Men Discus Throw Athletics VI World Championship 1997 Athens (GRE) - Sunday 10.08 - Gold Medal: Lars Riedel, Germany

Men Discus Throw Athletics VI World Championship 1997 Athens (GRE) - Sunday 10.08 - Gold Medal: Lars Riedel, Germany

Final 18:00	Team	Dist.	1	2	3	4	5	6
1. Lars Riedel	GER	68.54m	65.48	68.24	68.54	X	X	66.80
2. Virgilijus Alekna	LIT	66.70m	62.44	66.70	63.20	63.12	X	X
3. Jurgen Schult	GER	66.14m	66.14	65.20	65.54	X	62.34	64.94
4. Vladimir Dubrovshchik	BLR	66.12m	62.98	60.30	65.36	65.46	62.44	66.12
5. John Godina	USA	65.40m	65.40	X	57.32	64.82	64.92	64.30
6. Andreas Seelig	GER	64.48m	63.00	64.48	62.80	X	64.12	63.64
7. Adam Setliff	USA	63.44m	62.32	62.80	X	61.84	X	63.44
8. Robert Weir	GBR	63.06m	63.06	60.18	61.40	62.22	X	58.70
9. Jason Tunks	CAN	62.30m	59.16	62.30	61.88
10.Vitaliy Sidorov	UKR	60.32m	60.32	59.68	X
11.Vasiliy Kaptyukh	BLR	60.12m	60.12	X	X
12.Aleksander Tammert	EST	59.44m	59.44	59.18	58.46

Qualification - Friday 08.08

mark 63.00m 7+5 Athletes

Group A 17.30h	Team	Dist.	1	2	3
1. Jurgen Schult	GER	64.60m	62.60	64.60
2. Vitaliy Sidorov	UKR	63.08m	63.08
3. Vasiliy Kaptyukh	BLR	63.06m	63.06
4. Andreas Seelig	GER	62.94m	60.44	X	62.94
5. Aleksander Tammert	EST	62.18m	59.60	59.64	62.18
6. Jason Tunks	CAN	61.82m	60.74	61.82	60.62
7. Alexis Elizalde	CUB	61.48m	56.38	61.48	61.22
8. Vaclavas Kidykas	LIT	61.40m	X	61.40	X
9. Andy Bloom	USA	60.74m	59.38	60.74	X
10.Olav Jenssen	NOR	60.52m	X	57.86	60.52
11.Igor Primc	SLO	59.98m	54.26	59.98	57.96
12.Ian Winchester	NZL	59.70m	59.66	59.00	59.70
13.Jo Van Daele	BEL	58.66m	55.72	58.66	58.66
14.Aleksandr Borichevskiy	RUS	57.90m	57.90	57.56	X
15.Wenge Yu	CHN	57.14m	55.46	57.14	56.36
16.Costel Grasu	ROM	56.70m	56.70	55.16	X
17.Christos Papadopoulos	GRE	56.44m	56.44	56.42
18.Shakti Singh	IND	56.28m	X	50.42	56.28
19.Glen Smith	GBR	54.40m	54.40	53.30	X
20.Dashdendev Makhashiri	MGL	52.12m	52.12	X	49.92
-. Duke Uperesa	AMS	DNS

Group B 19.30h	Team	Dist.	1	2	3
1. Lars Riedel	GER	66.46m	66.46
2. Virgilijus Alekna	LIT	65.22m	61.34	60.30	65.22
3. Adam Setliff	USA	63.72m	63.72
4. John Godina	USA	63.48m	X	63.48
5. Vladimir Dubrovshchik	BLR	62.30m	62.24	62.30	X
6. Robert Weir	GBR	62.26m	62.26	60.38	60.98
7. Frits Potgieter	RSA	61.30m	61.30	X	X
8. Pieter Van Der Kruk	NED	60.16m	55.82	60.16
9. Diego Fortuna	ITA	60.06m	60.06	59.66	60.00
10.Leonid Cherevko	BLR	60.06m	60.06	X	X
11.Sergey Lyakhov	RUS	59.72m	59.64	59.72	59.18
12.Jean Pons	FRA	59.46m	55.84	58.70	59.46
13.Shaojie Li	CHN	58.24m	X	58.14	58.24
14.Libor Malina	CZE	58.00m	X	58.00	56.52
15.Mickael Conjungo	CAF	57.82m	57.82	56.66	57.44
16.Attila Horvath	HUN	57.72m	X	57.72	X
17.Marcelo Pugliese	ARG	57.34m	55.22	X	57.34
18.Kjell Ove Hauge	NOR	57.00m	54.72	57.00	X
19.Ramon Jimenez-Gaona	PAR	52.96m	X	X	52.96
20.Vansavang Savatdee	THA	47.98m	47.98	46.00
21.Robert Mcnabb	CKI	41.00m	40.46	X	41.00

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