Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's discus throw
The Men's Discus Throw event at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada had an entry list of 30 competitors, with two qualifying groups (30 jumpers) before the final (15) took place on Sunday July 25, 1976. The top twelve and ties, and all those reaching 60.00 metres advanced to the final. The qualification round was held in Saturday July 24, 1976.[1]
| Men's discus throw at the Games of the XXI Olympiad | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Olympic Stadium | |||||||||
| Date | 24 July 1976 (qualifications) 25 July 1976 (final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 30 from 20 nations | |||||||||
| Winning distance | 67.50 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics | ||
|---|---|---|
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| Track events | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | women |
| 5000 m | men | |
| 10,000 m | men | |
| 100 m hurdles | women | |
| 110 m hurdles | men | |
| 400 m hurdles | men | |
| 3000 m steeplechase | men | |
| 4×100 m relay | men | women |
| 4×400 m relay | men | women |
| Road events | ||
| Marathon | men | |
| 20 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 | ||
| Pentathlon | women | |
| Decathlon | men | |
Medalists
| Gold | Mac Wilkins |
| Silver | Wolfgang Schmidt |
| Bronze | John Powell |
Abbreviations
- All results shown are in metres
| Q | automatic qualification |
| q | qualification by rank |
| DNS | did not start |
| NM | no mark |
| OR | olympic record |
| WR | world record |
| AR | area record |
| NR | national record |
| PB | personal best |
| SB | season best |
Records
| Standing records prior to the 1976 Summer Olympics | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Record | | 70.86 m | May 1, 1976 | |
| Olympic Record | | 64.78 m | October 15, 1968 |  |
Qualification
Group A
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Result | Note | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||
| 1 | 1 | |
68.28 | — | — | 68.28 m | OR |
| 2 | 2 | .svg.png){kind=small} |
63.54 | — | — | 63.54 m | |
| 3 | 3 | |
63.14 | — | — | 63.14 m | |
| 4 | 5 |  |
62.10 | — | — | 62.10 m | |
| 5 | 6 | |
X | 62.06 | — | 62.06 m | |
| 6 | 7 |  |
X | 58.90 | 61.88 | 61.88 m | |
| 7 | 9 | |
X | 61.48 | — | 61.48 m | |
| 8 | 11 | |
61.14 | — | — | 61.14 m | |
| 9 | 13 | |
X | 60.64 | — | 60.64 m | |
| 10 | 14 |  |
60.44 | — | — | 60.44 m | |
| 11 | 17 | |
59.80 | 59.26 | 57.18 | 59.80 m | |
| 12 | 19 |  |
58.76 | 59.06 | X | 59.06 m | |
| 13 | 20 |  |
56.98 | X | 58.06 | 58.06 m | |
| 14 | 21 | .svg.png){kind=small} |
X | 57.50 | 54.52 | 57.50 m | |
| — | — |  | X | X | X | NM | |
Group B
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Result | Note | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||
| 1 | 4 | |
62.26 | — | — | 62.26 m | |
| 2 | 8 |  |
57.00 | 61.66 | — | 61.66 m | |
| 3 | 10 |  |
X | 61.30 | — | 61.30 m | |
| 4 | 12 | |
60.82 | — | — | 60.82 m | |
| 5 | 15 | |
59.30 | 60.06 | — | 60.06 m | |
| 6 | 16 |  |
59.92 | 56.66 | 58.50 | 59.92 m | |
| 7 | 18 | .svg.png){kind=small} |
57.56 | 57.84 | 59.42 | 59.42 m | |
| 8 | 22 | .svg.png){kind=small} |
X | X | 57.28 | 57.28 m | |
| 9 | 23 | |
56.56 | X | X | 56.56 m | |
| 10 | 24 | |
X | 55.86 | X | 55.86 m | |
| 11 | 25 |  |
55.20 | X | 55.50 | 55.50 m | |
| 12 | 26 | .svg.png){kind=small} |
X | 54.04 | 54.80 | 54.80 m | |
| 13 | 27 |  |
52.82 | X | 52.76 | 52.82 m | |
| 14 | 28 | .svg.png){kind=small} |
52.40 | 50.40 | X | 52.40 m | |
| 15 | 29 |  |
31.80 | 35.30 | 35.94 | 35.94 m | |
Final
| Rank | Athlete | Attempts | Result | Note | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
 | |
61.78 | 67.50 | 63.44 | 63.52 | X | 66.14 | 67.50 m | |
 | |
63.68 | X | 65.16 | X | 63.96 | 66.22 | 66.22 m | |
 | |
62.48 | 64.24 | 65.70 | 60.48 | 60.20 | 64.24 | 65.70 m | |
| 4 | |
62.40 | 61.66 | 61.98 | 63.02 | 64.30 | 63.04 | 64.30 m | |
| 5 | |
59.62 | 64.04 | 60.02 | 61.08 | 59.62 | 64.24 | 64.24 m | |
| 6 | |
63.12 | 61.22 | X | X | X | 61.94 | 63.12 m | |
| 7 | |
60.26 | 62.02 | 61.60 | 61.26 | 61.24 | 63.06 | 63.06 m | |
| 8 | |
61.60 | X | X | X | 61.98 | X | 61.98 m | |
| 9 | |
60.12 | 61.28 | 59.62 | 61.28 m | ||||
| 10 | |
60.94 | 60.68 | X | 60.94 m | ||||
| 11 | |
57.44 | 57.00 | 60.54 | 60.54 m | ||||
| 12 | |
59.44 | 60.26 | 60.46 | 60.46 m | ||||
| 13 | |
57.62 | 58.42 | X | 58.42 m | ||||
| 14 | |
57.48 | 57.30 | X | 57.48 m | ||||
| 15 | |
55.86 | X | X | 55.68 m | ||||
References
- "Athletics at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games: Men's Discus Throw". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
External links
- (in English) Results
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