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Discus Throw, Men

Date	24 – 25 September 2000
Status	Olympic
Location	Olympic Stadium, Olympic Park, Sydney, New South Wales
Participants	45 from 28 countries

The favorite in 2000 was Lithuania’s Virgilijus Alekna. He was undefeated early in the pre-Olympic season, and had become the first person to surpass 70 metres three times in one series. He also recorded the second and third longest throws of all-time with 73.88 (242-4¾) and 72.35 (237-4½). But the defending champion, Lars Riedel, was back and defeated Alekna a few weeks before the Olympics, and Alekna had never bettered him at a major meet. The first round leader was South Africa’s Frantz Kruger with 67.89 (222-9). In round three he improved to 68.19 (223-8¾) which would win the bronze medal. But both Alekna and Riedel bettered him in that round, Alekna taking the lead with 68.73 (225-6). Riedel’s mark of 68.50 (224-9) would be his best and get the silver medal. Alekna improved in round five to 69.30 (227-4½) to win the gold medal.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Qualifying	Final
1	2484	Virgilijus Alekna	LTU	67.10 (3)	69.30 (1)	Gold
2	1884	Lars Riedel	GER	68.15 (1)	68.50 (2)	Silver
3	2842	Frantz Kruger	RSA	67.54 (2)	68.19 (3)	Bronze
4	1226	Vasil Kapiukh	BLR	65.90 (4)	67.59 (4)
5	3313	Adam Setliff	USA	63.25 (10)	66.02 (5)
6	1330	Jason Tunks	CAN	64.40 (6)	65.80 (6)
7	1224	Uladzimir Dubroushchyk	BLR	64.03 (7)	65.13 (7)
8	1886	Jürgen Schult	GER	63.76 (8)	64.41 (8)
9	1648	Aleksander Tammert	EST	63.52 (9)	63.25 (9)
10	1881	Michael Möllenbeck	GER	62.72 (12)	63.14 (10)
11	2904	Dmitry Shevchenko	RUS	65.29 (5)	62.65 (11)
12	3319	Tony Washington	USA	62.82 (11)	59.87 (12)
13 QR	1369	Li Shaojie	CHN	62.29 (13)	–
14 QR	2197	Diego Fortuna	ITA	62.24 (14)	–
15 QR	2864	Aleksandr Borichevsky	RUS	61.98 (15)	–
16 QR	2047	Róbert Fazekas	HUN	61.76 (16)	–
17 QR	3273	John Godina	USA	61.60 (17)	–
18 QR	2848	Frits Potgieter	RSA	61.56 (18)	–
19 QR	1597	David Martínez	ESP	61.50 (19)	–
20 QR	1469	Alexis Elizalde	CUB	61.13 (20)	–
21 QR	2163	Magnús Aron Hallgrímsson	ISL	60.95 (21)	–
22 QR	1208	Jo Van Daele	BEL	60.93 (22)	–
23 QR	2059	Gábor Máté	HUN	60.86 (23)	–
24 QR	1466	Frank Casañas	CUB	60.84 (24)	–
25 QR	1515	Libor Malina	CZE	60.83 (25)	–
26 QR	2909	Vitaly Sidorov	RUS	60.65 (26)	–
27 QR	2490	Romas Ubartas	LTU	60.50 (27)	–
28 QR	1819	Bob Weir	GBR	60.01 (28)	–
29 QR	2723	Olgierd Stański	POL	59.31 (29)	–
30 QR	2487	Vaclavas Kidykas	LTU	58.96 (30)	–
31 QR	2679	Ian Winchester	NZL	58.64 (31)	–
32 QR	3195	Kyrylo Chuprynin	UKR	58.38 (32)	–
33 QR	1222	Leanid Charauko	BLR	58.32 (33)	–
34 QR	1453	Dragan Mustapić	CRO	58.10 (34)	–
35 QR	1306	Mickaël Conjungo	CAF	57.85 (35)	–
36 QR	2146	Nick Sweeney	IRL	57.37 (36)	–
37 QR	1037	Marcelo Pugliese	ARG	56.30 (37)	–
38 QR	1815	Glen Smith	GBR	56.22 (38)	–
39 QR	2799	Rashid Al-Dosari	QAT	54.47 (39)	–
40 QR	2141	John Menton	IRL	54.21 (40)	–
41 QR	3392	Roman Poltoratsky	UZB	47.83 (41)	–
AC QR	1319	Jason Gervais	CAN	– (NM)	–
AC QR	2057	Zoltán Kővágó	HUN	– (NM)	–
AC QR	2813	Costel Grasu	ROU	– (NM)	–
AC QR	3146	Chary Mamedov	TKM	– (NM)	–
DNS	2637	Chima Ugwu	NGR	– (DNS)	–

Qualifying Round

Date	24 September 2000
Format	Top 12 and ties and all those reaching 64.00 metres advanced to the final.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Distance
1	1884	Lars Riedel	GER	68.15	Q
2	2842	Frantz Kruger	RSA	67.54	Q
3	2484	Virgilijus Alekna	LTU	67.10	Q
4	1226	Vasil Kapiukh	BLR	65.90	Q
5	2904	Dmitry Shevchenko	RUS	65.29	Q
6	1330	Jason Tunks	CAN	64.40	Q
7	1224	Uladzimir Dubroushchyk	BLR	64.03	Q
8	1886	Jürgen Schult	GER	63.76	q
9	1648	Aleksander Tammert	EST	63.52	q
10	3313	Adam Setliff	USA	63.25	q
11	3319	Tony Washington	USA	62.82	q
12	1881	Michael Möllenbeck	GER	62.72	q
13	1369	Li Shaojie	CHN	62.29
14	2197	Diego Fortuna	ITA	62.24
15	2864	Aleksandr Borichevsky	RUS	61.98
16	2047	Róbert Fazekas	HUN	61.76
17	3273	John Godina	USA	61.60
18	2848	Frits Potgieter	RSA	61.56
19	1597	David Martínez	ESP	61.50
20	1469	Alexis Elizalde	CUB	61.13
21	2163	Magnús Aron Hallgrímsson	ISL	60.95
22	1208	Jo Van Daele	BEL	60.93
23	2059	Gábor Máté	HUN	60.86
24	1466	Frank Casañas	CUB	60.84
25	1515	Libor Malina	CZE	60.83
26	2909	Vitaly Sidorov	RUS	60.65
27	2490	Romas Ubartas	LTU	60.50
28	1819	Bob Weir	GBR	60.01
29	2723	Olgierd Stański	POL	59.31
30	2487	Vaclavas Kidykas	LTU	58.96
31	2679	Ian Winchester	NZL	58.64
32	3195	Kyrylo Chuprynin	UKR	58.38
33	1222	Leanid Charauko	BLR	58.32
34	1453	Dragan Mustapić	CRO	58.10
35	1306	Mickaël Conjungo	CAF	57.85
36	2146	Nick Sweeney	IRL	57.37
37	1037	Marcelo Pugliese	ARG	56.30
38	1815	Glen Smith	GBR	56.22
39	2799	Rashid Al-Dosari	QAT	54.47
40	2141	John Menton	IRL	54.21
41	3392	Roman Poltoratsky	UZB	47.83
NM	2057	Zoltán Kővágó	HUN	–
NM	3146	Chary Mamedov	TKM	–
NM	1319	Jason Gervais	CAN	–
NM	2813	Costel Grasu	ROU	–
DNS	2637	Chima Ugwu	NGR	–

Group A

Date	24 September 2000 — 10:00

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Distance	Round #1 Distance	Round #2 Distance	Round #3 Distance
1	11	Lars Riedel	GER	68.15	68.15	p	p
2	13	Frantz Kruger	RSA	67.54	67.54	p	p
3	22	Vasil Kapiukh	BLR	65.90	65.90	p	p
4	23	Dmitry Shevchenko	RUS	65.29	62.82	63.09	65.29
5	17	Uladzimir Dubroushchyk	BLR	64.03	64.03	p	p
6	9	Jürgen Schult	GER	63.76	63.76	60.97	x
7	12	Aleksander Tammert	EST	63.52	63.52	61.84	60.90
8	2	Li Shaojie	CHN	62.29	62.29	x	59.71
9	15	Magnús Aron Hallgrímsson	ISL	60.95	60.95	58.79	60.03
10	20	Frank Casañas	CUB	60.84	60.84	x	60.79
11	19	Libor Malina	CZE	60.83	59.38	x	60.83
12	3	Romas Ubartas	LTU	60.50	60.43	60.50	x
13	7	Bob Weir	GBR	60.01	57.57	x	60.01
14	14	Olgierd Stański	POL	59.31	59.31	58.06	x
15	8	Ian Winchester	NZL	58.64	58.61	58.64	x
16	1	Leanid Charauko	BLR	58.32	57.63	x	58.32
17	10	Dragan Mustapić	CRO	58.10	53.76	58.10	x
18	6	Mickaël Conjungo	CAF	57.85	x	57.85	55.60
19	16	Marcelo Pugliese	ARG	56.30	x	53.49	56.30
20	5	John Menton	IRL	54.21	x	54.21	50.95
21	21	Roman Poltoratsky	UZB	47.83	45.40	x	47.83
NM	18	Zoltán Kővágó	HUN	–	x	x	x
NM	4	Chary Mamedov	TKM	–	x	x	x

Group B

Date	24 September 2000 — 12:10

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Distance	Round #1 Distance	Round #2 Distance	Round #3 Distance
1	14	Virgilijus Alekna	LTU	67.10	67.10	p	p
2	22	Jason Tunks	CAN	64.40	64.40	p	p
3	15	Adam Setliff	USA	63.25	x	63.25	p
4	2	Tony Washington	USA	62.82	62.82	x	x
5	6	Michael Möllenbeck	GER	62.72	62.30	62.72	61.92
6	4	Diego Fortuna	ITA	62.24	60.12	x	62.24
7	5	Aleksandr Borichevsky	RUS	61.98	59.78	61.98	61.89
8	3	Róbert Fazekas	HUN	61.76	x	x	61.76
9	10	John Godina	USA	61.60	57.67	61.60	x
10	17	Frits Potgieter	RSA	61.56	61.56	60.27	60.83
11	19	David Martínez	ESP	61.50	61.50	p	p
12	9	Alexis Elizalde	CUB	61.13	57.75	61.13	59.96
13	23	Jo Van Daele	BEL	60.93	60.89	60.93	x
14	12	Gábor Máté	HUN	60.86	59.43	60.69	60.86
15	20	Vitaly Sidorov	RUS	60.65	58.32	59.43	60.65
16	13	Vaclavas Kidykas	LTU	58.96	57.86	58.96	58.09
17	16	Kyrylo Chuprynin	UKR	58.38	x	58.38	57.32
18	11	Nick Sweeney	IRL	57.37	56.73	56.24	57.37
19	1	Glen Smith	GBR	56.22	56.22	55.31	54.36
20	18	Rashid Al-Dosari	QAT	54.47	x	54.47	53.42
NM	7	Jason Gervais	CAN	–	x	x	x
NM	21	Costel Grasu	ROU	–	x	p	p
DNS	8	Chima Ugwu	NGR	–	–	–	–

Final Round

Date	25 September 2000 — 19:00

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Distance	Round #1 Distance	Round #2 Distance	Round #3 Distance	Round #4 Distance	Round #5 Distance	Round #6 Distance
1	9	Virgilijus Alekna	LTU	69.30	58.55	67.54	68.73	66.64	69.30	64.78
2	6	Lars Riedel	GER	68.50	65.18	x	68.50	68.08	67.33	63.87
3	8	Frantz Kruger	RSA	68.19	67.89	x	68.19	68.06	x	62.72
4	4	Vasil Kapiukh	BLR	67.59	58.93	64.50	67.59	64.42	65.07	66.70
5	7	Adam Setliff	USA	66.02	60.50	66.02	64.72	65.10	63.10	61.99
6	5	Jason Tunks	CAN	65.80	59.59	64.58	65.35	x	65.80	64.38
7	2	Uladzimir Dubroushchyk	BLR	65.13	63.95	65.13	x	64.32	x	60.15
8	10	Jürgen Schult	GER	64.41	x	60.83	63.34	64.41	62.63	61.96
9	1	Aleksander Tammert	EST	63.25	55.84	59.26	63.25	–	–	–
10	3	Michael Möllenbeck	GER	63.14	61.19	60.13	63.14	–	–	–
11	12	Dmitry Shevchenko	RUS	62.65	x	x	62.65	–	–	–
12	11	Tony Washington	USA	59.87	x	x	59.87	–	–	–