# 1997 World Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw

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)
Qualification Round :
| Group A | Group B |
| 08.08.1997 – 17:30h | 08.08.1997 – 19:30h |
| Final Round ||
| 10.08.1997 – 18:00h ||

## Abbreviations

* All results shown are in metres
| Q | automatic qualification |
| q | qualification by rank |
| DNS | did not start |
| NM | no mark |
| WR | world record |
| AR | area record |
| NR | national record |
| PB | personal best |
| SB | season best |

## 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 | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance | Note |
| Rank | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Distance | Note |
| | 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 | |