Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's discus throw

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The final of the Men's Discus Throw event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain was held on August 5, 1992. There were a total number of 32 participating athletes. Top 12 and ties, and all those reaching 63.00 metres advanced to the final.

Medalists

Gold	Romas Ubartas  Lithuania
Silver	Jürgen Schult  Germany
Bronze	Roberto Moya  Cuba

Abbreviations

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

Records

Standing records prior to the 1992 Summer Olympics
World Record	Jürgen Schult (GDR)	74.08 m	June 6, 1986	Neubrandenburg, East Germany
Olympic Record	Jürgen Schult (GDR)	68.82 m	October 1, 1988	Seoul, South Korea

Qualification

RANK	GROUP A	DISTANCE
1.	Costel Grasu (ROM)	63.06 m
2.	Attila Horváth (HUN)	62.26 m
3.	Dmitriy Kovtsun (EUN)	61.62 m
4.	David Martínez (ESP)	61.22 m
5.	Juan Martínez (CUB)	60.34 m
6.	Dmitriy Shevchenko (EUN)	60.22 m
7.	Lars Riedel (GER)	59.98 m
8.	Vaclavas Kidykas (LTU)	59.98 m
9.	Ramón Jiménez Gaona (PAR)	59.78 m
10.	Mike Buncic (USA)	59.12 m
11.	Imrich Bugár (TCH)	58.70 m
12.	Nikolay Kolev (BUL)	58.12 m
13.	Brian Blutreich (USA)	57.08 m
14.	Simon Williams (GBR)	53.12 m
15.	Dragan Mustapić (BIH)	48.80 m
16.	Herberth Rodríguez (ESA)	43.22 m

RANK	GROUP B	DISTANCE
1.	Romas Ubartas (LTU)	66.08 m
2.	Jürgen Schult (GER)	63.46 m
3.	Werner Reiterer (AUS)	62.20 m
4.	Anthony Washington (USA)	62.18 m
5.	Roberto Moya (CUB)	62.06 m
6.	Vesteinn Hafsteinsson (ISL)	60.20 m
7.	Olav Jenssen (NOR)	60.00 m
8.	Wenge Yu (CHN)	59.42 m
9.	József Ficsór (HUN)	58.84 m
10.	Ray Lazdins (CAN)	58.26 m
11.	Nick Sweeney (IRL)	57.68 m
12.	Mickaël Conjungo (CAF)	57.46 m
13.	Vladimir Zinchenko (EUN)	56.94 m
14.	Christian Erb (SUI)	55.16 m
15.	Khaled Al-Khalidi (KSA)	47.96 m
—	Luciano Zerbini (ITA)	NM

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Romas Ubartas (LTU)	60.90	62.64	64.36	X	65.12	X	65.12 m
	Jürgen Schult (GER)	64.26	63.54	63.84	63.38	64.94	63.08	64.94 m
	Roberto Moya (CUB)	64.12	X	X	62.72	X	62.02	64.12 m
4	Costel Grasu (ROM)	59.90	60.50	62.18	62.86	62.40	X	62.86 m
5	Attila Horváth (HUN)	62.50	62.72	62.82	X	62.56	62.06	62.82 m
6	Juan Martínez (CUB)	61.72	61.30	61.86	62.64	62.10	X	62.64 m
7	Dmitriy Kovtsun (EUN)	X	60.04	60.58	X	60.66	62.04	62.04 m
8	Dmitriy Shevchenko (EUN)	61.78	60.92	X	X	X	X	61.78 m
9	David Martínez (ESP)	59.74	59.54	60.16				60.16 m
10	Werner Reiterer (AUS)	60.12	58.92	X				60.12 m
11	Vésteinn Hafsteinsson (ISL)	60.06	X	58.90				60.06 m
12	Anthony Washington (USA)	59.96	X	58.76				59.96 m

See also

• 1990 Men's European Championships Discus Throw
• 1991 Men's World Championship Discus Throw
• 1993 Men's World Championship Discus Throw
• 1994 Men's European Championships Discus Throw

References

• Official Report
• Results