Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's discus throw

Men's discus throw
at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
Venue Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Date 8 August 1984 (qualifications)
10 August 1984 (finals)
Competitors 20 from 13 nations
Winning distance 66.60
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Rolf Danneberg
 West Germany
2nd, silver medalist(s) Mac Wilkins
 United States
3rd, bronze medalist(s) John Powell
 United States

The Men's Discus Throw at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California had an entrylist of 20 competitors, with two qualifying groups before the final (12) took place on August 10, 1984.[1]

Medalists

GoldRolf Danneberg
 West Germany
SilverMac Wilkins
 United States
BronzeJohn Powell
 United States

Abbreviations

  • All results shown are in metres
Qautomatic qualification
qqualification by rank
DNSdid not start
NMno mark
ORolympic record
WRworld record
ARarea record
NRnational record
PBpersonal best
SBseason best

Records

Standing records prior to the 1984 Summer Olympics
World Record Yuriy Dumchev (URS)71.86 m May 29, 1983Soviet Union Moscow, Soviet Union
Olympic Record Mac Wilkins (USA)68.28 mJuly 24, 1976Canada Montréal, Canada

Qualifying round

  • Held on August 8, 1984
Rank Group A Distance 1 2 3
1.  Rolf Danneberg (FRG) 63.48 m 59.66 63.48 —
2.  John Powell (USA) 62.92 m 62.92 — —
3.  Kostas Georgakopoulos (GRE) 60.94 m 60.74 60.66 60.94
4.  Robert Weir (GBR) 60.92 m X X 60.92
5.  Knut Hjeltnes (NOR) 60.80 m 60.80 59.32 X
6.  Marco Martino (ITA) 60.76 m 59.58 60.76 X
7.  Werner Hartmann (FRG) 59.92 m 57.90 59.88 59.92
8.  Bradley Cooper (BAH) 53.70 m X 52.06 53.70
9.  Henry Smith (SAM) 51.90 m 51.28 50.94 51.90
10.  Dominique Béchard (MRI) 41.10 m 39.84 41.10 40.24
—  Marco Bucci (ITA) DNS — — —
Rank Group B Distance 1 2 3
1.  Mac Wilkins (USA) 65.86 m 60.54 65.86 —
2.  Luciano Zerbini (ITA) 63.44 m 63.44 — —
3.  Stefan Fernholm (SWE) 62.84 m X 62.84 —
4.  Art Burns (USA) 62.60 m 62.60 — —
5.  Erik de Bruin (NED) 61.56 m 60.76 61.06 61.56
6.  Alwin Wagner (FRG) 61.56 m X 61.56 X
7.  Robert Gray (CAN) 59.34 m 56.38 56.62 59.34
8.  Richard Slaney (GBR) 57.66 m 56.02 56.78 57.66
—  Mohamed Naguib Hamed (EGY) NM X — —
—  Vésteinn Hafsteinsson (ISL) [2] DSQ 59.02 55.98 59.58

Final

Rank Athlete Attempts Distance Note
1 2 3 4 5 6
1st, gold medalist(s) Rolf Danneberg (FRG) 64.74 X 63.64 66.60 X 66.2266.60 m
2nd, silver medalist(s) Mac Wilkins (USA) 65.96 X 65.20 X 66.30 X66.30 m
3rd, bronze medalist(s) John Powell (USA) 64.68 63.34 64.12 64.06 65.14 65.4665.46 m
4 Knut Hjeltnes (NOR) 64.72 62.40 65.28 63.78 62.50 64.3265.28 m
5 Art Burns (USA) 63.72 X X X 63.32 64.9864.98 m
6 Alwin Wagner (FRG) 61.82 62.76 62.70 63.94 61.16 64.7264.72 m
7 Luciano Zerbini (ITA) 60.18 61.14 63.50 X X 60.1463.50 m
8 Stefan Fernholm (SWE) 63.08 X 62.20 63.22 62.20 59.8263.22 m
9 Erik de Bruin (NED) 56.88 62.32 60.1062.32 m
10 Robert Weir (GBR) 59.86 61.36 X61.36 m
11 Kostas Georgakopoulos (GRE) X 59.16 60.3060.30 m
— Marco Martino (ITA)XXXNM

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Athletics at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games: Men's Discus Throw". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  2. ↑ Vésteinn Hafsteinsson finished seventh at 59.98 metres, but was subsequently disqualified as his doping test proved positive.
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