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

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Men's discus throw
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
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Pictogram for athletics
Venues Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys
DatesAugust 3 (qualifying)
August 5 (final)
Competitors32 from 24 nations
Winning distance65.12
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Romas Ubartas
Flag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg  Lithuania
Silver medal icon.svg Jürgen Schult
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Bronze medal icon.svg Roberto Moya
Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba
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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 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.

Background

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

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

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

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

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

Schedule

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

DateTimeRound
Monday, 3 August 19929:30Qualifying
Wednesday, 5 August 199219:30Final

Results

Qualifying

RankAthleteNation123DistanceNotes
1 Romas Ubartas Flag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg  Lithuania 66.0866.08Q
2 Jürgen Schult Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 61.0463.4663.46Q
3 Costel Grasu Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 61.30X63.0363.03Q
4 Attila Horváth Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 62.2659.9858.3062.26
5 Werner Reiterer Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 60.64X62.2062.20q
6 Anthony Washington Flag of the United States.svg  United States 58.1857.8662.1862.18q
7 Roberto Moya Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba X62.0661.4462.06q
8 Dmitriy Kovtsun Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team 60.8861.6261.1461.62
9 David Martínez Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 61.22XX61.22
10 Juan Martínez Brito Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba 56.0060.3459.7060.34
11 Dmitriy Shevchenko Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team 57.2060.22X60.22
12 Vesteinn Hafsteinsson Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 60.2058.6458.0860.20q
13 Olav Jenssen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 60.0059.74X60.00
14 Lars Riedel Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 57.54X59.9859.98
15 Vaclavas Kidykas Flag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg  Lithuania X59.1059.9659.96
16 Ramón Jiménez Gaona Flag of Paraguay (1990-2013).svg  Paraguay 56.98X59.7859.78
17 Wenge Yu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 58.92X59.4259.42
18 Mike Buncic Flag of the United States.svg  United States X57.8459.1259.12
19 József Ficsor Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 56.3058.84X58.84
20 Imrich Bugár Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 53.8858.7056.8458.70
21 Ray Lazdins Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada X55.6058.2658.26
22 Nikolay Kolev Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 50.9458.12X58.12
23 Nick Sweeney Flag of Ireland (3-2).svg  Ireland 57.6857.2656.2257.68
24 Mickaël Conjungo Flag of the Central African Republic.svg  Central African Republic 57.46X54.4057.46
25 Brian Blutreich Flag of the United States.svg  United States 57.0854.4455.4057.08
26 Volodymyr Zinchenko Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team 56.9456.6456.4656.94
27 Christian Erb Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland X55.1654.3855.16
28 Simon Williams Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain X53.1252.9653.12
29 Dragan Mustapić Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992-1998).svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina X47.8848.8048.80
30 Khaled Al-Khalidi Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia XX47.9647.96
31 Herbert Rodríguez Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador 43.22X40.7643.22
Luciano Zerbini Flag of Italy.svg  Italy XXXNo mark

Final

RankAthleteNation123456Distance
Gold medal icon.svg Romas Ubartas Flag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg  Lithuania 60.9062.6464.36X65.12X65.12
Silver medal icon.svg Jürgen Schult Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 64.2663.5463.8463.3864.9463.0864.94
Bronze medal icon.svg Roberto Moya Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba 64.12XX62.72X62.0264.12
4 Costel Grasu Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 59.9060.5062.1862.8662.40X62.86
5 Attila Horváth Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 62.5062.7262.82X62.5662.0662.82
6 Juan Martínez Brito Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba 61.7261.3061.8662.6462.10X62.64
7 Dmitriy Kovtsun Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team X60.0460.58X60.6662.0462.04
8 Dmitriy Shevchenko Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team 61.7860.92XXXX61.78
9 David Martínez Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 59.7459.5460.16Did not advance60.16
10 Werner Reiterer Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 60.1258.92XDid not advance60.12
11 Vésteinn Hafsteinsson Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 60.06X58.90Did not advance60.06
12 Anthony Washington Flag of the United States.svg  United States 59.96X58.76Did not advance59.96

See also

References

  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. 1 2 "Discus Throw, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  3. Official Report, vol. 5, p. 51.