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Discus Throw, Men

Date	29 – 31 July 1996
Status	Olympic
Location	Centennial Olympic Stadium, Atlanta, Georgia
Participants	40 from 30 countries

Germany’s Lars Riedel had won the World Championships in 1991, 1993, and 1995. He led the qualifying in Atlanta with 64.66 (212-1¾), but fouled his first two throws in the final. In round three he got out to 65.40 (214-6¾) which put him in fourth place and into the final rounds. In round five he came thru with 69.40 (227-8¼) to finally win an Olympic gold medal. In 1997 he won his fourth consecutive World Championship. Behind him in Atlanta, two Belarussian throwers, Vladimir Dubrovshchik and Vasily Kaptyukh, won the silver and bronze medals.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Qualifying	Final
1	Lars Riedel	GER	64.66 (1)	69.40 (1)	Gold	OR
2	Uladzimir Dubroushchyk	BLR	63.22 (5)	66.60 (2)	Silver
3	Vasil Kapiukh	BLR	62.22 (12)	65.80 (3)	Bronze
4	Tony Washington	USA	63.66 (3)	65.42 (4)
5	Virgilijus Alekna	LTU	64.50 (2)	65.30 (5)
6	Jürgen Schult	GER	62.58 (8)	64.62 (6)
7	Vitaliy Sydorov	UKR	63.42 (4)	63.78 (7)
8	Vaclavas Kidykas	LTU	62.74 (7)	62.78 (8)
9	Alexis Elizalde	CUB	62.22 (11)	62.70 (9)
10	Attila Horváth	HUN	62.90 (6)	62.28 (10)
11	Sergey Lyakhov	RUS	62.42 (9)	60.62 (11)
12	Adam Setliff	USA	62.36 (10)	56.30 (12)
13 r1/2	Nick Sweeney	IRL	62.04 (13)	–
14 r1/2	John Godina	USA	61.82 (14)	–
15 r1/2	Bob Weir	GBR	61.64 (15)	–
16 r1/2	Ramón Jiménez-Gaona	PAR	61.36 (16)	–
17 r1/2	Adewale Olukoju	NGR	60.98 (17)	–
18 r1/2	Li Shaojie	CHN	60.20 (18)	–
19 r1/2	Diego Fortuna	ITA	60.08 (19)	–
20 r1/2	Marek Bílek	CZE	59.86 (20)	–
21 r1/2	Svein-Inge Valvik	NOR	59.60 (21)	–
22 r1/2	Roberto Moya	CUB	59.22 (22)	–
23 r1/2	Dashdendeviin Makhashiri	MGL	59.16 (23)	–
24 r1/2	Igor Primc	SLO	59.12 (24)	–
25 r1/2	Aleksander Tammert	EST	59.04 (25)	–
26 r1/2	Costel Grasu	ROU	58.56 (26)	–
27 r1/2	Dragan Mustapić	CRO	57.94 (27)	–
28 r1/2	Andriy Kokhanovskyi	UKR	57.90 (28)	–
29 r1/2	Marcelo Pugliese	ARG	56.72 (29)	–
30 r1/2	Shakti Singh	IND	56.58 (30)	–
31 r1/2	Aleksandr Borichevsky	RUS	56.46 (31)	–
32 r1/2	Vésteinn Hafsteinsson	ISL	56.30 (32)	–
33 r1/2	Jason Tunks	CAN	55.58 (33)	–
34 r1/2	Mickaël Conjungo	CAF	55.34 (34)	–
35 r1/2	Michael Möllenbeck	GER	55.18 (35)	–
36 r1/2	Glen Smith	GBR	54.88 (36)	–
37 r1/2	Roman Poltoratsky	UZB	51.96 (37)	–
38 r1/2	Jaroslav Žitňanský	SVK	51.50 (38)	–
39 r1/2	Chris Sua'mene	SAM	51.28 (39)	–
AC r1/2	David Martínez	ESP	– (NM)	–

Qualifying Round

Date	29 July 1996
Format	Top 12 and ties and all those reaching 62.50 metres advanced to the final.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Distance	2nd-Best Mark Distance
1	Lars Riedel	GER	64.66	–	Q
2	Virgilijus Alekna	LTU	64.50	–	Q
3	Tony Washington	USA	63.66	–	Q
4	Vitaliy Sydorov	UKR	63.42	–	Q
5	Uladzimir Dubroushchyk	BLR	63.22	–	Q
6	Attila Horváth	HUN	62.90	–	Q
7	Vaclavas Kidykas	LTU	62.74	–	Q
8	Jürgen Schult	GER	62.58	–	Q
9	Sergey Lyakhov	RUS	62.42	–	q
10	Adam Setliff	USA	62.36	–	q
11	Alexis Elizalde	CUB	62.22	61.44	q
12	Vasil Kapiukh	BLR	62.22	61.14	q
13	Nick Sweeney	IRL	62.04	–
14	John Godina	USA	61.82	–
15	Bob Weir	GBR	61.64	–
16	Ramón Jiménez-Gaona	PAR	61.36	–
17	Adewale Olukoju	NGR	60.98	–
18	Li Shaojie	CHN	60.20	–
19	Diego Fortuna	ITA	60.08	–
20	Marek Bílek	CZE	59.86	–
21	Svein-Inge Valvik	NOR	59.60	–
22	Roberto Moya	CUB	59.22	–
23	Dashdendeviin Makhashiri	MGL	59.16	–
24	Igor Primc	SLO	59.12	–
25	Aleksander Tammert	EST	59.04	–
26	Costel Grasu	ROU	58.56	–
27	Dragan Mustapić	CRO	57.94	–
28	Andriy Kokhanovskyi	UKR	57.90	–
29	Marcelo Pugliese	ARG	56.72	–
30	Shakti Singh	IND	56.58	–
31	Aleksandr Borichevsky	RUS	56.46	–
32	Vésteinn Hafsteinsson	ISL	56.30	–
33	Jason Tunks	CAN	55.58	–
34	Mickaël Conjungo	CAF	55.34	–
35	Michael Möllenbeck	GER	55.18	–
36	Glen Smith	GBR	54.88	–
37	Roman Poltoratsky	UZB	51.96	–
38	Jaroslav Žitňanský	SVK	51.50	–
39	Chris Sua'mene	SAM	51.28	–
NM	David Martínez	ESP	–	–

Group A

Date	29 July 1996 — 9:30

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Distance	Round #1 Distance	Round #2 Distance	Round #3 Distance
1	Lars Riedel	GER	64.66	64.66	-	-
2	Uladzimir Dubroushchyk	BLR	63.22	63.22	-	-
3	Attila Horváth	HUN	62.90	58.94	62.90	-
4	Vaclavas Kidykas	LTU	62.74	59.64	62.74	-
5	Jürgen Schult	GER	62.58	62.58	-	-
6	Adam Setliff	USA	62.36	62.36	58.42	60.06
7	Nick Sweeney	IRL	62.04	58.82	62.04	61.06
8	Bob Weir	GBR	61.64	61.64	60.54	x
9	Adewale Olukoju	NGR	60.98	x	60.98	59.32
10	Diego Fortuna	ITA	60.08	57.78	59.30	60.08
11	Svein-Inge Valvik	NOR	59.60	59.34	58.34	59.60
12	Roberto Moya	CUB	59.22	59.22	57.60	x
13	Dashdendeviin Makhashiri	MGL	59.16	59.16	54.18	x
14	Igor Primc	SLO	59.12	59.12	56.40	57.62
15	Costel Grasu	ROU	58.56	58.30	x	58.56
16	Andriy Kokhanovskyi	UKR	57.90	57.90	x	x
17	Marcelo Pugliese	ARG	56.72	56.72	x	x
18	Aleksandr Borichevsky	RUS	56.46	x	56.46	55.18
19	Roman Poltoratsky	UZB	51.96	x	x	51.96
20	Jaroslav Žitňanský	SVK	51.50	x	50.94	51.50

Group B

Date	29 July 1996 — 11:00

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Distance	2nd-Best Mark Distance	Round #1 Distance	Round #2 Distance	Round #3 Distance
1	Virgilijus Alekna	LTU	64.50	–	64.50	-	-
2	Tony Washington	USA	63.66	–	63.66	-	-
3	Vitaliy Sydorov	UKR	63.42	–	x	57.60	63.42
4	Sergey Lyakhov	RUS	62.42	–	59.62	62.42	-
5	Alexis Elizalde	CUB	62.22	61.44	60.98	62.22	61.44
6	Vasil Kapiukh	BLR	62.22	61.14	57.28	61.14	62.22
7	John Godina	USA	61.82	–	61.82	59.88	57.46
8	Ramón Jiménez-Gaona	PAR	61.36	–	58.18	61.36	x
9	Li Shaojie	CHN	60.20	–	58.54	60.06	60.20
10	Marek Bílek	CZE	59.86	–	59.86	58.42	58.62
11	Aleksander Tammert	EST	59.04	–	58.84	x	59.04
12	Dragan Mustapić	CRO	57.94	–	x	57.94	56.62
13	Shakti Singh	IND	56.58	–	53.72	56.58	54.30
14	Vésteinn Hafsteinsson	ISL	56.30	–	53.94	52.14	56.30
15	Jason Tunks	CAN	55.58	–	x	x	55.58
16	Mickaël Conjungo	CAF	55.34	–	x	x	55.34
17	Michael Möllenbeck	GER	55.18	–	x	55.18	55.06
18	Glen Smith	GBR	54.88	–	54.88	x	x
19	Chris Sua'mene	SAM	51.28	–	49.22	51.28	50.24
NM	David Martínez	ESP	–	–	x	x	x

Final Round

Date	31 July 1996 — 19:33

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Distance	Round #1 Distance	Round #2 Distance	Round #3 Distance	Round #4 Distance	Round #5 Distance	Round #6 Distance
1	Lars Riedel	GER	69.40	x	x	65.40	63.10	69.40	69.24	OR
2	Uladzimir Dubroushchyk	BLR	66.60	64.86	66.60	64.38	59.68	x	x
3	Vasil Kapiukh	BLR	65.80	63.24	64.00	65.80	x	63.82	65.08
4	Tony Washington	USA	65.42	65.42	x	x	61.34	x	62.50
5	Virgilijus Alekna	LTU	65.30	62.28	65.30	64.50	x	64.54	63.74
6	Jürgen Schult	GER	64.62	62.82	64.42	62.62	64.62	64.38	63.78
7	Vitaliy Sydorov	UKR	63.78	63.44	x	x	62.76	63.78	62.82
8	Vaclavas Kidykas	LTU	62.78	61.48	57.52	62.78	x	61.68	61.88
9	Alexis Elizalde	CUB	62.70	60.52	60.36	62.70	–	–	–
10	Attila Horváth	HUN	62.28	60.66	62.28	59.72	–	–	–
11	Sergey Lyakhov	RUS	60.62	60.62	59.90	x	–	–	–
12	Adam Setliff	USA	56.30	x	56.30	x	–	–	–