Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's discus throw

Men's discus throw at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
Pictogram for athletics
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Date	30 September 1988 (qualifications) 1 October 1988 (finals)
Competitors	29 from 21 nations
Winning distance	68.82 OR
Medalists
Jürgen Schult  East Germany Romas Ubartas  Soviet Union Rolf Danneberg  West Germany

Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m		women
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
20 km walk	men
50 km walk	men
Field events
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
Wheelchair races

The Men's Discus Throw event at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea had an entrylist of 27 competitors, with two qualifying groups before the final (12) took place on Saturday October 1, 1988.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Jürgen Schult  East Germany
Silver	Romas Ubartas  Soviet Union
Bronze	Rolf Danneberg  West Germany

Abbreviations

• All results shown are in metres

Records

Standing records prior to the 1988 Summer Olympics
World Record	Jürgen Schult (GDR)	74.08 m	June 6, 1986	Neubrandenburg, East Germany
Olympic Record	Mac Wilkins (USA)	68.28 m	July 24, 1976	Montreal, Canada
Broken records during the 1988 Summer Olympics
Olympic Record	Jürgen Schult (GDR)	68.82 m	October 1, 1988	Seoul, South Korea

Qualification

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
			1	2	3
1	7	Mac Wilkins (USA)	62.48	X	61.34	62.48 m
2	8	Yuriy Dumchev (URS)	61.30	60.24	62.08	62.08 m
3	9	Imrich Bugár (TCH)	61.94	61.48	61.00	61.94 m
4	12	Georgi Georgiev (BUL)	59.78	61.34	X	61.34 m
5	13	Vaclavas Kidykas (URS)	58.82	60.88	X	60.88 m
6	14	Svein-Inge Valvik (NOR)	59.40	X	60.64	60.64 m
7	15	Werner Reiterer (AUS)	X	57.58	59.78	59.78m
8	17	Randy Heisler (USA)	X	X	59.08	59.08 m
9	18	Patrick Journoud (FRA)	58.94	57.62	55.82	58.94 m
10	22	Wulf Brunner (FRG)	X	57.50	X	57.50 m
11	23	Adewale Olukoju (NGR)	51.38	54.44	47.60	54.44 m
12	25	Henry Smith (SAM)	47.96	49.40	48.98	49.40 m
13	26	Min Se-hun (KOR)	X	46.52	47.84	47.84 m
—	—	Ibrahim Mohamed Al-Ouiran (KSA)	X	X	X	NM
—	—	Eggert Bogason (ISL)	X	X	X	NM

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
			1	2	3
1	1	Rolf Danneberg (FRG)	65.70	—	—	65.70 m
2	2	Romas Ubartas (URS)	65.58	—	—	65.58 m
3	3	Jürgen Schult (GDR)	64.70	—	—	64.70 m
4	4	Knut Hjeltnes (NOR)	63.50	62.66	X	63.50 m
5	5	Gejza Valent (TCH)	61.88	62.84	63.46	63.46 m
6	6	Mike Buncic (USA)	X	63.16	X	63.16 m
7	10	Erik de Bruin (NED)	58.56	60.72	61.66	61.66 m
8	11	Alois Hannecker (FRG)	61.44	X	X	61.44 m
9	16	Bradley Cooper (BAH)	59.74	56.88	56.44	59.74 m
10	19	Vésteinn Hafsteinsson (ISL)	58.94	57.10	55.70	58.94 m
11	20	Paul Mardle (GBR)	57.18	56.06	58.28	58.28 m
12	21	Ray Lazdins (CAN)	57.94	X	X	57.94 m
13	24	Ramón Jiménez Gaona (PAR)	50.18	48.80	50.90	50.90 m
—	—	Mohamed Hamed Naguib (EGY)	X	X	X	NM

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Jürgen Schult (GDR)	68.82	67.92	65.76	68.18	65.70	68.26	68.82 m	OR
	Romas Ubartas (URS)	66.86	66.20	66.24	64.40	63.74	67.48	67.48 m
	Rolf Danneberg (FRG)	65.58	63.60	X	63.88	67.38	62.56	67.38 m
4	Yuriy Dumchev (URS)	64.00	63.74	63.54	63.66	62.86	66.42	66.42 m
5	Mac Wilkins (USA)	61.88	X	65.12	63.84	65.90	62.96	65.90 m
6	Géjza Valent (TCH)	X	63.36	62.46	62.80	64.28	65.80	65.80 m
7	Knut Hjeltnes (NOR)	63.30	X	64.10	64.94	63.22	X	64.94 m
8	Alois Hannecker (FRG)	60.28	62.50	63.28	60.94	61.54	X	63.28 m
9	Erik de Bruin (NED)	63.06	X	X				63.06 m
10	Mike Buncic (USA)	62.46	X	X				62.46 m
11	Gueorgui Gueorguiev (BUL)	61.24	61.12	59.66				61.24 m
12	Imrich Bugár (TCH)	59.60	X	60.88				60.88 m

See also

• 1986 Men's European Championships Discus Throw (Stuttgart)
• 1987 Men's World Championships Discus Throw (Rome)
• 1990 Men's European Championships Discus Throw (Split)
• 1991 Men's World Championships Discus Throw (Tokyo)

References

External links

• (in English) Official Report