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

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

Men's discus throw
at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
VenueLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Date8 August 1984 (qualifications)
10 August 1984 (finals)
Competitors20 from 13 nations
Winning distance66.60
Medalists
Rolf Danneberg
 West Germany
Mac Wilkins
 United States
John Powell
 United States
Athletics at the
1984 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
3000 mwomen
5000 mmen
10,000 mmen
100 m hurdleswomen
110 m hurdlesmen
400 m hurdlesmenwomen
3000 m
steeplechase		men
4×100 m relaymenwomen
4×400 m relaymenwomen
Road events
Marathonmenwomen
20 km walkmen
50 km walkmen
Field events
Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmen
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmen
Shot putmenwomen
Discus throwmenwomen
Javelin throwmenwomen
Hammer throwmen
Combined events
Heptathlonwomen
Decathlonmen
Wheelchair races

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, 1983 Moscow, Soviet Union
Olympic Record Mac Wilkins (USA)68.28 mJuly 24, 1976 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
 Rolf Danneberg (FRG) 64.74 X 63.64 66.60 X 66.2266.60 m
 Mac Wilkins (USA) 65.96 X 65.20 X 66.30 X66.30 m
 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. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. 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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