1995 World Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw

None These are the official results of the Men's Discus Throw event at the 1995 World Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden. There were a total number of 43 participating athletes, with the final held on Friday August 11, 1995. The winning margin was 2.78 metres which as of 2024 is the greatest winning margin for the men's discus at these championships, the second greatest margin being 2.52 metres from the 1987 championships. Medalists GoldGER Lars RiedelGermany (GER)SilverBLR Vladimir DubrovshchikBelarus (BLR)BronzeBLR Vasiliy KaptyukhBelarus (BLR) Schedule All times are Central European Time (UTC+1) Qualification RoundGroup AGroup B09.08.1995 – 09:35h09.08.1995 – 12:00hFinal Round11.08.1995 – 17:50h Qualification Held on Wednesday 1995-08-09 RANKGROUP ADISTANCE1.Dmitriy Shevchenko RUS64.80 m2.Vasiliy Kaptyukh BLR62.80 m3.Robert Weir GBR62.50 m4.Attila Horváth HUN62.36 m5.John Godina USA61.70 m6.Stefan Fernholm SWE61.10 m7.Michael Möllenbeck GER59.76 m8.Svein Inge Valvik NOR59.32 m9.Ramón Jiménez Gaona PAR59.26 m10.Diego Fortuna ITA58.74 m11.Vésteinn Hafsteinsson ISL58.12 m12.Vaclavas Kidykas LTU 198857.96 m13.Vadim Popov UZB57.84 m14.Werner Reiterer AUS57.60 m15.Roberto Moya CUB57.58 m16.Mickaël Conjungo CAF57.36 m17.Kristian Pettersson SWE57.34 m18.Vitaliy Sidorov UKR56.82 m19.Igor Primc SLO55.92 m20.Jan Cordius DEN54.00 m21.Dashdendev Makhashiri MGL51.04 m22.Tuck Yim Wong SIN49.34 m RANKGROUP BDISTANCE1.Vladimir Dubrovshchik BLR64.20 m2.Lars Riedel GER63.64 m3.Jürgen Schult GER61.92 m4.Adewale Olukoju NGR61.44 m5.Alexis Elizalde CUB61.38 m6.Mike Buncic USA61.08 m7.Nick Sweeney IRL60.68 m8.Costel Grasu ROM60.64 m9.Sergey Lyakhov RUS60.50 m10.Virgilijus Alekna LTU 198859.20 m11.Volodymyr Zinchenko UKR59.00 m12.Viktor Baraznovskiy BLR58.68 m13.Aleksander Tammert EST58.64 m14.Dag Solhaug SWE58.52 m15.Randy Heisler USA58.10 m16.Olav Jenssen NOR58.00 m17.David Martínez ESP57.34 m18.Harri Uurainen FIN55.12 m19.Sergey Lukashok ISR54.90 m20.Frits Potgieter RSA54.84 m21.Dragan Mustapić CRO53.54 m Final RANKFINALDISTANCEImage:Med 1.pngLars Riedel GER68.76 mImage:Med 2.pngVladimir Dubrovshchik BLR65.98 mImage:Med 3.pngVasiliy Kaptyukh BLR65.88 m4.Attila Horváth HUN65.72 m5.Jürgen Schult GER64.44 m6.Adewale Olukoju NGR63.66 m7.Alexis Elizalde CUB63.28 m8.Dmitriy Shevchenko RUS63.18 m9.Robert Weir GBR63.14 m10.John Godina USA60.84 m11.Mike Buncic USA60.24 m12.Stefan Fernholm SWE59.52 m See also 1994 Men's European Championships Discus Throw 1996 Men's Olympic Discus Throw References Results D Category:Discus throw at the World Athletics Championships