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1997 World Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw
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These are the official results of the Men's Discus Throw event at the 1997 World Championships in Athens, Greece. There were a total number of 42 participating athletes, with the final held on Sunday August 10, 1997. The qualification mark was set at 63.00 metres.
Medalists
| Bronze | GER Jürgen Schult |
|---|---|
| Germany (GER) |
Schedule
- All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+2)
| Qualification Round | Group A | Group B | Final Round |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08.08.1997 – 17:30h | 08.08.1997 – 19:30h | ||
| 10.08.1997 – 18:00h |
Abbreviations
- All results shown are in metres
| SB | season best |
|---|
Qualification
| RANK | GROUP A | DISTANCE |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Jürgen Schult | 64.60 m |
| 2. | Vitaliy Sidorov | 63.08 m |
| 3. | Vasiliy Kaptyukh | 63.06 m |
| 4. | Andreas Seelig | 62.94 m |
| 5. | Aleksander Tammert | 62.18 m |
| 6. | Jason Tunks | 61.82 m |
| 7. | Alexis Elizalde | 61.48 m |
| 8. | Vaclavas Kidykas | 61.40 m |
| 9. | Andy Bloom | 60.74 m |
| 10. | Olav Jenssen | 60.52 m |
| 11. | Igor Primc | 59.98 m |
| 12. | Ian Winchester | 59.70 m |
| 13. | Jo Van Daele | 58.66 m |
| 14. | Aleksandr Borichevskiy | 57.90 m |
| 15. | Yu Wenge | 57.14 m |
| 16. | Costel Grasu | 56.70 m |
| 17. | Christos Papadopoulos | 56.44 m |
| 18. | Shakti Singh | 56.28 m |
| 19. | Glen Smith | 54.40 m |
| 20. | Dashdendev Makhashiri | 52.12 m |
| — | Duke Uperesa | DNS |
| RANK | GROUP B | DISTANCE |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Lars Riedel | 66.46 m |
| 2. | Virgilijus Alekna | 65.22 m |
| 3. | Adam Setliff | 63.72 m |
| 4. | John Godina | 63.48 m |
| 5. | Vladimir Dubrovshchik | 62.30 m |
| 6. | Robert Weir | 62.26 m |
| 7. | Frits Potgieter | 61.30 m |
| 8. | Pieter van der Kruk Jr. | 60.16 m |
| 9. | Diego Fortuna | 60.06 m |
| 10. | Leonid Cherevko | 60.06 m |
| 11. | Sergey Lyakhov | 59.72 m |
| 12. | Jean Pons | 59.46 m |
| 13. | Li Shaojie | 58.24 m |
| 14. | Libor Malina | 58.00 m |
| 15. | Mickaël Conjungo | 57.82 m |
| 16. | Attila Horváth | 57.72 m |
| 17. | Marcelo Pugliese | 57.34 m |
| 18. | Kjell Ove Hauge | 57.00 m |
| 19. | Ramón Jiménez Gaona | 52.96 m |
| 20. | Vansavang Savatdee | 47.98 m |
| 21. | Robert McNabb | 41.00 m |
Final
| Rank | Athlete | Attempts | Distance | Note | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lars Riedel | 65.48 | 68.24 | 68.54 | X | X | 66.80 | 68.54 m | ||||
| Virgilijus Alekna | 62.44 | 66.70 | 63.20 | 63.12 | X | X | 66.70 m | SB | |||
| Jürgen Schult | 66.14 | 65.20 | 65.54 | X | 62.34 | 64.94 | 66.14 m | SB | |||
| 4 | Vladimir Dubrovshchik | 62.98 | 60.30 | 65.36 | 65.46 | 62.44 | 66.12 | 66.12 m | SB | ||
| 5 | John Godina | 65.40 | X | 57.32 | 64.82 | 64.92 | 64.30 | 65.40 m | |||
| 6 | Andreas Seelig | 63.00 | 64.48 | 62.80 | X | 64.12 | 63.64 | 64.48 m | |||
| 7 | Adam Setliff | 62.32 | 62.80 | X | 61.84 | X | 63.44 | 63.44 m | |||
| 8 | Robert Weir | 63.06 | 60.18 | 61.40 | 62.22 | X | 58.70 | 63.06 m | |||
| 9 | Jason Tunks | 59.16 | 62.30 | 61.88 | 62.30 m | ||||||
| 10 | Vitaliy Sidorov | 60.32 | 59.68 | X | 60.32 m | ||||||
| 11 | Vasiliy Kaptyukh | 60.12 | X | X | 60.12 m | ||||||
| 12 | Aleksander Tammert | 59.44 | 59.18 | 58.46 | 59.44 m |
References
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