Men's high jump J2 at the IX Paralympic Games | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc | ||||||||||||
Dates | September 1992 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 12 from 9 nations | ||||||||||||
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The Men's discus throw B1 was a field event in athletics at the 1992 Summer Paralympics, for visually impaired athletes. [1]
Place | Athlete | Width | |
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1 | Alfonso Fidalgo (ESP) | 35.02 | |
2 | Siegmund Turteltaube (GER) | 35.02 | |
3 | Richard Ruffalo (USA) | 31.58 | |
4 | William Bardo (USA) | 31.28 | |
5 | Andrés Martínez (ESP) | 31.28 | |
6 | Sheng Chow Lee (MAS) | 30.72 | |
7 | James Mastro (USA) | 30.28 | |
8 | Bela Hegedus (HUN) | 28.32 | |
9 | Pekka Kujala (FIN) | 27.86 | |
10 | Luis Garcia (VEN) | 23.72 | |
- | Miroslav Jancic (IPP) | DNS | |
- | Khalid Mehmood (PAK) | NM |
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