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Host City: Atlanta, United States

Format: Top 12 and ties and all those reaching 62.50 metres advanced to the final.

Date Started: July 29, 1996

Date Finished: July 31, 1996

(Competitors: 39; Countries: 30; Finalists: 12)

Venue(s): Centennial Olympic Stadium, Atlanta, Georgia

Overview by IAAF

Lars Riedel had won three world titles by the time of Atlanta but his failure to qualify for the Barcelona final gave him a big incentive for the ’96 Olympics. Having led the 39 throwers in the qualifying with 64.66, Riedel had one chance left following two foul throws in the final. After a toilet break, he responded by throwing 65.40 for fourth position. Ahead of him were Dubrovshchik, the tough Belarussian who threw 66.60 in the second round, and his teammate Kaptyukh who was in second with 65.80. Anthony Washington, America’s best, was just 2cm ahead of the German. Riedel, possibly the finest natural talent the event had seen (Al Oerter was left openpmouthed in wonderment at Riedel’s physique when the two met for the first time) had to wait until the fifth round before producing a throw commensurate with his talent. His 69.40 was an Olympic record, and his final throw of 69.24 also exceeded the old record.

Summary by Sports-reference.com

Germany’s Lars Riedel had won the World Championships in 1991, 1993, and 1995. He led the qualifying in Atlanta with 64.66 (212-1¾), but fouled his first two throws in the final. In round three he got out to 65.40 (214-6¾) which put him in fourth place and into the final rounds. In round five he came thru with 69.40 (227-8¼) to finally win an Olympic gold medal. In 1997 he won his fourth consecutive World Championship. Behind him in Atlanta, two Belarussian throwers, Vladimir Dubrovshchik and Vasily Kaptyukh, won the silver and bronze medals.

Records

Standing records prior to the 1996 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
Season Best	Anthony Washington (USA)	71.14 m	May 22, 1996	Salinas, United States
Broken records during the 1996 Summer Olympics
Olympic Record	Lars Riedel (GER)	69.40 m	July 31, 1996	Atlanta, United States

		Results

*Discus Throw*	Men	Final	31 July

Rank	Mark	Athlete	Country	NOC	Birth Date	Records
1	69.40	Lars Riedel	Germany	GER	28 Jun 67
2	66.60	Vladimir Dubrovshchik	Belarus	BLR	7 Jan 72
3	65.80	Vasiliy Kaptyukh	Belarus	BLR	27 Jun 67
4	65.42	Anthony Washington	United States	USA	16 Jan 66
5	65.30	Virgilijus Alekna	Lithuania	LTU	13 Feb 72
6	64.62	Jürgen Schult	Germany	GER	11 May 60
7	63.82	Vitaliy Sidorov	Ukraine	UKR	23 Mar 70
8	62.78	Vaclovas Kidykas	Lithuania	LTU	17 Oct 61
9	62.70	Alexis Elizalde	Cuba	CUB	19 Sep 67
10	62.28	Attila Horváth	Hungary	HUN	28 Jul 67
11	60.62	Sergey Lyakhov	Russia	RUS	1 Mar 68
12	56.30	Adam Setliff	United States	USA	15 Dec 69
*Discus Throw*	Men	Qualification	29 July

Rank	Mark	Athlete	Country	NOC	Birth Date	Records
1	64.66	Lars Riedel	Germany	GER	28 Jun 67
2	64.50	Virgilijus Alekna	Lithuania	LTU	13 Feb 72
3	63.66	Anthony Washington	United States	USA	16 Jan 66
4	63.42	Vitaliy Sidorov	Ukraine	UKR	23 Mar 70
5	63.22	Vladimir Dubrovshchik	Belarus	BLR	7 Jan 72
6	62.90	Attila Horváth	Hungary	HUN	28 Jul 67
7	62.74	Vaclovas Kidykas	Lithuania	LTU	17 Oct 61
8	62.58	Jürgen Schult	Germany	GER	11 May 60
9	62.42	Sergey Lyakhov	Russia	RUS	1 Mar 68
10	62.36	Adam Setliff	United States	USA	15 Dec 69
11	62.22	Alexis Elizalde	Cuba	CUB	19 Sep 67
12	62.22	Vasiliy Kaptyukh	Belarus	BLR	27 Jun 67
13	62.04	Nick Sweeney	Ireland	IRL	26 Mar 68
14	61.82	John Godina	United States	USA	31 May 72
15	61.64	Robert Weir	Great Britain	GBR	4 Feb 61
16	61.36	Ramón Jiménez-Gaona	Paraguay	PAR	10 Apr 69
17	60.98	Adewale Olukoju	Nigeria	NGR	27 Jul 68
18	60.20	Li Shaojie	China	CHN	26 Nov 75
19	60.08	Diego Fortuna	Italy	ITA	14 Feb 68
20	59.86	Marek Bílek	Czech Republic	CZE	7 Jan 73
21	59.60	Svein Inge Valvik	Norway	NOR	20 Sep 56
22	59.22	Roberto Moya	Cuba	CUB	11 Feb 65
23	59.16	Dashdendev Makhashiri	Mongolia	MGL	13 Jan 69
24	59.12	Igor Primc	Slovenia	SLO	8 Jan 66
25	59.04	Aleksander Tammert	Estonia	EST	2 Feb 73
26	58.56	Costel Grasu	Romania	ROU	5 Jul 67
27	57.94	Dragan Mustapić	Croatia	CRO	23 Mar 63
28	57.90	Andrey Kokhanovskiy	Ukraine	UKR	11 Jan 68
29	56.72	Marcelo Pugliese	Argentina	ARG	2 Sep 68
30	56.58	Shakti Singh	India	IND	14 May 62
31	56.46	Aleksandr Borichevskiy	Russia	RUS	25 Jun 70
32	56.30	Vésteinn Hafsteinsson	Iceland	ISL	12 Dec 60
33	55.58	Jason Tunks	Canada	CAN	7 May 75
34	55.34	Mickaël Conjungo	Central African Republic	CAF	6 May 68
35	55.18	Michael Möllenbeck	Germany	GER	12 Dec 69
36	54.88	Glen Smith	Great Britain	GBR	21 May 72
37	51.96	Roman Poltoratskiy	Uzbekistan	UZB	22 Jul 72
38	51.50	Jaroslav Žitňanský	Slovakia	SVK	18 Feb 72
39	51.28	Christopher Su'amene	Samoa	SAM	16 Aug 72
	NM	David Martínez	Spain	ESP	31 Jan 67

Detailed View

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
Rank	Athlete	1	2	3	4	5	6	Distance	Note
	Lars Riedel (GER)	X	X	65.40	63.10	69.40	69.24	69.40 m	OR
	Vladimir Dubrovshchik (BLR)	64.86	66.60	64.38	59.68	X	X	66.60 m
	Vasiliy Kaptyukh (BLR)	63.24	64.00	65.80	X	63.82	65.08	65.80 m
4	Anthony Washington (USA)	65.42	X	X	61.34	X	62.50	65.42 m
5	Virgilijus Alekna (LTU)	62.28	65.30	64.50	X	64.54	63.74	65.30 m
6	Jürgen Schult (GER)	62.82	64.42	62.62	64.62	64.38	63.78	64.62 m
7	Vitaliy Sidorov (UKR)	63.44	X	X	62.76	63.78	62.82	63.78 m
8	Vaclavas Kidykas (LTU)	61.48	57.52	62.78	X	61.68	61.88	62.78 m

9	Alexis Elizalde (CUB)	60.52	60.36	62.70				62.70 m
10	Attila Horváth (HUN)	60.66	62.28	59.72				62.28 m
11	Sergey Lyakhov (RUS)	60.62	59.90	X				60.62 m
12	Adam Setliff (USA)	X	56.30	X				56.30 m

Qualification

mark 62.50m 8+4 Athletes

Group A	Dist.	1	2	3
1. Lars Riedel	GER	64.66m	64.66
2. Vladimir Dubrovshchik	BLR	63.22m	63.22
3. Attila Horvath	HUN	62.90m	58.94	62.90
4. Vaclovas Kidykas	LTU	62.74m	59.64	62.74
5. Juergen Schult	GER	62.58m	62.58
6. Adam Setliff	USA	62.36m	62.36	58.42	60.06
7. Nick Sweeney	IRL	62.04m	58.82	62.04	61.06
8. Bob Weir	GBR	61.64m	61.64	60.54	X
9. Adewale Olukoju	NGR	60.98m	X	60.98	59.32
10.Diego Fortuna	ITA	60.08m	57.78	59.30	60.08
11.Svein Inge Valvik	NOR	59.60m	59.34	58.34	59.60
12.Roberto Moya	CUB	59.22m	59.22	57.60	X
13.Dashdendev Makhashiri	MGL	59.16m	59.16	54.18	X
14.Igor Primc	SLO	59.12m	59.12	56.40	57.62
15.Costel Grasu	ROM	58.56m	58.30	X	58.56
16.Andriy Kokhanovskiy	UKR	57.90m	57.90	X	X
17.Marcelo Pugliese	ARG	56.72m	56.72	X	X
18.Aleksandr Borichevskiy	RUS	56.46m	X	56.46	55.18
19.Roman Poltoratskiy	UZB	51.96m	X	X	51.96
20.Jaroslav Zitnansky	SVK	51.50m	X	50.94	51.50

Group B	Dist.	1	2	3
1. Virgilijus Alekna	LTU	64.50m	64.50
2. Anthony Washington	USA	63.66m	63.66
3. Vitaliy Sidorov	UKR	63.42m	X	57.60	63.42
4. Sergey Lyakhov	RUS	62.42m	59.62	62.42
5. Alexis Elizalde	CUB	62.22m	60.98	62.22	61.44
6. Vasiliy Kaptyukh	BLR	62.22m	57.28	61.14	62.22
7. John Godina	USA	61.82m	61.82	59.88	57.46
8. Ramon Jimenez-Gaona	PAR	61.36m	58.18	61.36	X
9. Shaojie LI	CHN	60.20m	58.54	60.06	60.20
10.Marek Bilek	CZE	59.86m	59.86	58.42	58.62
11.Aleksander Tammert	EST	59.04m	58.84	X	59.04
12.Dragan Mustapic	CRO	57.94m	X	57.94	56.62
13.Shakti Singh	IND	56.58m	53.72	56.58	54.30
14.Vesteinn Hafsteinsson	ISL	56.30m	53.94	52.14	56.30
15.Jason Tunks	CAN	55.58m	X	X	55.58
16.Mickael Conjungo	CAF	55.34m	X	X	55.34
17.Michael Moellenbeck	GER	55.18m	X	55.18	55.06
18.Glen Smith	GBR	54.88m	54.88	X	X
19.Chris Mene	SAM	51.28m	49.22	51.28	50.24
-. David Martinez	ESP	NM	X	X	X