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Discus Throw, Men

Date	8 – 10 August 1984
Status	Olympic
Location	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, California
Participants	20 from 14 countries

The Soviet boycott prevented Imrich Bugár (TCH), the 1983 World Champion and 1982 European Champion, from competing. Also absent was 1980 bronze medalist and 1983 Pan American Games Champion Luis Delís (CUB). In their absence the American trio of 1976 gold medalist Mac Wilkins, John Powell, and Art Burns was expected to dominate and possibly sweep the medals. Wilkins took the lead in round one with 65.96 (216-5). But in round four, Rolf Danneberg (FRG) threw 66.60 (218-6) which would win the gold medal in a major upset. Wilkins improved to 66.30 (217-6¼) in round five but it was only good for silver. Powell did get a bronze medal, with Burns fifth, trailing Norway’s Knut Hjeltnes.

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Qualifying	Final
1	307	Rolf Danneberg	FRG	63.48 (2)	66.60 (1)	Gold
2	946	Mac Wilkins	USA	65.86 (1)	66.30 (2)	Silver
3	934	John Powell	USA	62.92 (4)	65.46 (3)	Bronze
4	680	Knut Hjeltnes	NOR	60.80 (11)	65.28 (4)
5	889	Art Burns	USA	62.60 (6)	64.98 (5)
6	341	Alwin Wagner	FRG	61.56 (8)	64.72 (6)
7	529	Luciano Zerbini	ITA	63.44 (3)	63.50 (7)
8	803	Stefan Fernholm	SWE	62.84 (5)	63.22 (8)
9	441	Erik de Bruin	NED	61.56 (7)	62.32 (9)
10	402	Bob Weir	GBR	60.92 (10)	61.36 (10)
11	424	Kostas Georgakopoulos	GRE	60.94 (9)	60.30 (11)
AC r2/2	507	Marco Martino	ITA	60.76 (12)	– (NM)
13 r1/2	314	Werner Hartmann	FRG	59.92 (13)	–
14 r1/2	473	Bob Gray	CAN	59.34 (14)	–
15 r1/2	120	Richard Slaney	GBR	57.66 (15)	–
16 r1/2	48	Brad Cooper	BAH	53.70 (16)	–
17 r1/2	747	Henry Smith	SAM	51.90 (17)	–
18 r1/2	651	Dominique Béchard	MRI	41.10 (18)	–
AC r1/2	394	Mohamed Naguib	EGY	– (NM)	–
DQ	212	Vésteinn Hafsteinsson	ISL	[59.58] (DQ)	–
DNS	497	Marco Bucci	ITA	– (DNS)	–

Qualifying Round (8 August 1984 — 9:30)

Top 12 and ties and all those reaching 62.00 metres advanced to the final.

Pos	Athlete	NOC	Distance	2nd Best
1	Mac Wilkins	USA	65.86	–	Q
2	Rolf Danneberg	FRG	63.48	–	Q
3	Luciano Zerbini	ITA	63.44	–	Q
4	John Powell	USA	62.92	–	Q
5	Stefan Fernholm	SWE	62.84	–	Q
6	Art Burns	USA	62.60	–	Q
7	Erik de Bruin	NED	61.56	61.06	q
8	Alwin Wagner	FRG	61.56	–	q
9	Kostas Georgakopoulos	GRE	60.94	–	q
10	Bob Weir	GBR	60.92	–	q
11	Knut Hjeltnes	NOR	60.80	–	q
12	Marco Martino	ITA	60.76	–	q
13	Werner Hartmann	FRG	59.92	–
14	Bob Gray	CAN	59.34	–
15	Richard Slaney	GBR	57.66	–
16	Brad Cooper	BAH	53.70	–
17	Henry Smith	SAM	51.90	–
18	Dominique Béchard	MRI	41.10	–
NM	Mohamed Naguib	EGY	–	–
DQ	Vésteinn Hafsteinsson	ISL	[59.58]	–		1
DNS	Marco Bucci	ITA	–	–

Qualifying Round, Group A (8 August 1984)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Distance	Group A Round One	Group A Round Two	Group A Round Three
1	2	Rolf Danneberg	FRG	63.48	59.66	63.48	-
2	3	John Powell	USA	62.92	62.92	-	-
3	7	Kostas Georgakopoulos	GRE	60.94	60.74	60.66	60.94
4	4	Bob Weir	GBR	60.92	×	×	60.92
5	9	Knut Hjeltnes	NOR	60.80	60.80	59.32	×
6	5	Marco Martino	ITA	60.76	59.58	60.76	×
7	10	Werner Hartmann	FRG	59.92	57.90	59.88	59.92
8	8	Brad Cooper	BAH	53.70	×	52.06	53.70
9	6	Henry Smith	SAM	51.90	51.28	50.94	51.90
10	11	Dominique Béchard	MRI	41.10	39.84	41.10	40.24
DNS	1	Marco Bucci	ITA	–	–	–	–

Qualifying Round, Group B (8 August 1984)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Distance	Group B Round One	Group B Round Two	Group B Round Three
1	5	Mac Wilkins	USA	65.86	60.54	65.86	-
2	10	Luciano Zerbini	ITA	63.44	63.44	-	-
3	6	Stefan Fernholm	SWE	62.84	×	62.84	-
4	1	Art Burns	USA	62.60	62.60	-	-
5	3	Erik de Bruin	NED	61.56	60.76	61.06	61.56
6	7	Alwin Wagner	FRG	61.56	×	61.56	×
7	8	Bob Gray	CAN	59.34	56.38	56.62	59.34
8	2	Richard Slaney	GBR	57.66	56.02	56.78	57.66
NM	9	Mohamed Naguib	EGY	–	×	-	-
DQ	4	Vésteinn Hafsteinsson	ISL	[59.58]	[59.02]	[55.98]	[59.58]	2

Final Round (10 August 1984 — 17:30)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Distance	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6
1	2	Rolf Danneberg	FRG	66.60	64.74	×	63.64	66.60	×	66.22
2	7	Mac Wilkins	USA	66.30	65.96	×	65.20	×	66.30	×
3	6	John Powell	USA	65.46	64.68	63.34	64.12	64.06	65.14	65.46
4	4	Knut Hjeltnes	NOR	65.28	64.72	62.40	65.28	63.78	62.50	64.32
5	11	Art Burns	USA	64.98	63.72	×	×	×	63.32	64.98
6	8	Alwin Wagner	FRG	64.72	61.82	62.76	62.70	63.94	61.16	64.72
7	5	Luciano Zerbini	ITA	63.50	60.18	61.14	63.50	×	×	60.14
8	1	Stefan Fernholm	SWE	63.22	63.08	×	62.20	63.22	62.20	59.82
9	12	Erik de Bruin	NED	62.32	56.88	62.32	60.10	–	–	–
10	3	Bob Weir	GBR	61.36	59.86	61.36	×	–	–	–
11	9	Kostas Georgakopoulos	GRE	60.30	×	59.16	60.30	–	–	–
NM	10	Marco Martino	ITA	–	×	×	×	–	–	–