These are the official results of the Men's Discus Throw event at the 1997 World Championships in Athens, Greece. There were a total number of 42 participating athletes, with the final held on Sunday August 10, 1997. The qualification mark was set at 63.00 metres.
Medalists
edit| Gold |  Lars RiedelGermany (GER) |
| Silver |  Virgilijus AleknaLithuania (LTU) |
| Bronze | Jürgen Schult Germany (GER) |
Schedule
edit- All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+2)
| Qualification Round | |
|---|---|
| Group A | Group B |
| 08.08.1997 – 17:30h | 08.08.1997 – 19:30h |
| Final Round | |
| 10.08.1997 – 18:00h | |
Abbreviations
edit- All results shown are in metres
| 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 |
Qualification
edit| RANK | GROUP A | DISTANCE |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Jürgen Schult (GER)
|
64.60 m |
| 2. |  Vitaliy Sidorov (UKR)
|
63.08 m |
| 3. |  Vasiliy Kaptyukh (BLR)
|
63.06 m |
| 4. | Andreas Seelig (GER)
|
62.94 m |
| 5. |  Aleksander Tammert (EST)
|
62.18 m |
| 6. |  Jason Tunks (CAN)
|
61.82 m |
| 7. |  Alexis Elizalde (CUB)
|
61.48 m |
| 8. | Vaclavas Kidykas (LTU)
|
61.40 m |
| 9. |  Andy Bloom (USA)
|
60.74 m |
| 10. |  Olav Jenssen (NOR)
|
60.52 m |
| 11. |  Igor Primc (SLO)
|
59.98 m |
| 12. |  Ian Winchester (NZL)
|
59.70 m |
| 13. |  Jo Van Daele (BEL)
|
58.66 m |
| 14. |  Aleksandr Borichevskiy (RUS)
|
57.90 m |
| 15. |  Yu Wenge (CHN)
|
57.14 m |
| 16. |  Costel Grasu (ROM)
|
56.70 m |
| 17. |  Christos Papadopoulos (GRE)
|
56.44 m |
| 18. |  Shakti Singh (IND)
|
56.28 m |
| 19. |  Glen Smith (GBR)
|
54.40 m |
| 20. |  Dashdendev Makhashiri (MGL)
|
52.12 m |
| — |  Duke Uperesa (ASA)
|
DNS |
| RANK | GROUP B | DISTANCE |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Lars Riedel (GER)
|
66.46 m |
| 2. | Virgilijus Alekna (LTU)
|
65.22 m |
| 3. | Adam Setliff (USA)
|
63.72 m |
| 4. | John Godina (USA)
|
63.48 m |
| 5. | Vladimir Dubrovshchik (BLR)
|
62.30 m |
| 6. | Robert Weir (GBR)
|
62.26 m |
| 7. |  Frits Potgieter (RSA)
|
61.30 m |
| 8. |  Pieter van der Kruk Jr. (NED)
|
60.16 m |
| 9. |  Diego Fortuna (ITA)
|
60.06 m |
| 10. | Leonid Cherevko (BLR)
|
60.06 m |
| 11. | Sergey Lyakhov (RUS)
|
59.72 m |
| 12. |  Jean Pons (FRA)
|
59.46 m |
| 13. | Li Shaojie (CHN)
|
58.24 m |
| 14. |  Libor Malina (CZE)
|
58.00 m |
| 15. |  Mickaël Conjungo (CAF)
|
57.82 m |
| 16. |  Attila Horváth (HUN)
|
57.72 m |
| 17. |  Marcelo Pugliese (ARG)
|
57.34 m |
| 18. | Kjell Ove Hauge (NOR)
|
57.00 m |
| 19. |  Ramón Jiménez Gaona (PAR)
|
52.96 m |
| 20. |  Vansavang Savatdee (THA)
|
47.98 m |
| 21. |  Robert McNabb (COK)
|
41.00 m |
Final
edit| Rank | Athlete | Attempts | Distance | Note | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
 |
Lars Riedel (GER) |
65.48 | 68.24 | 68.54 | X | X | 66.80 | 68.54 m | |
 |
Virgilijus Alekna (LTU) |
62.44 | 66.70 | 63.20 | 63.12 | X | X | 66.70 m | SB |
 |
Jürgen Schult (GER) |
66.14 | 65.20 | 65.54 | X | 62.34 | 64.94 | 66.14 m | SB |
| 4 | Vladimir Dubrovshchik (BLR) |
62.98 | 60.30 | 65.36 | 65.46 | 62.44 | 66.12 | 66.12 m | SB |
| 5 | John Godina (USA) |
65.40 | X | 57.32 | 64.82 | 64.92 | 64.30 | 65.40 m | |
| 6 | Andreas Seelig (GER) |
63.00 | 64.48 | 62.80 | X | 64.12 | 63.64 | 64.48 m | |
| 7 | Adam Setliff (USA) |
62.32 | 62.80 | X | 61.84 | X | 63.44 | 63.44 m | |
| 8 | Robert Weir (GBR) |
63.06 | 60.18 | 61.40 | 62.22 | X | 58.70 | 63.06 m | |
| 9 | Jason Tunks (CAN) |
59.16 | 62.30 | 61.88 | 62.30 m | ||||
| 10 | Vitaliy Sidorov (UKR) |
60.32 | 59.68 | X | 60.32 m | ||||
| 11 | Vasiliy Kaptyukh (BLR) |
60.12 | X | X | 60.12 m | ||||
| 12 | Aleksander Tammert (EST) |
59.44 | 59.18 | 58.46 | 59.44 m | ||||