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

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 32 participating athletes from 24 nations. The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The top 12 and ties, and all those reaching 63.00 metres advanced to the final.[1] The event was won by Romas Ubartas of Lithuania, a victory for the nation in its debut appearance in the men's discus throw. Jürgen Schult took silver, the first medal for unified Germany. Roberto Moya earned Cuba's first men's discus throw medal since 1980 with his bronze. Ubartas and Schult became the 11th and 12th men to win multiple discus throw medals; they had both represented different nations (the Soviet Union and East Germany, respectively, in 1988 and had finished one-two then as well, though in the opposite order.

Men's discus throw
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
Pictogram for athletics
VenuesEstadi Olímpic Lluís Companys
DatesAugust 3 (qualifying)
August 5 (final)
Competitors32 from 24 nations
Winning distance65.12
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Romas Ubartas
 Lithuania
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jürgen Schult
 Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Roberto Moya
 Cuba
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Official Video Highlights
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Background

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This was the 22nd appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. The returning finalists from the 1988 Games were gold medalist Jürgen Schult of East Germany (now united Germany), silver medalist Romas Ubartas of the Soviet Union (now representing Lithuania), tenth-place finisher Mike Buncic of the United States, and twelfth-place finisher Imrich Bugár of Czechoslovakia. Ubartas had been the "top thrower in 1991" but "refused to compete at the 1991 Worlds for the Soviet Union"; with Lithuania sending its own team (not part of the Unified Team of ex-Soviet republics), he competed again. Schult was a strong contender to repeat, as was Lars Riedel, who won the 1991 world championship.[2]

Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Central African Republic, the People's Republic of China, and Lithuania each made their debut in the men's discus throw; some former Soviet republics competed as the Unified Team. The United States made its 21st appearance, most of any nation, having missed only the boycotted 1980 Games.

Competition format

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The competition used the two-round format introduced in 1936, with the qualifying round completely separate from the divided final. In qualifying, each athlete received three attempts; those recording a mark of at least 63.00 metres advanced to the final. If fewer than 12 athletes achieved that distance, the top 12 would advance. The results of the qualifying round were then ignored. Finalists received three throws each, with the top eight competitors receiving an additional three attempts. The best distance among those six throws counted.[2][3]

Records

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Prior to the competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record   Jürgen Schult (GDR) 74.08 Neubrandenburg, East Germany 6 June 1986
Olympic record   Jürgen Schult (GDR) 68.82 Seoul, South Korea 1 October 1988

No new world or Olympic records were set during the competition.

Schedule

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All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

Date Time Round
Monday, 3 August 1992 9:30 Qualifying
Wednesday, 5 August 1992 19:30 Final

Results

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Qualifying

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Rank Athlete Nation 1 2 3 Distance Notes
1 Romas Ubartas   Lithuania 66.08 66.08 Q
2 Jürgen Schult   Germany 61.04 63.46 63.46 Q
3 Costel Grasu   Romania 61.30 X 63.03 63.03 Q
4 Attila Horváth   Hungary 62.26 59.98 58.30 62.26
5 Werner Reiterer   Australia 60.64 X 62.20 62.20 q
6 Anthony Washington   United States 58.18 57.86 62.18 62.18 q
7 Roberto Moya   Cuba X 62.06 61.44 62.06 q
8 Dmitriy Kovtsun   Unified Team 60.88 61.62 61.14 61.62
9 David Martínez   Spain 61.22 X X 61.22
10 Juan Martínez Brito   Cuba 56.00 60.34 59.70 60.34
11 Dmitriy Shevchenko   Unified Team 57.20 60.22 X 60.22
12 Vesteinn Hafsteinsson   Iceland 60.20 58.64 58.08 60.20 q
13 Olav Jenssen   Norway 60.00 59.74 X 60.00
14 Lars Riedel   Germany 57.54 X 59.98 59.98
15 Vaclavas Kidykas   Lithuania X 59.10 59.96 59.96
16 Ramón Jiménez Gaona   Paraguay 56.98 X 59.78 59.78
17 Wenge Yu   China 58.92 X 59.42 59.42
18 Mike Buncic   United States X 57.84 59.12 59.12
19 József Ficsor   Hungary 56.30 58.84 X 58.84
20 Imrich Bugár   Czechoslovakia 53.88 58.70 56.84 58.70
21 Ray Lazdins   Canada X 55.60 58.26 58.26
22 Nikolay Kolev   Bulgaria 50.94 58.12 X 58.12
23 Nick Sweeney   Ireland 57.68 57.26 56.22 57.68
24 Mickaël Conjungo   Central African Republic 57.46 X 54.40 57.46
25 Brian Blutreich   United States 57.08 54.44 55.40 57.08
26 Volodymyr Zinchenko   Unified Team 56.94 56.64 56.46 56.94
27 Christian Erb   Switzerland X 55.16 54.38 55.16
28 Simon Williams   Great Britain X 53.12 52.96 53.12
29 Dragan Mustapić   Bosnia and Herzegovina X 47.88 48.80 48.80
30 Khaled Al-Khalidi   Saudi Arabia X X 47.96 47.96
31 Herbert Rodríguez   El Salvador 43.22 X 40.76 43.22
Luciano Zerbini   Italy X X X No mark

Final

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Rank Athlete Nation 1 2 3 4 5 6 Distance
  Romas Ubartas   Lithuania 60.90 62.64 64.36 X 65.12 X 65.12
  Jürgen Schult   Germany 64.26 63.54 63.84 63.38 64.94 63.08 64.94
  Roberto Moya   Cuba 64.12 X X 62.72 X 62.02 64.12
4 Costel Grasu   Romania 59.90 60.50 62.18 62.86 62.40 X 62.86
5 Attila Horváth   Hungary 62.50 62.72 62.82 X 62.56 62.06 62.82
6 Juan Martínez Brito   Cuba 61.72 61.30 61.86 62.64 62.10 X 62.64
7 Dmitriy Kovtsun   Unified Team X 60.04 60.58 X 60.66 62.04 62.04
8 Dmitriy Shevchenko   Unified Team 61.78 60.92 X X X X 61.78
9 David Martínez   Spain 59.74 59.54 60.16 Did not advance 60.16
10 Werner Reiterer   Australia 60.12 58.92 X Did not advance 60.12
11 Vésteinn Hafsteinsson   Iceland 60.06 X 58.90 Did not advance 60.06
12 Anthony Washington   United States 59.96 X 58.76 Did not advance 59.96

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Men's Discus Throw". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Discus Throw, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  3. ^ Official Report, vol. 5, p. 51.
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