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

The Men's Discus Throw event at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union had an entry list of 18 competitors, with one qualifying group and the final (12) held on Monday July 28, 1980.[1]

Men's discus throw
at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
VenueLenin Stadium
Date27 July 1980 (qualifications)
28 July 1980 (finals)
Competitors18 from 12 nations
Winning distance66.64
Medalists
Viktor Rashchupkin
 Soviet Union
Imrich Bugár
 Czechoslovakia
Luis Delís
 Cuba

Medalists

GoldViktor Rashchupkin
 Soviet Union
SilverImrich Bugár
 Czechoslovakia
BronzeLuis Delís
 Cuba

Abbreviations

  • All results shown are in metres
Qautomatic qualification
qqualification by rank
DNSdid not start
NMno mark
ORolympic record
WRworld record
ARarea record
NRnational record
PBpersonal best
SBseason best

Records

Standing records prior to the 1980 Summer Olympics
World Record Wolfgang Schmidt (GDR)71.16 m August 9, 1978 East Berlin, East Germany
Olympic Record Mac Wilkins (USA)68.28 mJuly 24, 1976 Montréal, Canada

Results

Final

RANK FINAL DISTANCE
 Viktor Rashchupkin (URS) 66.64 m
 Imrich Bugár (TCH) 66.38 m
 Luis Delís (CUB) 66.32 m
4.  Wolfgang Schmidt (GDR) 65.64 m
5.  Yuriy Dumchev (URS) 65.58 m
6.  Ihor Duhinets (URS) 64.04 m
7.  Emil Vladimirov (BUL) 63.18 m
8.  Velko Velev (BUL) 63.04 m
9.  Markku Tuokko (FIN) 61.84 m
10.  José Santa Cruz (CUB) 61.52 m
11.  Hilmar Hoßfeld (GDR) 61.14 m
12.  Kenth Gardenkrans (SWE) 60.24 m

Qualifying round

  • Held on Sunday July 27, 1980
RANK FINAL DISTANCE
1.  Imrich Bugár (TCH) 65.08 m
2.  Viktor Rashchupkin (URS) 64.78 m
3.  Luis Delís (CUB) 62.20 m
4.  Ihor Duhinets (URS) 63.10 m
5.  Yuriy Dumchev (URS) 62.82 m
6.  Kenth Gardenkrans (SWE) 62.58 m
7.  Emil Vladimirov (BUL) 62.50 m
8.  Wolfgang Schmidt (GDR) 62.46 m
9.  Markku Tuokko (FIN) 62.14 m
10.  Velko Velev (BUL) 61.32 m
11.  José Santa Cruz (CUB) 60.14 m
12.  Hilmar Hoßfeld (GDR) 59.92 m
13.  Armin Lemme (GDR) 59.44 m
14.  Iosif Nagy (ROU) 59.34 m
15.  Namakoro Niare (MLI) 57.34 m
16.  Adnan Houri (SYR) 47.52 m
17.  Najem Najem (KUW) 39.26 m
 Oskar Jakobsson (ISL) NM

See also

  • 1978 Men's European Championships Discus Throw (Prague)
  • 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

  1. "Athletics at the 1980 Moscow Summer Games: Men's Discus Throw". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
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