Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's discus throw

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Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics
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Triple jump		men		women
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Pole vault		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men		women
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The Men's Discus Throw event at the 2000 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program was held at the Olympic Stadium on Sunday, 24 September and Monday, 25 September.

The qualifying athletes progressed through to the final where the qualifying distances are scrapped and they start afresh with up to six throws. The qualifying distance was 64.00 metres. For all qualifiers who did not achieve the standard, the remaining spaces in the final were filled by the longest throws until a total of 12 qualifiers.

Medalists

Gold	Virgilijus Alekna  Lithuania
Silver	Lars Riedel  Germany
Bronze	Frantz Kruger  South Africa

Schedule

• All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)

Qualification Round
Group A	Group B
24.09.2000 – 10:00h	24.09.2000 – 12:10h
Final Round
25.09.2000 – 19:00h

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 2000 Summer Olympics
World Record	Jürgen Schult (GDR)	74.08 m	6 June 1986	Neubrandenburg, East Germany
Olympic Record	Lars Riedel (GER)	69.40 m	31 July 1996	Atlanta, United States

Qualification

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
			1	2	3
1	1	Lars Riedel (GER)	68.15	—	—	68.15 m
2	2	Frantz Kruger (RSA)	67.54	—	—	67.54 m
3	4	Vasiliy Kaptyukh (BLR)	65.90	—	—	65.90 m	SB
4	5	Dmitriy Shevchenko (RUS)	62.82	63.09	65.29	65.29 m
5	7	Vladimir Dubrovshchik (BLR)	64.03	—	—	64.03 m
6	8	Jürgen Schult (GER)	63.76	60.97	X	63.76 m
7	9	Aleksander Tammert (EST)	63.52	61.84	60.90	63.52 m
8	13	Li Shaojie (CHN)	62.29	X	59.71	62.29 m	SB
9	21	Magnus Hallgrimsson (ISL)	60.95	58.79	60.03	60.95 m
10	24	Frank Casañas (CUB)	60.84	X	60.79	60.84 m
11	25	Libor Malina (CZE)	59.38	X	60.83	60.83 m
12	27	Romas Ubartas (LTU)	60.43	60.50	X	60.50 m
13	28	Robert Weir (GBR)	57.57	X	60.01	60.01 m
14	29	Olgierd Stanski (POL)	59.31	58.06	X	59.31 m
15	31	Ian Winchester (NZL)	58.61	58.64	X	58.64 m
16	33	Leonid Cherevko (BLR)	57.63	X	58.32	58.32 m
17	34	Dragan Mustapić (CRO)	53.76	58.10	X	58.10 m
18	35	Mickaël Conjungo (CAF)	X	57.85	55.60	57.85 m
19	37	Marcelo Pugliese (ARG)	X	53.49	56.30	56.30 m
20	40	John Menton (IRL)	X	54.21	50.95	54.21 m
21	41	Roman Poltoratskiy (UZB)	45.40	X	47.83	47.83 m
—	—	Zoltán Kővágó (HUN)	X	X	X	NM
—	—	Khary Mamedov (TKM)	X	X	X	NM

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
			1	2	3
1	3	Virgilijus Alekna (LTU)	67.10	—	—	67.10 m
2	6	Jason Tunks (CAN)	64.40	—	—	64.40 m
3	10	Adam Setliff (USA)	X	63.25	—	63.25 m
4	11	Anthony Washington (USA)	62.82	X	X	62.82 m
5	12	Michael Möllenbeck (GER)	62.30	62.72	61.92	62.72 m
6	14	Diego Fortuna (ITA)	60.12	X	62.24	62.24 m
7	15	Aleksandr Borichevskiy (RUS)	59.78	61.98	61.89	61.98 m
8	16	Róbert Fazekas (HUN)	X	X	61.76	61.76 m
9	17	John Godina (USA)	57.67	61.60	X	61.60 m
10	18	Frits Potgieter (RSA)	61.56	60.27	60.83	61.56 m
11	19	David Martínez (ESP)	61.50	X	59.97	61.50 m
12	20	Alexis Elizalde (CUB)	57.75	61.13	59.96	61.13 m
13	22	Jo Van Daele (BEL)	60.89	60.93	X	60.93 m
14	23	Gábor Máté (HUN)	59.43	60.69	60.86	60.86 m
15	25	Vitaliy Sidorov (RUS)	58.32	59.43	60.65	60.65 m
16	30	Vaclavas Kidykas (LTU)	57.86	58.96	58.09	58.96 m
17	32	Kyrylo Chuprynin (UKR)	X	58.38	57.32	58.38 m
18	36	Nick Sweeney (IRL)	56.73	56.24	57.37	57.37 m
19	38	Glen Smith (GBR)	56.22	55.31	54.36	56.22 m
21	39	Rashid Shafi Al-Dosari (QAT)	X	54.47	53.42	54.47 m
—	—	Jason Gervais (CAN)	X	X	X	NM
—	—	Costel Grasu (ROU)	X	X	X	NM
—	—	Chima Ugwu (NGR)	—	—	—	DNS

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Virgilijus Alekna (LTU)	58.55	67.54	68.73	66.64	69.30	64.78	69.30 m
	Lars Riedel (GER)	65.18	X	68.50	68.08	67.33	63.87	68.50 m
	Frantz Kruger (RSA)	67.89	X	68.19	68.06	X	62.72	68.19 m	AR
4	Vasiliy Kaptyukh (BLR)	58.93	64.50	67.59	64.42	65.07	66.70	67.59 m	PB
5	Adam Setliff (USA)	60.50	66.02	64.72	65.10	63.10	61.99	66.02 m
6	Jason Tunks (CAN)	59.59	64.58	65.35	X	65.80	64.38	65.80 m
7	Vladimir Dubrovshchik (BLR)	63.95	65.13	X	64.32	X	60.15	65.13 m
8	Jürgen Schult (GER)	X	60.83	63.34	64.41	62.63	61.96	64.41 m
9	Aleksander Tammert (EST)	55.84	59.26	63.25				63.25 m
10	Michael Möllenbeck (GER)	61.19	60.13	63.14				63.14 m
11	Dmitriy Shevchenko (RUS)	X	X	62.65				62.65 m
12	Anthony Washington (USA)	X	X	59.87				59.87 m

See also

• 1997 Men's World Championships Discus Throw (Athens)
• 1998 Men's European Championships Discus Throw (Budapest)
• 1999 Men's World Championships Discus Throw (Seville)
• 2001 Men's World Championships Discus Throw (Edmonton)
• 2002 Men's European Championships Discus Throw (Munich)
• 2003 Men's World Championships Discus Throw (Paris)

References

• Results
• Official Report