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

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Athletics at the
1992 Summer Olympics
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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 East Germany Neubrandenburg, East Germany
Olympic Record  Jürgen Schult (GDR) 68.82 m October 1, 1988 South Korea 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 (IOP) 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
1st  Romas Ubartas (LTU) 60.90 62.64 64.36 X 65.12 X 65.12 m
2nd  Jürgen Schult (GER) 64.26 63.54 63.84 63.38 64.94 63.08 64.94 m
3rd  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

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