1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw

These are the official results of the Men's Discus Throw event at the 1999 World Championships in Seville, Spain. There were a total number of 37 participating athletes, with the final held on Tuesday August 24, 1999.

Medalists

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Gold   Anthony Washington
United States (USA)
Silver   Jürgen Schult
Germany (GER)
Bronze   Lars Riedel
Germany (GER)

Schedule

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Qualification Round
Group A Group B
22.08.1999 – 10:00h 22.08.1999 – 10:00h
Final Round
24.08.1999 – 20:30h

Abbreviations

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  • 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

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  • Held on Tuesday 1999-08-22 with the mark set at 65.00 metres
RANK GROUP A DISTANCE
1.   Virgilijus Alekna (LTU) 65.86 m
2.   Lars Riedel (GER) 64.00 m
3.   Michael Möllenbeck (GER) 63.53 m
4.   Aleksander Tammert (EST) 63.27 m
5.   Anthony Washington (USA) 63.18 m
6.   Li Shaojie (CHN) 62.89 m
7.   Róbert Fazekas (HUN) 62.79 m
8.   Igor Primc (SLO) 62.35 m
9.   Leonid Cherevko (BLR) 61.40 m
10.   Dmitriy Shevchenko (RUS) 60.80 m
11.   Jason Tunks (CAN) 60.13 m
12.   Andrzej Krawczyk (POL) 59.48 m
13.   Diego Fortuna (ITA) 58.52 m
14.   Romas Ubartas (LTU) 58.49 m
15.   Glen Smith (GBR) 58.27 m
16.   Libor Malina (CZE) 57.18 m
17.   Abbas Samimi (IRI) 54.21 m
18.   Ercüment Olgundeniz (TUR) 53.01 m
  Costel Grasu (ROM) DNF


RANK GROUP B DISTANCE
1.   Jürgen Schult (GER) 65.65 m
2.   Vladimir Dubrovshchik (BLR) 64.23 m
3.   Andy Bloom (USA) 64.06 m
4.   Aleksandr Borichevskiy (RUS) 63.40 m
5.   Vaclavas Kidykas (LTU) 62.83 m
6.   Robert Weir (GBR) 62.71 m
7.   Andreas Seelig (GER) 62.57 m
8.   John Godina (USA) 62.27 m
9.   Frantz Kruger (RSA) 62.02 m
10.   Mickaël Conjungo (CAF) 59.16 m
11.   Timo Tompuri (FIN) 58.90 m
12.   Ian Winchester (NZL) 58.74 m
13.   Nick Sweeney (IRL) 58.62 m
14.   Pieter van der Kruk Jr. (NED) 57.65 m
15.   Mario Pestano (ESP) 57.30 m
16.   Attila Horváth (HUN) 56.83 m
17.   Jason Gervais (CAN) 54.19 m
18.   Aleksandr Malashevich (BLR) 53.20 m

Final

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Rank Athlete Attempts Distance Note
1 2 3 4 5 6
    Anthony Washington (USA) 66.29 X 65.76 X 64.93 69.08 69.08 m CR
    Jürgen Schult (GER) 64.85 68.18 66.24 64.66 X 65.06 68.18 m SB
    Lars Riedel (GER) 64.63 66.94 68.09 X 65.38 X 68.09 m
4   Virgilijus Alekna (LTU) 65.45 66.49 65.95 64.61 X 67.53 67.53 m SB
5   Vaclavas Kidykas (LTU) 65.05 62.28 61.91 X X X 65.05 m
6   Michael Möllenbeck (GER) 63.33 64.90 64.54 X X 64.51 64.90 m
7   Vladimir Dubrovshchik (BLR) 64.00 63.86 63.83 61.00 63.46 62.72 64.00 m
8   Aleksandr Borichevskiy (RUS) 63.59 61.05 60.56 X 61.24 X 63.59 m
9   Li Shaojie (CHN) 62.15 63.22 62.38 63.22 m SB
10   Aleksander Tammert (EST) 62.29 X X 62.29 m
11   Róbert Fazekas (HUN) 61.30 X 61.71 61.71 m
  Andy Bloom (USA) X X X NM

See also

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References

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