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

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.

Men's discus throw at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
Pictogram for athletics
Venues	Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys
Dates	August 3 (qualifying) August 5 (final)
Competitors	32 from 24 nations
Winning distance	65.12
Medalists
Romas Ubartas  Lithuania Jürgen Schult  Germany Roberto Moya  Cuba

Official Video Highlights
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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.

Records

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

World record	Jürgen Schult (GDR)	74.08	Neubrandenburg, East Germany	6 June 1986
Olympic record	Jürgen Schult (GDR)	68.82	Seoul, South Korea	1 October 1988

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	Lithuania	66.08	—	—	66.08	Q
2	Jürgen Schult	Germany	61.04	63.46	—	63.46	Q
3	Costel Grasu	Romania	61.30	X	63.03	63.03	Q
4	Attila Horváth	Hungary	62.26	59.98	58.30	62.26
5	Werner Reiterer	Australia	60.64	X	62.20	62.20	q
6	Anthony Washington	United States	58.18	57.86	62.18	62.18	q
7	Roberto Moya	Cuba	X	62.06	61.44	62.06	q
8	Dmitriy Kovtsun	Unified Team	60.88	61.62	61.14	61.62
9	David Martínez	Spain	61.22	X	X	61.22
10	Juan Martínez Brito	Cuba	56.00	60.34	59.70	60.34
11	Dmitriy Shevchenko	Unified Team	57.20	60.22	X	60.22
12	Vesteinn Hafsteinsson	Iceland	60.20	58.64	58.08	60.20	q
13	Olav Jenssen	Norway	60.00	59.74	X	60.00
14	Lars Riedel	Germany	57.54	X	59.98	59.98
15	Vaclavas Kidykas	Lithuania	X	59.10	59.96	59.96
16	Ramón Jiménez Gaona	Paraguay	56.98	X	59.78	59.78
17	Wenge Yu	China	58.92	X	59.42	59.42
18	Mike Buncic	United States	X	57.84	59.12	59.12
19	József Ficsor	Hungary	56.30	58.84	X	58.84
20	Imrich Bugár	Czechoslovakia	53.88	58.70	56.84	58.70
21	Ray Lazdins	Canada	X	55.60	58.26	58.26
22	Nikolay Kolev	Bulgaria	50.94	58.12	X	58.12
23	Nick Sweeney	Ireland	57.68	57.26	56.22	57.68
24	Mickaël Conjungo	Central African Republic	57.46	X	54.40	57.46
25	Brian Blutreich	United States	57.08	54.44	55.40	57.08
26	Volodymyr Zinchenko	Unified Team	56.94	56.64	56.46	56.94
27	Christian Erb	Switzerland	X	55.16	54.38	55.16
28	Simon Williams	Great Britain	X	53.12	52.96	53.12
29	Dragan Mustapić	Bosnia and Herzegovina	X	47.88	48.80	48.80
30	Khaled Al-Khalidi	Saudi Arabia	X	X	47.96	47.96
31	Herbert Rodríguez	El Salvador	43.22	X	40.76	43.22
—	Luciano Zerbini	Italy	X	X	X	No mark

Final

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

External links

• Official Report
• Results