Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's discus throw

These are the official results of the Men's Discus Throw event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There were a total of 40 competitors. The final was held on July 31, 1996.

Medalists

Gold	Lars Riedel  Germany
Silver	Vladimir Dubrovshchik  Belarus
Bronze	Vasiliy Kaptyukh  Belarus

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 1996 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
Season Best	Anthony Washington (USA)	71.14 m	May 22, 1996	Salinas, United States
Broken records during the 1996 Summer Olympics
Olympic Record	Lars Riedel (GER)	69.40 m	July 31, 1996	Atlanta, United States

Non-qualifiers

RANK	NON-QUALIFIERS	DISTANCE	1	2	3
13.	Nick Sweeney (IRL)	62.04 m	58.82	62.04	61.06
14.	John Godina (USA)	61.82 m	61.82	59.88	57.46
15.	Bob Weir (GBR)	61.64 m	61.64	60.54	X
16.	Ramón Jiménez Gaona (PAR)	61.36 m	58.18	61.36	X
17.	Adewale Olukoju (NGR)	60.98 m	X	60.98	59.32
18.	Li Shaojie (CHN)	60.20 m	58.54	60.06	60.20
19.	Diego Fortuna (ITA)	60.08 m	57.78	59.30	60.08
20.	Marek Bilek (CZE)	59.86 m	59.86	58.42	58.62
21.	Svein Inge Valvik (NOR)	59.60 m	59.34	58.34	59.60
22.	Roberto Moya (CUB)	59.22 m	59.22	57.60	X
23.	Dashdendev Makhashiri (MGL)	59.16 m	59.16	54.18	X
24.	Igor Primc (SLO)	59.12 m	59.12	56.40	57.62
25.	Aleksander Tammert (EST)	59.04 m	58.84	X	59.04
26.	Costel Grasu (ROU)	58.56 m	58.30	X	58.56
27.	Dragan Mustapić (CRO)	57.94 m	X	57.94	56.62
28.	Andriy Kokhanovskiy (UKR)	57.90 m	57.90	X	X
29.	Marcelo Pugliese (ARG)	56.72 m	56.72	X	X
30.	Shakti Singh (IND)	56.58 m	53.72	56.58	54.30
31.	Aleksandr Borichevskiy (RUS)	56.46 m	X	56.46	55.18
32.	Vésteinn Hafsteinsson (ISL)	56.30 m	53.94	52.14	56.30
33.	Jason Tunks (CAN)	55.58 m	X	X	55.58
34.	Mickaël Conjungo (CAF)	55.34 m	X	X	55.34
35.	Michael Möllenbeck (GER)	55.18 m	X	55.18	55.06
36.	Glen Smith (GBR)	54.88 m	54.88	X	X
37.	Roman Poltoratskiy (UZB)	51.96 m	X	X	51.96
38.	Jaroslav Žitňanský (SVK)	51.50 m	X	50.94	51.50
39.	Chris Sua'mene (SAM)	51.28 m	49.22	51.28	50.24
—	David Martínez (ESP)	NM	X	X	X

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Lars Riedel (GER)	X	X	65.40	63.10	69.40	69.24	69.40 m	OR
	Vladimir Dubrovshchik (BLR)	64.86	66.60	64.38	59.68	X	X	66.60 m
	Vasiliy Kaptyukh (BLR)	63.24	64.00	65.80	X	63.82	65.08	65.80 m
4	Anthony Washington (USA)	65.42	X	X	61.34	X	62.50	65.42 m
5	Virgilijus Alekna (LTU)	62.28	65.30	64.50	X	64.54	63.74	65.30 m
6	Jürgen Schult (GER)	62.82	64.42	62.62	64.62	64.38	63.78	64.62 m
7	Vitaliy Sidorov (UKR)	63.44	X	X	62.76	63.78	62.82	63.78 m
8	Vaclavas Kidykas (LTU)	61.48	57.52	62.78	X	61.68	61.88	62.78 m
9	Alexis Elizalde (CUB)	60.52	60.36	62.70				62.70 m
10	Attila Horváth (HUN)	60.66	62.28	59.72				62.28 m
11	Sergey Lyakhov (RUS)	60.62	59.90	X				60.62 m
12	Adam Setliff (USA)	X	56.30	X				56.30 m

See also

• 1994 Men's European Championships Discus Throw (Helsinki)
• 1995 Men's World Championships Discus Throw (Gothenburg)
• 1997 Men's World Championships Discus Throw (Athens)
• 1998 Men's European Championships Discus Throw (Budapest)

References

• Official Report
• Results
• sports-reference