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Events at the 1997 World Championships
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
10 km walk		women
20 km walk	men
50 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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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.

Medalists※

Gold	Lars Riedel Germany (GER)
Silver	Virgilijus Alekna Lithuania (LTU)
Bronze	Jürgen Schult Germany (GER)

Schedule※

• All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+2)

Abbreviations※

• All results shown are in metres

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

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
21.	Robert McNabb (COK)	41.00 m

Final※

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Lars Riedel (GER)	65.48	68.24	68.54	X	X	66.80	68.54 m
	Virgilijus Alekna (LTU)	62.44	66.70	63.20	63.12	X	X	66.70 m	SB
	Jürgen Schult (GER)	66.14	65.20	65.54	X	62.34	64.94	66.14 m	SB
4	Vladimir Dubrovshchik (BLR)	62.98	60.30	65.36	65.46	62.44	66.12	66.12 m	SB
5	John Godina (USA)	65.40	X	57.32	64.82	64.92	64.30	65.40 m
6	Andreas Seelig (GER)	63.00	64.48	62.80	X	64.12	63.64	64.48 m
7	Adam Setliff (USA)	62.32	62.80	X	61.84	X	63.44	63.44 m
8	Robert Weir (GBR)	63.06	60.18	61.40	62.22	X	58.70	63.06 m
9	Jason Tunks (CAN)	59.16	62.30	61.88				62.30 m
10	Vitaliy Sidorov (UKR)	60.32	59.68	X				60.32 m
11	Vasiliy Kaptyukh (BLR)	60.12	X	X				60.12 m
12	Aleksander Tammert (EST)	59.44	59.18	58.46				59.44 m

See also※

• 1994 Men's European Championships Discus Throw (Helsinki)
• 1996 Men's Olympic Discus Throw (Atlanta)
• 1998 Men's European Championships Discus Throw (Budapest)

References※

• Results