1997 World Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw

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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.   (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
  (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 Jr. (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.   (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.   (THA) 47.98 m
21.   (COK) 41.00 m

Final[]

Rank Athlete Attempts Distance Note
1 2 3 4 5 6
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Lars Riedel (GER) 65.48 68.24 68.54 X X 66.80 68.54 m
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Virgilijus Alekna (LTU) 62.44 66.70 63.20 63.12 X X 66.70 m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  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

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