Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's discus throw

Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics
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Discus throw		men		women
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The Men's Discus Throw at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California had an entrylist of 20 competitors, with two qualifying groups before the final (12) took place on August 10, 1984.

Medalists

Gold	Rolf Danneberg  West Germany
Silver	Mac Wilkins  United States
Bronze	John Powell  United States

Abbreviations

• All results shown are in metres

Q	automatic qualification
q	qualification by rank
DNS	did not start
NM	no mark
OR	olympic record
WR	world record
AR	area record
NR	national record
PB	personal best
SB	season best

Records

Standing records prior to the 1984 Summer Olympics
World Record	Yuriy Dumchev (URS)	71.86 m	May 29, 1983	Moscow, Soviet Union
Olympic Record	Mac Wilkins (USA)	68.28 m	July 24, 1976	Montréal, Canada

Qualifying round

• Held on August 8, 1984

Rank	Group A	Distance	1	2	3
1.	Rolf Danneberg (FRG)	63.48 m	59.66	63.48	—
2.	John Powell (USA)	62.92 m	62.92	—	—
3.	Kostas Georgakopoulos (GRE)	60.94 m	60.74	60.66	60.94
4.	Robert Weir (GBR)	60.92 m	X	X	60.92
5.	Knut Hjeltnes (NOR)	60.80 m	60.80	59.32	X
6.	Marco Martino (ITA)	60.76 m	59.58	60.76	X
7.	Werner Hartmann (FRG)	59.92 m	57.90	59.88	59.92
8.	Bradley Cooper (BAH)	53.70 m	X	52.06	53.70
9.	Henry Smith (SAM)	51.90 m	51.28	50.94	51.90
10.	Dominique Bechard (MRI)	41.10 m	39.84	41.10	40.24
—	Marco Bucci (ITA)	DNS	—	—	—

Rank	Group B	Distance	1	2	3
1.	Mac Wilkins (USA)	65.86 m	60.54	65.86	—
2.	Luciano Zerbini (ITA)	63.44 m	63.44	—	—
3.	Stefan Fernholm (SWE)	62.84 m	X	62.84	—
4.	Art Burns (USA)	62.60 m	62.60	—	—
5.	Erik de Bruin (NED)	61.56 m	60.76	61.06	61.56
6.	Alwin Wagner (FRG)	61.56 m	X	61.56	X
7.	Rob Gray (CAN)	59.34 m	56.38	56.62	59.34
8.	Richard Slaney (GBR)	57.66 m	56.02	56.78	57.66
—	Mohamed Naguib Hamed (EGY)	NM	X	—	—
—	Vésteinn Hafsteinsson (ISL) [1]	DSQ	59.02	55.98	59.58

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Rolf Danneberg (FRG)	64.74	X	63.64	66.60	X	66.22	66.60 m
	Mac Wilkins (USA)	65.96	X	65.20	X	66.30	X	66.30 m
	John Powell (USA)	64.68	63.34	64.12	64.06	65.14	65.46	65.46 m
4	Knut Hjeltnes (NOR)	64.72	62.40	65.28	63.78	62.50	64.32	65.28 m
5	Art Burns (USA)	63.72	X	X	X	63.32	64.98	64.98 m
6	Alwin Wagner (FRG)	61.82	62.76	62.70	63.94	61.16	64.72	64.72 m
7	Luciano Zerbini (ITA)	60.18	61.14	63.50	X	X	60.14	63.50 m
8	Stefan Fernholm (SWE)	63.08	X	62.20	63.22	62.20	59.82	63.22 m
9	Erik de Bruin (NED)	56.88	62.32	60.10				62.32 m
10	Robert Weir (GBR)	59.86	61.36	X				61.36 m
11	Kostas Georgakopoulos (GRE)	X	59.16	60.30				60.30 m
—	Marco Martino (ITA)	X	X	X				NM

Remarks

1. Vésteinn Hafsteinsson finished seventh at 59.98 metres, but was subsequently disqualified as his doping test proved positive.

See also

• 1982 Men's European Championships Discus Throw (Athens)
• 1983 Men's World Championships Discus Throw (Helsinki)
• 1986 Men's European Championships Discus Throw (Stuttgart)
• 1987 Men's World Championships Discus Throw (Rome)

References

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