Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's discus throw

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Men's discus throw
at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Athletics pictogram.svg
Pictogram for athletics
Venue ANZ Stadium
Dates24 September 2000 (qualifying)
25 September 2000 (final)
Competitors45 from 28 nations
Winning distance69.30
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Virgilijus Alekna
Flag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg  Lithuania
Silver medal icon.svg Lars Riedel
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Bronze medal icon.svg Frantz Kruger
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
  1996
2004  

The men's discus throw event at the 2000 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program was held at the Olympic Stadium on Sunday, 24 September and Monday, 25 September. [1] Forty-five athletes from 28 nations competed. [2] The event was won by Virgilijus Alekna of Lithuania, the nation's second victory in the men's discus throw. Lars Riedel of Germany took silver, becoming the 13th man to win multiple discus throw medals. Frantz Kruger earned South Africa's first medal in the event with his bronze.

The qualifying athletes progressed through to the final where the qualifying distances are scrapped and they start afresh with up to six throws. The qualifying distance was 64.00 metres. For all qualifiers who did not achieve the standard, the remaining spaces in the final were filled by the longest throws until a total of 12 qualifiers.

Background

This was the 24th appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. The top nine finishers from the 1996 Games all returned, along with the last finalist: gold medalist Lars Riedel and sixth-place finisher Jürgen Schult of Germany, silver medalist Vladimir Dubrovshchik and bronze medalist Vasiliy Kaptyukh of Belarus, fourth-place finisher Anthony Washington and twelfth-place finisher Adam Setliff of the United States, fifth-place finisher Virgilijus Alekna and eighth-place finisher Vaclavas Kidykas of Lithuania, seventh-place finisher Vitaliy Sidorov of Ukraine, and ninth-place finisher Alexis Elizalde of Cuba. Schult was the world record holder and had medaled twice before (gold in 1988, silver in 1992). Riedel had won four of the last five world championships; Washington had won the latest. But Alekna had the best results in 2000 so far, hitting the second- and third-best throws to date (Schult's 1986 record still stands as of 2020). [2]

Turkmenistan and Qatar each made their debut in the men's discus throw. The United States made its 23rd appearance, most of any nation, having missed only the boycotted 1980 Games.

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee was permitted to enter up to three athletes that had thrown 63.50 metres or further during the qualification period. The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. If an NOC had no athletes that qualified under that standard, one athlete that had thrown 62.00 metres or further could be entered. [3]

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 64.00 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] [4]

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 Germany.svg  Lars Riedel  (GER)69.40 Atlanta, United States 31 July 1996

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

Schedule

All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)

DateTimeRound
Sunday, 24 September 200010:00Qualifying
Monday, 25 September 200019:00Final

Results

Qualifying

RankAthleteNation123DistanceNotes
1 Lars Riedel Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 68.1568.15Q
2 Frantz Kruger Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 67.5467.54Q
3 Virgilijus Alekna Flag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg  Lithuania 67.1067.10Q
4 Vasiliy Kaptyukh Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 65.9065.90Q, SB
5 Dmitriy Shevchenko Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 62.8263.0965.2965.29Q
6 Jason Tunks Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 64.4064.40Q
7 Vladimir Dubrovshchik Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 64.0364.03Q
8 Jürgen Schult Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 63.7660.97X63.76q
9 Aleksander Tammert Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 63.5261.8460.9063.52q
10 Adam Setliff Flag of the United States.svg  United States X63.2563.25q
11 Anthony Washington Flag of the United States.svg  United States 62.82XX62.82q
12 Michael Möllenbeck Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 62.3062.7261.9262.72q
13 Li Shaojie Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 62.29X59.7162.29SB
14 Diego Fortuna Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 60.12X62.2462.24
15 Aleksandr Borichevskiy Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 59.7861.9861.8961.98
16 Róbert Fazekas Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary XX61.7661.76
17 John Godina Flag of the United States.svg  United States 57.6761.60X61.60
18 Frits Potgieter Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 61.5660.2760.8361.56
19 David Martínez Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 61.50X59.9761.50
20 Alexis Elizalde Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba 57.7561.1359.9661.13
21 Magnús Aron Hallgrímsson Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 60.9558.7960.0360.95
22 Jo Van Daele Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 60.8960.93X60.93
23 Gábor Máté Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 59.4360.6960.8660.86
24 Frank Casañas Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba 60.84X60.7960.84
25 Libor Malina Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 59.38X60.8360.83
26 Vitaliy Sidorov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 58.3259.4360.6560.65
27 Romas Ubartas Flag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg  Lithuania 60.4360.50X60.50
28 Robert Weir Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 57.57X60.0160.01
29 Olgierd Stański Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 59.3158.06X59.31
30 Vaclavas Kidykas Flag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg  Lithuania 57.8658.9658.0958.96
31 Ian Winchester Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 58.6158.64X58.64
32 Kyrylo Chuprynin Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine X58.3857.3258.38
33 Leonid Cherevko Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 57.63X58.3258.32
34 Dragan Mustapić Civil ensign of Croatia.svg  Croatia 53.7658.10X58.10
35 Mickaël Conjungo Flag of the Central African Republic.svg  Central African Republic X57.8555.6057.85
36 Nick Sweeney Flag of Ireland (3-2).svg  Ireland 56.7356.2457.3757.37
37 Marcelo Pugliese Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Argentina X53.4956.3056.30
38 Glen Smith Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 56.2255.3154.3656.22
39 Rashid Shafi Al-Dosari Flag of Qatar (3-2).svg  Qatar X54.4753.4254.47
40 John Menton Flag of Ireland (3-2).svg  Ireland X54.2150.9554.21
41 Roman Poltoratskiy Flag of Uzbekistan (3-2).svg  Uzbekistan 45.40X47.8347.83
Zoltán Kővágó Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary XXXNo mark
Chary Mamedov Flag of Turkmenistan (1997-2001).svg  Turkmenistan XXXNo mark
Jason Gervais Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada XXXNo mark
Costel Grasu Flag of Romania.svg  Romania XXXNo mark
Chima Ugwu Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria DNS

Final

RankAthleteNation123456DistanceNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Virgilijus Alekna Flag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg  Lithuania 58.5567.5468.7366.6469.3064.7869.30
Silver medal icon.svg Lars Riedel Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 65.18X68.5068.0867.3363.8768.50
Bronze medal icon.svg Frantz Kruger Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 67.89X68.1968.06X62.7268.19 AR
4 Vasiliy Kaptyukh Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 58.9364.5067.5964.4265.0766.7067.59PB
5 Adam Setliff Flag of the United States.svg  United States 60.5066.0264.7265.1063.1061.9966.02
6 Jason Tunks Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 59.5964.5865.35X65.8064.3865.80
7 Vladimir Dubrovshchik Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 63.9565.13X64.32X60.1565.13
8 Jürgen Schult Flag of Germany.svg  Germany X60.8363.3464.4162.6361.9664.41
9 Aleksander Tammert Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 55.8459.2663.25Did not advance63.25
10 Michael Möllenbeck Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 61.1960.1363.14Did not advance63.14
11 Dmitriy Shevchenko Flag of Russia.svg  Russia XX62.65Did not advance62.65
12 Anthony Washington Flag of the United States.svg  United States XX59.87Did not advance59.87

See also

References

  1. "Athletics at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games: Men's Discus Throw". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 "Discus Throw, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  3. http://www.trackandfieldnews.com/images/stories/tfn_pdfs/ogqualifying_standards.pdf%5B%5D
  4. Official Report, Results Book for Athletics.