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 32 participating athletes from 24 nations. The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The top 12 and ties, and all those reaching 63.00 metres advanced to the final. The event was won by Romas Ubartas of Lithuania, a victory for the nation in its debut appearance in the men's discus throw. Jürgen Schult took silver, the first medal for unified Germany. Roberto Moya earned Cuba's first men's discus throw medal since 1980 with his bronze. Ubartas and Schult became the 11th and 12th men to win multiple discus throw medals; they had both represented different nations (the Soviet Union and East Germany, respectively, in 1988 and had finished one-two then as well, though in the opposite order.

Background

This was the 22nd appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. The returning finalists from the 1988 Games were gold medalist Jürgen Schult of East Germany (now united Germany), silver medalist Romas Ubartas of the Soviet Union (now representing Lithuania), tenth-place finisher Mike Buncic of the United States, and twelfth-place finisher Imrich Bugár of Czechoslovakia. Ubartas had been the "top thrower in 1991" but "refused to compete at the 1991 Worlds for the Soviet Union"; with Lithuania sending its own team (not part of the Unified Team of ex-Soviet republics), he competed again. Schult was a strong contender to repeat, as was Lars Riedel, who won the 1991 world championship.

Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Central African Republic, the People's Republic of China, and Lithuania each made their debut in the men's discus throw; some former Soviet republics competed as the Unified Team. The United States made its 21st appearance, most of any nation, having missed only the boycotted 1980 Games.

Competition format

The competition used the two-round format introduced in 1936, with the qualifying round completely separate from the divided final. In qualifying, each athlete received three attempts; those recording a mark of at least 63.00 metres advanced to the final. If fewer than 12 athletes achieved that distance, the top 12 would advance. The results of the qualifying round were then ignored. Finalists received three throws each, with the top eight competitors receiving an additional three attempts. The best distance among those six throws counted.Official Report, vol. 5, p. 51.

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

No new world or Olympic records were set during the competition.

Schedule

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

Date Time Round Monday, 3 August 1992 9:30 Qualifying Wednesday, 5 August 1992 19:30 Final

Results

Qualifying

Rank Athlete Nation 1 2 3 Distance Notes 1 Romas Ubartas 66.08 — — 66.08 2 Jürgen Schult 61.04 63.46 — 63.46 3 Costel Grasu 61.30 X 63.03 63.03 4 Attila Horváth 62.26 59.98 58.30 62.26 5 Werner Reiterer 60.64 X 62.20 62.20 6 Anthony Washington 58.18 57.86 62.18 62.18 7 Roberto Moya X 62.06 61.44 62.06 8 Dmitriy Kovtsun 60.88 61.62 61.14 61.62 9 David Martínez 61.22 X X 61.22 10 Juan Martínez Brito 56.00 60.34 59.70 60.34 11 Dmitriy Shevchenko 57.20 60.22 X 60.22 12 Vesteinn Hafsteinsson 60.20 58.64 58.08 60.20 13 Olav Jenssen 60.00 59.74 X 60.00 14 Lars Riedel 57.54 X 59.98 59.98 15 Vaclavas Kidykas X 59.10 59.96 59.96 16 Ramón Jiménez Gaona 56.98 X 59.78 59.78 17 Wenge Yu 58.92 X 59.42 59.42 18 Mike Buncic X 57.84 59.12 59.12 19 József Ficsor 56.30 58.84 X 58.84 20 Imrich Bugár 53.88 58.70 56.84 58.70 21 Ray Lazdins X 55.60 58.26 58.26 22 Nikolay Kolev 50.94 58.12 X 58.12 23 Nick Sweeney 57.68 57.26 56.22 57.68 24 Mickaël Conjungo 57.46 X 54.40 57.46 25 Brian Blutreich 57.08 54.44 55.40 57.08 26 Volodymyr Zinchenko 56.94 56.64 56.46 56.94 27 Christian Erb X 55.16 54.38 55.16 28 Simon Williams X 53.12 52.96 53.12 29 Dragan Mustapić X 47.88 48.80 48.80 30 Khaled Al-Khalidi X X 47.96 47.96 31 Herbert Rodríguez 43.22 X 40.76 43.22 — Luciano Zerbini X X X No mark

Final

Rank Athlete Nation 1 2 3 4 5 6 Distance Romas Ubartas 60.90 62.64 64.36 X 65.12 X 65.12 Jürgen Schult 64.26 63.54 63.84 63.38 64.94 63.08 64.94 Roberto Moya 64.12 X X 62.72 X 62.02 64.12 4 Costel Grasu 59.90 60.50 62.18 62.86 62.40 X 62.86 5 Attila Horváth 62.50 62.72 62.82 X 62.56 62.06 62.82 6 Juan Martínez Brito 61.72 61.30 61.86 62.64 62.10 X 62.64 7 Dmitriy Kovtsun X 60.04 60.58 X 60.66 62.04 62.04 8 Dmitriy Shevchenko 61.78 60.92 X X X X 61.78 9 David Martínez 59.74 59.54 60.16 Did not advance 60.16 10 Werner Reiterer 60.12 58.92 X Did not advance 60.12 11 Vésteinn Hafsteinsson 60.06 X 58.90 Did not advance 60.06 12 Anthony Washington 59.96 X 58.76 Did not advance 59.96

See also 1990 Men's European Championships Discus Throw 1991 Men's World Championship Discus Throw 1993 Men's World Championship Discus Throw 1994 Men's European Championships Discus Throw

References

External links Official Report Results