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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	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Qualifying	Final
1	1569	Lars Riedel	GER	64.66 (1)	69.40 (1)	Gold	OR
2	1127	Uladzimir Dubroushchyk	BLR	63.22 (5)	66.60 (2)	Silver
3	1132	Vasil Kapiukh	BLR	62.22 (12)	65.80 (3)	Bronze
4	2404	Tony Washington	USA	63.66 (3)	65.42 (4)
5	1888	Virgilijus Alekna	LTU	64.50 (2)	65.30 (5)
6	1572	Jürgen Schult	GER	62.58 (8)	64.62 (6)
7	2319	Vitaliy Sydorov	UKR	63.42 (4)	63.78 (7)
8	1891	Vaclavas Kidykas	LTU	62.74 (7)	62.78 (8)
9	1270	Alexis Elizalde	CUB	62.22 (11)	62.70 (9)
10	1647	Attila Horváth	HUN	62.90 (6)	62.28 (10)
11	2142	Sergey Lyakhov	RUS	62.42 (9)	60.62 (11)
12	2396	Adam Setliff	USA	62.36 (10)	56.30 (12)
13 r1/2	1681	Nick Sweeney	IRL	62.04 (13)	–
14 r1/2	2353	John Godina	USA	61.82 (14)	–
15 r1/2	1514	Bob Weir	GBR	61.64 (15)	–
16 r1/2	2030	Ramón Jiménez-Gaona	PAR	61.36 (16)	–
17 r1/2	1996	Adewale Olukoju	NGR	60.98 (17)	–
18 r1/2	1228	Li Shaojie	CHN	60.20 (18)	–
19 r1/2	1707	Diego Fortuna	ITA	60.08 (19)	–
20 r1/2	1299	Marek Bílek	CZE	59.86 (20)	–
21 r1/2	2013	Svein-Inge Valvik	NOR	59.60 (21)	–
22 r1/2	1281	Roberto Moya	CUB	59.22 (22)	–
23 r1/2	1940	Dashdendeviin Makhashiri	MGL	59.16 (23)	–
24 r1/2	2203	Igor Primc	SLO	59.12 (24)	–
25 r1/2	1385	Aleksander Tammert	EST	59.04 (25)	–
26 r1/2	2103	Costel Grasu	ROU	58.56 (26)	–
27 r1/2	1263	Dragan Mustapić	CRO	57.94 (27)	–
28 r1/2	2308	Andriy Kokhanovskyi	UKR	57.90 (28)	–
29 r1/2	1023	Marcelo Pugliese	ARG	56.72 (29)	–
30 r1/2	1663	Shakti Singh	IND	56.58 (30)	–
31 r1/2	2129	Aleksandr Borichevsky	RUS	56.46 (31)	–
32 r1/2	1684	Vésteinn Hafsteinsson	ISL	56.30 (32)	–
33 r1/2	1215	Jason Tunks	CAN	55.58 (33)	–
34 r1/2	1190	Mickaël Conjungo	CAF	55.34 (34)	–
35 r1/2	1564	Michael Möllenbeck	GER	55.18 (35)	–
36 r1/2	1509	Glen Smith	GBR	54.88 (36)	–
37 r1/2	2415	Roman Poltoratsky	UZB	51.96 (37)	–
38 r1/2	2245	Jaroslav Žitňanský	SVK	51.50 (38)	–
39 r1/2	2176	Chris Sua'mene	SAM	51.28 (39)	–
AC r1/2	1354	David Martínez	ESP	– (NM)	–

Qualifying Round (29 July 1996)

Top 12 and ties and all those reaching 62.50 metres advanced to the final.

Pos	Athlete	NOC	Distance	2nd Best
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	–	–

Qualifying Round, Group A (29 July 1996 — 9:30)

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

Qualifying Round, Group B (29 July 1996 — 11:00)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Distance	Group B Round One	Group B Round Two	Group B Round Three
1	13	Virgilijus Alekna	LTU	64.50	64.50	-	-
2	8	Tony Washington	USA	63.66	63.66	-	-
3	17	Vitaliy Sydorov	UKR	63.42	×	57.60	63.42
4	19	Sergey Lyakhov	RUS	62.42	59.62	62.42	-
5	5	Alexis Elizalde	CUB	62.22	60.98	62.22	61.44
6	16	Vasil Kapiukh	BLR	62.22	57.28	61.14	62.22
7	2	John Godina	USA	61.82	61.82	59.88	57.46
8	12	Ramón Jiménez-Gaona	PAR	61.36	58.18	61.36	×
9	9	Li Shaojie	CHN	60.20	58.54	60.06	60.20
10	11	Marek Bílek	CZE	59.86	59.86	58.42	58.62
11	7	Aleksander Tammert	EST	59.04	58.84	×	59.04
12	3	Dragan Mustapić	CRO	57.94	×	57.94	56.62
13	10	Shakti Singh	IND	56.58	53.72	56.58	54.30
14	1	Vésteinn Hafsteinsson	ISL	56.30	53.94	52.14	56.30
15	14	Jason Tunks	CAN	55.58	×	×	55.58
16	18	Mickaël Conjungo	CAF	55.34	×	×	55.34
17	15	Michael Möllenbeck	GER	55.18	×	55.18	55.06
18	6	Glen Smith	GBR	54.88	54.88	×	×
19	20	Chris Sua'mene	SAM	51.28	49.22	51.28	50.24
NM	4	David Martínez	ESP	–	×	×	×

Final Round (31 July 1996 — 19:33)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Distance	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6
1	6	Lars Riedel	GER	69.40	×	×	65.40	63.10	69.40	69.24	OR
2	7	Uladzimir Dubroushchyk	BLR	66.60	64.86	66.60	64.38	59.68	×	×
3	10	Vasil Kapiukh	BLR	65.80	63.24	64.00	65.80	×	63.82	65.08
4	8	Tony Washington	USA	65.42	65.42	×	×	61.34	×	62.50
5	1	Virgilijus Alekna	LTU	65.30	62.28	65.30	64.50	×	64.54	63.74
6	3	Jürgen Schult	GER	64.62	62.82	64.42	62.62	64.62	64.38	63.78
7	9	Vitaliy Sydorov	UKR	63.78	63.44	×	×	62.76	63.78	62.82
8	2	Vaclavas Kidykas	LTU	62.78	61.48	57.52	62.78	×	61.68	61.88
9	5	Alexis Elizalde	CUB	62.70	60.52	60.36	62.70	–	–	–
10	11	Attila Horváth	HUN	62.28	60.66	62.28	59.72	–	–	–
11	4	Sergey Lyakhov	RUS	60.62	60.62	59.90	×	–	–	–
12	12	Adam Setliff	USA	56.30	×	56.30	×	–	–	–