Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's discus throw

The Men's Discus Throw event at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea had an entrylist of 27 competitors, with two qualifying groups before the final (12) took place on Saturday October 1, 1988.

Medalists

Gold	Jürgen Schult  East Germany
Silver	Romas Ubartas  Soviet Union
Bronze	Rolf Danneberg  West Germany

Abbreviations

• All results shown are in metres

Q	automatic qualification
q	qualification by rank
DNS	did not start
NM	no mark
OR	olympic record
WR	world record
AR	area record
NR	national record
PB	personal best
SB	season best

Records

Standing records prior to the 1988 Summer Olympics
World Record	Jürgen Schult (GDR)	74.08 m	June 6, 1986	Neubrandenburg, East Germany
Olympic Record	Mac Wilkins (USA)	68.28 m	July 24, 1976	Montreal, Canada
Broken records during the 1988 Summer Olympics
Olympic Record	Jürgen Schult (GDR)	68.82 m	October 1, 1988	Seoul, South Korea

Qualification

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
			1	2	3
1	7	Mac Wilkins (USA)	62.48	X	61.34	62.48 m
2	8	Yuriy Dumchev (URS)	61.30	60.24	62.08	62.08 m
3	9	Imrich Bugár (TCH)	61.94	61.48	61.00	61.94 m
4	12	Gueorgui Gueorguiev (BUL)	59.78	61.34	X	61.34 m
5	13	Vaclavas Kidykas (URS)	58.82	60.88	X	60.88 m
6	14	Svein-Inge Valvik (NOR)	59.40	X	60.64	60.64 m
7	15	Werner Reiterer (AUS)	X	57.58	59.78	59.78m
8	17	Randy Heisler (USA)	X	X	59.08	59.08 m
9	18	Patrick Journoud (FRA)	58.94	57.62	55.82	58.94 m
10	22	Wulf Brunner (FRG)	X	57.50	X	57.50 m
11	23	Adewale Olukoju (NGR)	51.38	54.44	47.60	54.44 m
12	25	Henry Smith (SAM)	47.96	49.40	48.98	49.40 m
13	26	Min Se-Hoon (KOR)	X	46.52	47.84	47.84 m
—	—	Ibrahim Mohamed Al-Ouiran (KSA)	X	X	X	NM
—	—	Eggert Bogason (ISL)	X	X	X	NM

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
			1	2	3
1	1	Rolf Danneberg (FRG)	65.70	—	—	65.70 m
2	2	Romas Ubartas (URS)	65.58	—	—	65.58 m
3	3	Jürgen Schult (GDR)	64.70	—	—	64.70 m
4	4	Knut Hjeltnes (NOR)	63.50	62.66	X	63.50 m
5	5	Gejza Valent (TCH)	61.88	62.84	63.46	63.46 m
6	6	Mike Buncic (USA)	X	63.16	X	63.16 m
7	10	Erik de Bruin (NED)	58.56	60.72	61.66	61.66 m
8	11	Alois Hannecker (FRG)	61.44	X	X	61.44 m
9	16	Bradley Cooper (BAH)	59.74	56.88	56.44	59.74 m
10	19	Vésteinn Hafsteinsson (ISL)	58.94	57.10	55.70	58.94 m
11	20	Paul Mardle (GBR)	57.18	56.06	58.28	58.28 m
12	21	Ray Lazdins (CAN)	57.94	X	X	57.94 m
13	24	Ramón Jiménez Gaona (PAR)	50.18	48.80	50.90	50.90 m
—	—	Mohamed Hamed Naguib (EGY)	X	X	X	NM

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Jürgen Schult (GDR)	68.82	67.92	65.76	68.18	65.70	68.26	68.82 m	OR
	Romas Ubartas (URS)	66.86	66.20	66.24	64.40	63.74	67.48	67.48 m
	Rolf Danneberg (FRG)	65.58	63.60	X	63.88	67.38	62.56	67.38 m
4	Yuriy Dumchev (URS)	64.00	63.74	63.54	63.66	62.86	66.42	66.42 m
5	Mac Wilkins (USA)	61.88	X	65.12	63.84	65.90	62.96	65.90 m
6	Géjza Valent (TCH)	X	63.36	62.46	62.80	64.28	65.80	65.80 m
7	Knut Hjeltnes (NOR)	63.30	X	64.10	64.94	63.22	X	64.94 m
8	Alois Hannecker (FRG)	60.28	62.50	63.28	60.94	61.54	X	63.28 m
9	Erik de Bruin (NED)	63.06	X	X				63.06 m
10	Mike Buncic (USA)	62.46	X	X				62.46 m
11	Gueorgui Gueorguiev (BUL)	61.24	61.12	59.66				61.24 m
12	Imrich Bugár (TCH)	59.60	X	60.88				60.88 m

See also

• 1986 Men's European Championships Discus Throw (Stuttgart)
• 1987 Men's World Championships Discus Throw (Rome)
• 1990 Men's European Championships Discus Throw (Split)
• 1991 Men's World Championships Discus Throw (Tokyo)

References

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