgen Schult (GDR)	68.82 m	October 1, 1988	Seoul, South Korea
Season Best	Anthony Washington (USA)	71.14 m	May 22, 1996	Salinas, United States
Broken records during the 1996 Summer Olympics
Olympic Record	Lars Riedel (GER)	69.40 m	July 31, 1996	Atlanta, United States

Non-qualifiers

RANK	NON-QUALIFIERS	DISTANCE	1	2	3
13.	Nick Sweeney (IRL)	62.04 m	58.82	62.04	61.06
14.	John Godina (USA)	61.82 m	61.82	59.88	57.46
15.	Bob Weir (GBR)	61.64 m	61.64	60.54	X
16.	Ramón Jiménez Gaona (PAR)	61.36 m	58.18	61.36	X
17.	Adewale Olukoju (NGR)	60.98 m	X	60.98	59.32
18.	Li Shaojie (CHN)	60.20 m	58.54	60.06	60.20
19.	Diego Fortuna (ITA)	60.08 m	57.78	59.30	60.08
20.	Marek Bilek (CZE)	59.86 m	59.86	58.42	58.62
21.	Svein Inge Valvik (NOR)	59.60 m	59.34	58.34	59.60
22.	Roberto Moya (CUB)	59.22 m	59.22	57.60	X
23.	Dashdendev Makhashiri (MGL)	59.16 m	59.16	54.18	X
24.	Igor Primc (SLO)	59.12 m	59.12	56.40	57.62
25.	Aleksander Tammert (EST)	59.04 m	58.84	X	59.04
26.	Costel Grasu (ROU)	58.56 m	58.30	X	58.56
27.	Dragan Mustapić (CRO)	57.94 m	X	57.94	56.62
28.	Andriy Kokhanovskiy (UKR)	57.90 m	57.90	X	X
29.	Marcelo Pugliese (ARG)	56.72 m	56.72	X	X
30.	Shakti Singh (IND)	56.58 m	53.72	56.58	54.30
31.	Aleksandr Borichevskiy (RUS)	56.46 m	X	56.46	55.18
32.	Vésteinn Hafsteinsson (ISL)	56.30 m	53.94	52.14	56.30
33.	Jason Tunks (CAN)	55.58 m	X	X	55.58
34.	Mickaël Conjungo (CAF)	55.34 m	X	X	55.34
35.	Michael Möllenbeck (GER)	55.18 m	X	55.18	55.06
36.	Glen Smith (GBR)	54.88 m	54.88	X	X
37.	Roman Poltoratskiy (UZB)	51.96 m	X	X	51.96
38.	Jaroslav Žitňanský (SVK)	51.50 m	X	50.94	51.50
39.	Chris Sua'mene (SAM)	51.28 m	49.22	51.28	50.24
—	David Martínez (ESP)	NM	X	X	X

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
01 !	Lars Riedel (GER)	X	X	65.40	63.10	69.40	69.24	69.40 m	OR
02 !	Vladimir Dubrovshchik (BLR)	64.86	66.60	64.38	59.68	X	X	66.60 m
03 !	Vasiliy Kaptyukh (BLR)	63.24	64.00	65.80	X	63.82	65.08	65.80 m
4	Anthony Washington (USA)	65.42	X	X	61.34	X	62.50	65.42 m
5	Virgilijus Alekna (LTU)	62.28	65.30	64.50	X	64.54	63.74	65.30 m
6	Jürgen Schult (GER)	62.82	64.42	62.62	64.62	64.38	63.78	64.62 m
7	Vitaliy Sidorov (UKR)	63.44	X	X	62.76	63.78	62.82	63.78 m
8	Vaclavas Kidykas (LTU)	61.48	57.52	62.78	X	61.68	61.88	62.78 m
9	Alexis Elizalde (CUB)	60.52	60.36	62.70				62.70 m
10	Attila Horváth (HUN)	60.66	62.28	59.72				62.28 m
11	Sergey Lyakhov (RUS)	60.62	59.90	X				60.62 m
12	Adam Setliff (USA)	X	56.30	X				56.30 m

See also

• 1994 Men's European Championships Discus Throw (Helsinki)
• 1995 Men's World Championships Discus Throw (Gothenburg)
• 1997 Men's World Championships Discus Throw (Athens)
• 1998 Men's European Championships Discus Throw (Budapest)

References

• Official Report
• Results
• sports-reference