1997 World Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw

None 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 GoldGER Lars RiedelGermany (GER)SilverLTU 1988 Virgilijus AleknaLithuania (LTU)BronzeGER Jürgen SchultGermany (GER) Schedule All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+2) Qualification RoundGroup AGroup B08.08.1997 – 17:30h08.08.1997 – 19:30hFinal Round10.08.1997 – 18:00h Abbreviations All results shown are in metres Q automatic qualification q qualification by rankDNS did not startNM no markWR world recordAR area recordNR national recordPB personal bestSB season best Qualification RANKGROUP ADISTANCE1.Jürgen Schult GER64.60 m2.Vitaliy Sidorov UKR63.08 m3.Vasiliy Kaptyukh BLR63.06 m4.Andreas Seelig GER62.94 m5.Aleksander Tammert EST62.18 m6.Jason Tunks CAN61.82 m7.Alexis Elizalde CUB61.48 m8.Vaclavas Kidykas LTU 198861.40 m9.Andy Bloom USA60.74 m10.Olav Jenssen NOR60.52 m11.Igor Primc SLO59.98 m12.Ian Winchester NZL59.70 m13.Jo Van Daele BEL58.66 m14.Aleksandr Borichevskiy RUS57.90 m15.Yu Wenge CHN57.14 m16.Costel Grasu ROM56.70 m17.Christos Papadopoulos GRE56.44 m18.Shakti Singh IND56.28 m19.Glen Smith GBR54.40 m20.Dashdendev Makhashiri MGL52.12 m—Duke Uperesa ASADNS RANKGROUP BDISTANCE1.Lars Riedel GER66.46 m2.Virgilijus Alekna LTU 198865.22 m3.Adam Setliff USA63.72 m4.John Godina USA63.48 m5.Vladimir Dubrovshchik BLR62.30 m6.Robert Weir GBR62.26 m7.Frits Potgieter RSA61.30 m8.Pieter van der Kruk Jr. NED60.16 m9.Diego Fortuna ITA60.06 m10.Leonid Cherevko BLR60.06 m11.Sergey Lyakhov RUS59.72 m12.Jean Pons FRA59.46 m13.Li Shaojie CHN58.24 m14.Libor Malina CZE58.00 m15.Mickaël Conjungo CAF57.82 m16.Attila Horváth HUN57.72 m17.Marcelo Pugliese ARG57.34 m18.Kjell Ove Hauge NOR57.00 m19.Ramón Jiménez Gaona PAR52.96 m20.Vansavang Savatdee THA47.98 m21.Robert McNabb COK41.00 m Final RankAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote123456 Lars Riedel GER 65.48 68.24 68.54 X X 66.80 68.54 m Virgilijus Alekna LTU 1988 62.44 66.70 63.20 63.12 X X 66.70 m SB Jürgen Schult GER 66.14 65.20 65.54 X 62.34 64.9466.14 m SB4 Vladimir Dubrovshchik BLR 62.98 60.30 65.36 65.46 62.44 66.1266.12 m SB 5 John Godina USA 65.40 X 57.32 64.82 64.92 64.3065.40 m 6 Andreas Seelig GER 63.00 64.48 62.80 X 64.12 63.6464.48 m 7 Adam Setliff USA 62.32 62.80 X 61.84 X 63.4463.44 m 8 Robert Weir GBR 63.06 60.18 61.40 62.22 X 58.7063.06 m 9 Jason Tunks CAN59.1662.3061.88 62.30 m 10 Vitaliy Sidorov UKR60.3259.68X 60.32 m 11 Vasiliy Kaptyukh BLR60.12XX 60.12 m 12 Aleksander Tammert EST59.4459.1858.46 59.44 m See also 1994 Men's European Championships Discus Throw (Helsinki) 1996 Men's Olympic Discus Throw (Atlanta) 1998 Men's European Championships Discus Throw (Budapest) References Results D Category:Discus throw at the World Athletics Championships