1997 World Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw

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1997 World Championships
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These are the official results of the Men's Discus Throw event at the 1997 World Championships in Athens, Greece. There were a total number of 42 participating athletes, with the final held on Sunday August 10, 1997. The qualification mark was set at 63.00 metres.

Medalists

Gold Germany Lars Riedel
Germany (GER)
Silver Lithuania Virgilijus Alekna
Lithuania (LTU)
Bronze Germany Jürgen Schult
Germany (GER)

Schedule

Qualification Round
Group A Group B
08.08.1997 – 17:30h 08.08.1997 – 19:30h
Final Round
10.08.1997 – 18:00h

Abbreviations

  • All results shown are in metres
Q automatic qualification
q qualification by rank
DNS did not start
NM no mark
WR world record
AR area record
NR national record
PB personal best
SB season best

Qualification

RANK GROUP A DISTANCE
1.  Jürgen Schult (GER) 64.60 m
2.  Vitaliy Sidorov (UKR) 63.08 m
3.  Vasiliy Kaptyukh (BLR) 63.06 m
4.  Andreas Seelig (GER) 62.94 m
5.  Aleksander Tammert (EST) 62.18 m
6.  Jason Tunks (CAN) 61.82 m
7.  Alexis Elizalde (CUB) 61.48 m
8.  Vaclavas Kidykas (LTU) 61.40 m
9.  Andy Bloom (USA) 60.74 m
10.  Olav Jenssen (NOR) 60.52 m
11.  Igor Primc (SLO) 59.98 m
12.  Ian Winchester (NZL) 59.70 m
13.  Jo Van Daele (BEL) 58.66 m
14.  Aleksandr Borichevskiy (RUS) 57.90 m
15.  Yu Wenge (CHN) 57.14 m
16.  Costel Grasu (ROM) 56.70 m
17.  Christos Papadopoulos (GRE) 56.44 m
18.  Shakti Singh (IND) 56.28 m
19.  Glen Smith (GBR) 54.40 m
20.  Dashdendev Makhashiri (MGL) 52.12 m
—  Duke Uperesa (ASA) DNS


RANK GROUP B DISTANCE
1.  Lars Riedel (GER) 66.46 m
2.  Virgilijus Alekna (LTU) 65.22 m
3.  Adam Setliff (USA) 63.72 m
4.  John Godina (USA) 63.48 m
5.  Vladimir Dubrovshchik (BLR) 62.30 m
6.  Robert Weir (GBR) 62.26 m
7.  Frits Potgieter (RSA) 61.30 m
8.  Pieter van der Kruk (NED) 60.16 m
9.  Diego Fortuna (ITA) 60.06 m
10.  Leonid Cherevko (BLR) 60.06 m
11.  Sergey Lyakhov (RUS) 59.72 m
12.  Jean Pons (FRA) 59.46 m
13.  Li Shaojie (CHN) 58.24 m
14.  Libor Malina (CZE) 58.00 m
15.  Mickaël Conjungo (CAF) 57.82 m
16.  Attila Horváth (HUN) 57.72 m
17.  Marcelo Pugliese (ARG) 57.34 m
18.  Kjell Ove Hauge (NOR) 57.00 m
19.  Ramón Jiménez Gaona (PAR) 52.96 m
20.  Vansavang Savatdee (THA) 47.98 m
21.  Robert McNabb (COK) 41.00 m

Final

Rank Athlete Attempts Distance Note
1 2 3 4 5 6
1st  Lars Riedel (GER) 65.48 68.24 68.54 X X 66.80 68.54 m
2nd  Virgilijus Alekna (LTU) 62.44 66.70 63.20 63.12 X X 66.70 m
3rd  Jürgen Schult (GER) 66.14 65.20 65.54 X 62.34 64.94 66.14 m
4  Vladimir Dubrovshchik (BLR) 62.98 60.30 65.36 65.46 62.44 66.12 66.12 m
5  John Godina (USA) 65.40 X 57.32 64.82 64.92 64.30 65.40 m
6  Andreas Seelig (GER) 63.00 64.48 62.80 X 64.12 63.64 64.48 m
7  Adam Setliff (USA) 62.32 62.80 X 61.84 X 63.44 63.44 m
8  Robert Weir (GBR) 63.06 60.18 61.40 62.22 X 58.70 63.06 m
9  Jason Tunks (CAN) 59.16 62.30 61.88 62.30 m
10  Vitaliy Sidorov (UKR) 60.32 59.68 X 60.32 m
11  Vasiliy Kaptyukh (BLR) 60.12 X X 60.12 m
12  Aleksander Tammert (EST) 59.44 59.18 58.46 59.44 m

See also

References

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