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Discus Throw, Men

Date	24 – 25 September 2000
Status	Olympic
Location	Olympic Stadium, Olympic Park, Sydney, New South Wales
Participants	45 from 28 countries

The favorite in 2000 was Lithuania’s Virgilijus Alekna. He was undefeated early in the pre-Olympic season, and had become the first person to surpass 70 metres three times in one series. He also recorded the second and third longest throws of all-time with 73.88 (242-4¾) and 72.35 (237-4½). But the defending champion, Lars Riedel, was back and defeated Alekna a few weeks before the Olympics, and Alekna had never bettered him at a major meet. The first round leader was South Africa’s Frantz Kruger with 67.89 (222-9). In round three he improved to 68.19 (223-8¾) which would win the bronze medal. But both Alekna and Riedel bettered him in that round, Alekna taking the lead with 68.73 (225-6). Riedel’s mark of 68.50 (224-9) would be his best and get the silver medal. Alekna improved in round five to 69.30 (227-4½) to win the gold medal.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Qualifying	Final
1	Virgilijus Alekna	LTU	67.10 (3)	69.30 (1)	Gold
2	Lars Riedel	GER	68.15 (1)	68.50 (2)	Silver
3	Frantz Kruger	RSA	67.54 (2)	68.19 (3)	Bronze
4	Vasil Kapiukh	BLR	65.90 (4)	67.59 (4)
5	Adam Setliff	USA	63.25 (10)	66.02 (5)
6	Jason Tunks	CAN	64.40 (6)	65.80 (6)
7	Uladzimir Dubroushchyk	BLR	64.03 (7)	65.13 (7)
8	Jürgen Schult	GER	63.76 (8)	64.41 (8)
9	Aleksander Tammert	EST	63.52 (9)	63.25 (9)
10	Michael Möllenbeck	GER	62.72 (12)	63.14 (10)
11	Dmitry Shevchenko	RUS	65.29 (5)	62.65 (11)
12	Tony Washington	USA	62.82 (11)	59.87 (12)
13 r1/2	Li Shaojie	CHN	62.29 (13)	–
14 r1/2	Diego Fortuna	ITA	62.24 (14)	–
15 r1/2	Aleksandr Borichevsky	RUS	61.98 (15)	–
16 r1/2	Róbert Fazekas	HUN	61.76 (16)	–
17 r1/2	John Godina	USA	61.60 (17)	–
18 r1/2	Frits Potgieter	RSA	61.56 (18)	–
19 r1/2	David Martínez	ESP	61.50 (19)	–
20 r1/2	Alexis Elizalde	CUB	61.13 (20)	–
21 r1/2	Magnús Aron Hallgrímsson	ISL	60.95 (21)	–
22 r1/2	Jo Van Daele	BEL	60.93 (22)	–
23 r1/2	Gábor Máté	HUN	60.86 (23)	–
24 r1/2	Frank Casañas	CUB	60.84 (24)	–
25 r1/2	Libor Malina	CZE	60.83 (25)	–
26 r1/2	Vitaly Sidorov	RUS	60.65 (26)	–
27 r1/2	Romas Ubartas	LTU	60.50 (27)	–
28 r1/2	Bob Weir	GBR	60.01 (28)	–
29 r1/2	Olgierd Stański	POL	59.31 (29)	–
30 r1/2	Vaclavas Kidykas	LTU	58.96 (30)	–
31 r1/2	Ian Winchester	NZL	58.64 (31)	–
32 r1/2	Kyrylo Chuprynin	UKR	58.38 (32)	–
33 r1/2	Leanid Charauko	BLR	58.32 (33)	–
34 r1/2	Dragan Mustapić	CRO	58.10 (34)	–
35 r1/2	Mickaël Conjungo	CAF	57.85 (35)	–
36 r1/2	Nick Sweeney	IRL	57.37 (36)	–
37 r1/2	Marcelo Pugliese	ARG	56.30 (37)	–
38 r1/2	Glen Smith	GBR	56.22 (38)	–
39 r1/2	Rashid Al-Dosari	QAT	54.47 (39)	–
40 r1/2	John Menton	IRL	54.21 (40)	–
41 r1/2	Roman Poltoratsky	UZB	47.83 (41)	–
AC r1/2	Jason Gervais	CAN	– (NM)	–
AC r1/2	Zoltán Kővágó	HUN	– (NM)	–
AC r1/2	Costel Grasu	ROU	– (NM)	–
AC r1/2	Chary Mamedov	TKM	– (NM)	–
DNS	Chima Ugwu	NGR	– (DNS)	–

Qualifying Round

Date	24 September 2000
Format	Top 12 and ties and all those reaching 64.00 metres advanced to the final.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Distance
1	Lars Riedel	GER	68.15	Q
2	Frantz Kruger	RSA	67.54	Q
3	Virgilijus Alekna	LTU	67.10	Q
4	Vasil Kapiukh	BLR	65.90	Q
5	Dmitry Shevchenko	RUS	65.29	Q
6	Jason Tunks	CAN	64.40	Q
7	Uladzimir Dubroushchyk	BLR	64.03	Q
8	Jürgen Schult	GER	63.76	q
9	Aleksander Tammert	EST	63.52	q
10	Adam Setliff	USA	63.25	q
11	Tony Washington	USA	62.82	q
12	Michael Möllenbeck	GER	62.72	q
13	Li Shaojie	CHN	62.29
14	Diego Fortuna	ITA	62.24
15	Aleksandr Borichevsky	RUS	61.98
16	Róbert Fazekas	HUN	61.76
17	John Godina	USA	61.60
18	Frits Potgieter	RSA	61.56
19	David Martínez	ESP	61.50
20	Alexis Elizalde	CUB	61.13
21	Magnús Aron Hallgrímsson	ISL	60.95
22	Jo Van Daele	BEL	60.93
23	Gábor Máté	HUN	60.86
24	Frank Casañas	CUB	60.84
25	Libor Malina	CZE	60.83
26	Vitaly Sidorov	RUS	60.65
27	Romas Ubartas	LTU	60.50
28	Bob Weir	GBR	60.01
29	Olgierd Stański	POL	59.31
30	Vaclavas Kidykas	LTU	58.96
31	Ian Winchester	NZL	58.64
32	Kyrylo Chuprynin	UKR	58.38
33	Leanid Charauko	BLR	58.32
34	Dragan Mustapić	CRO	58.10
35	Mickaël Conjungo	CAF	57.85
36	Nick Sweeney	IRL	57.37
37	Marcelo Pugliese	ARG	56.30
38	Glen Smith	GBR	56.22
39	Rashid Al-Dosari	QAT	54.47
40	John Menton	IRL	54.21
41	Roman Poltoratsky	UZB	47.83
NM	Zoltán Kővágó	HUN	–
NM	Chary Mamedov	TKM	–
NM	Jason Gervais	CAN	–
NM	Costel Grasu	ROU	–
DNS	Chima Ugwu	NGR	–

Group A

Date	24 September 2000 — 10:00

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Distance	Round #1 Distance	Round #2 Distance	Round #3 Distance
1	Lars Riedel	GER	68.15	68.15	-	-
2	Frantz Kruger	RSA	67.54	67.54	-	-
3	Vasil Kapiukh	BLR	65.90	65.90	-	-
4	Dmitry Shevchenko	RUS	65.29	62.82	63.09	65.29
5	Uladzimir Dubroushchyk	BLR	64.03	64.03	-	-
6	Jürgen Schult	GER	63.76	63.76	60.97	x
7	Aleksander Tammert	EST	63.52	63.52	61.84	60.90
8	Li Shaojie	CHN	62.29	62.29	x	59.71
9	Magnús Aron Hallgrímsson	ISL	60.95	60.95	58.79	60.03
10	Frank Casañas	CUB	60.84	60.84	x	60.79
11	Libor Malina	CZE	60.83	59.38	x	60.83
12	Romas Ubartas	LTU	60.50	60.43	60.50	x
13	Bob Weir	GBR	60.01	57.57	x	60.01
14	Olgierd Stański	POL	59.31	59.31	58.06	x
15	Ian Winchester	NZL	58.64	58.61	58.64	x
16	Leanid Charauko	BLR	58.32	57.63	x	58.32
17	Dragan Mustapić	CRO	58.10	53.76	58.10	x
18	Mickaël Conjungo	CAF	57.85	x	57.85	55.60
19	Marcelo Pugliese	ARG	56.30	x	53.49	56.30
20	John Menton	IRL	54.21	x	54.21	50.95
21	Roman Poltoratsky	UZB	47.83	45.40	x	47.83
NM	Zoltán Kővágó	HUN	–	x	x	x
NM	Chary Mamedov	TKM	–	x	x	x

Group B

Date	24 September 2000 — 12:10

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Distance	Round #1 Distance	Round #2 Distance	Round #3 Distance
1	Virgilijus Alekna	LTU	67.10	67.10	-	-
2	Jason Tunks	CAN	64.40	64.40	-	-
3	Adam Setliff	USA	63.25	x	63.25	-
4	Tony Washington	USA	62.82	62.82	x	x
5	Michael Möllenbeck	GER	62.72	62.30	62.72	61.92
6	Diego Fortuna	ITA	62.24	60.12	x	62.24
7	Aleksandr Borichevsky	RUS	61.98	59.78	61.98	61.89
8	Róbert Fazekas	HUN	61.76	x	x	61.76
9	John Godina	USA	61.60	57.67	61.60	x
10	Frits Potgieter	RSA	61.56	61.56	60.27	60.83
11	David Martínez	ESP	61.50	61.50	-	-
12	Alexis Elizalde	CUB	61.13	57.75	61.13	59.96
13	Jo Van Daele	BEL	60.93	60.89	60.93	x
14	Gábor Máté	HUN	60.86	59.43	60.69	60.86
15	Vitaly Sidorov	RUS	60.65	58.32	59.43	60.65
16	Vaclavas Kidykas	LTU	58.96	57.86	58.96	58.09
17	Kyrylo Chuprynin	UKR	58.38	x	58.38	57.32
18	Nick Sweeney	IRL	57.37	56.73	56.24	57.37
19	Glen Smith	GBR	56.22	56.22	55.31	54.36
20	Rashid Al-Dosari	QAT	54.47	x	54.47	53.42
NM	Jason Gervais	CAN	–	x	x	x
NM	Costel Grasu	ROU	–	x	-	-
DNS	Chima Ugwu	NGR	–	–	–	–

Final Round

Date	25 September 2000 — 19:00

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Distance	Round #1 Distance	Round #2 Distance	Round #3 Distance	Round #4 Distance	Round #5 Distance	Round #6 Distance
1	Virgilijus Alekna	LTU	69.30	58.55	67.54	68.73	66.64	69.30	64.78
2	Lars Riedel	GER	68.50	65.18	x	68.50	68.08	67.33	63.87
3	Frantz Kruger	RSA	68.19	67.89	x	68.19	68.06	x	62.72
4	Vasil Kapiukh	BLR	67.59	58.93	64.50	67.59	64.42	65.07	66.70
5	Adam Setliff	USA	66.02	60.50	66.02	64.72	65.10	63.10	61.99
6	Jason Tunks	CAN	65.80	59.59	64.58	65.35	x	65.80	64.38
7	Uladzimir Dubroushchyk	BLR	65.13	63.95	65.13	x	64.32	x	60.15
8	Jürgen Schult	GER	64.41	x	60.83	63.34	64.41	62.63	61.96
9	Aleksander Tammert	EST	63.25	55.84	59.26	63.25	–	–	–
10	Michael Möllenbeck	GER	63.14	61.19	60.13	63.14	–	–	–
11	Dmitry Shevchenko	RUS	62.65	x	x	62.65	–	–	–
12	Tony Washington	USA	59.87	x	x	59.87	–	–	–