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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

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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