Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics - Men's discus throw

Discus throw

The discus throw is an event in track and field athletics competition, in which an athlete throws a heavy disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than his or her competitors. It is an ancient sport, as evidenced by the 5th century BC Myron statue, Discobolus...

event at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics was represented by 38 events. They were held in the Grand Arena of the Central Lenin Stadium at Luzhniki between July 24 and August 1. There were a total number of 959 participating athletes from 70 countries.-Men's events:-Women's events:-Medal...

in Moscow

Moscow

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, Soviet Union

Soviet Union

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had an entrylist of 18 competitors, with one qualifying group and the final (12) held on Monday July 28, 1980.

Medalists

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 1980 Summer Olympics
World Record		71.16 m	August 9, 1978	East Berlin East Berlin East Berlin was the name given to the eastern part of Berlin between 1949 and 1990. It consisted of the Soviet sector of Berlin that was established in 1945. The American, British and French sectors became West Berlin, a part strongly associated with West Germany but a free city... , East Germany
Olympic Record		68.28 m	July 24, 1976	Montréal, Canada

Final

RANK	FINAL	DISTANCE
		66.64 m
		66.38 m
		66.32 m
4.		65.64 m
5.		65.58 m
6.		64.04 m
7.		63.18 m
8.		63.04 m
9.		61.84 m
10.		61.52 m
11.		61.14 m
12.		60.24 m

Qualifying round

Held on Sunday July 27, 1980

RANK	FINAL	DISTANCE
1.		65.08 m
2.		64.78 m
3.		62.20 m
4.		63.10 m
5.		62.82 m
6.		62.58 m
7.		62.50 m
8.		62.46 m
9.		62.14 m
10.		61.32 m
11.		60.14 m
12.		59.92 m
13.		59.44 m
14.		59.34 m
15.		57.34 m
16.		47.52 m
17.		39.26 m
—		NM

Medalists

Abbreviations

Records

Final

Qualifying round

See also