1997 World Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw
RANK GROUP B DISTANCE
1 Lars Riedel ( GER ) 66.46 m
2 Virgilijus Alekna ( LTU ) 65.22 m
3 Adam Setliff ( USA ) 63.72 m
4 John Godina ( USA ) 63.48 m
5 Vladimir Dubrovshchik ( BLR ) 62.30 m
6 Robert Weir ( GBR ) 62.26 m
7 Frits Potgieter ( RSA ) 61.30 m
8 Pieter van der Kruk Jr. ( NED ) 60.16 m
9 Diego Fortuna ( ITA ) 60.06 m
10 Leonid Cherevko ( BLR ) 60.06 m
11 Sergey Lyakhov ( RUS ) 59.72 m
12 Jean Pons ( FRA ) 59.46 m
13 Li Shaojie ( CHN ) 58.24 m
14 Libor Malina ( CZE ) 58.00 m
15 Mickaël Conjungo ( CAF ) 57.82 m
16 Attila Horváth ( HUN ) 57.72 m
17 Marcelo Pugliese ( ARG ) 57.34 m
18 Kjell Ove Hauge ( NOR ) 57.00 m
19 Ramón Jiménez Gaona ( PAR ) 52.96 m
20 Vansavang Savatdee ( THA ) 47.98 m
Qualification
RANK GROUP A DISTANCE 1 . Jürgen Schult ( GER ) 64.60 m 2 . Vitaliy Sidorov ( UKR ) 63.08 m 3 . Vasiliy Kaptyukh ( BLR ) 63.06 m 4 . Andreas Seelig ( GER ) 62.94 m 5 . Aleksander Tammert ( EST ) 62.18 m 6 . Jason Tunks ( CAN ) 61.82 m 7 . Alexis Elizalde ( CUB ) 61.48 m 8 . Vaclavas Kidykas ( LTU ) 61.40 m 9 . Andy Bloom ( USA ) 60.74 m 10 . Olav Jenssen ( NOR ) 60.52 m 11 . Igor Primc ( SLO ) 59.98 m 12 . Ian Winchester ( NZL ) 59.70 m 13 . Jo Van Daele ( BEL ) 58.66 m 14 . Aleksandr Borichevskiy ( RUS ) 57.90 m 15 . Yu Wenge ( CHN ) 57.14 m 16 . Costel Grasu ( ROM ) 56.70 m 17 . Christos Papadopoulos ( GRE ) 56.44 m 18 . Shakti Singh ( IND ) 56.28 m 19 . Glen Smith ( GBR ) 54.40 m 20 . Dashdendev Makhashiri ( MGL ) 52.12 m — Duke Uperesa ( ASA ) DNS
These are the official results of the Men's Discus Throw event at the 1997 World Championships in Athens, Greece. There were a total number of 42 participating athletes, with the final held on Sunday August 10, 1997. The qualification mark was set at 63.00 metres.