Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's discus throw

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Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics
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Discus throw	men	women
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The final of the Men's Discus Throw event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain was held on August 5, 1992. There were a total number of 32 participating athletes. Top 12 and ties, and all those reaching 63.00 metres advanced to the final.

Medalists

Gold	Romas Ubartas Lithuania
Silver	Jürgen Schult Germany
Bronze	Roberto Moya Cuba

Abbreviations

Q	automatic qualification
q	qualification by rank
DNS	did not start
NM	no mark
WR	world record
AR	area record
NR	national record
PB	personal best
SB	season best

Records

Standing records prior to the 1992 Summer Olympics
World Record	Jürgen Schult (GDR)	74.08 m	June 6, 1986	Neubrandenburg, East Germany
Olympic Record	Jürgen Schult (GDR)	68.82 m	October 1, 1988	Seoul, South Korea

Qualification

RANK	GROUP A	DISTANCE
1.	Costel Grasu (ROM)	63.06 m
2.	Attila Horváth (HUN)	62.26 m
3.	Dmitriy Kovtsun (EUN)	61.62 m
4.	David Martínez (ESP)	61.22 m
5.	Juan Martínez (CUB)	60.34 m
6.	Dmitriy Shevchenko (EUN)	60.22 m
7.	Lars Riedel (GER)	59.98 m
8.	Vaclavas Kidykas (LTU)	59.98 m
9.	Ramón Jiménez Gaona (PAR)	59.78 m
10.	Mike Buncic (USA)	59.12 m
11.	Imrich Bugár (TCH)	58.70 m
12.	Nikolay Kolev (BUL)	58.12 m
13.	Brian Blutreich (USA)	57.08 m
14.	Simon Williams (GBR)	53.12 m
15.	Dragan Mustapić (BIH)	48.80 m
16.	Herberth Rodríguez (ESA)	43.22 m

RANK	GROUP B	DISTANCE
1.	Romas Ubartas (LTU)	66.08 m
2.	Jürgen Schult (GER)	63.46 m
3.	Werner Reiterer (AUS)	62.20 m
4.	Anthony Washington (USA)	62.18 m
5.	Roberto Moya (CUB)	62.06 m
6.	Vesteinn Hafsteinsson (ISL)	60.20 m
7.	Olav Jenssen (NOR)	60.00 m
8.	Wenge Yu (CHN)	59.42 m
9.	József Ficsór (HUN)	58.84 m
10.	Ray Lazdins (CAN)	58.26 m
11.	Nick Sweeney (IRL)	57.68 m
12.	Mickaël Conjungo (CAF)	57.46 m
13.	Vladimir Zinchenko (EUN)	56.94 m
14.	Christian Erb (SUI)	55.16 m
15.	Khaled Al-Khalidi (KSA)	47.96 m
—	Luciano Zerbini (ITA)	NM

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
Rank	Athlete	1	2	3	4	5	6	Distance	Note
01 !	Romas Ubartas (LTU)	60.90	62.64	64.36	X	65.12	X	65.12 m
02 !	Jürgen Schult (GER)	64.26	63.54	63.84	63.38	64.94	63.08	64.94 m
03 !	Roberto Moya (CUB)	64.12	X	X	62.72	X	62.02	64.12 m
4	Costel Grasu (ROM)	59.90	60.50	62.18	62.86	62.40	X	62.86 m
5	Attila Horváth (HUN)	62.50	62.72	62.82	X	62.56	62.06	62.82 m
6	Juan Martínez (CUB)	61.72	61.30	61.86	62.64	62.10	X	62.64 m
7	Dmitriy Kovtsun (EUN)	X	60.04	60.58	X	60.66	62.04	62.04 m
8	Dmitriy Shevchenko (EUN)	61.78	60.92	X	X	X	X	61.78 m

9	David Martínez (ESP)	59.74	59.54	60.16				60.16 m
10	Werner Reiterer (AUS)	60.12	58.92	X				60.12 m
11	Vésteinn Hafsteinsson (ISL)	60.06	X	58.90				60.06 m
12	Anthony Washington (USA)	59.96	X	58.76				59.96 m

References

Discus throw at the Olympic Games

Summary

Men	1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012

Women	1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012

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