# 1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw

These are the official results of the Men's Discus Throw event at the 1999 World Championships in Seville, Spain. There were a total number of 37 participating athletes, with the final held on Tuesday August 24, 1999.

## Medalists

| Gold | Anthony Washington United States (USA) |
| Silver | Jürgen Schult Germany (GER) |
| Bronze | Lars Riedel Germany (GER) |

## Schedule

* All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)
Qualification Round :
| Group A | Group B |
| 22.08.1999 – 10:00h | 22.08.1999 – 10:00h |
| Final Round ||
| 24.08.1999 – 20:30h ||

## 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

* Held on Tuesday 1999-08-22 with the mark set at 65.00 metres
| RANK | GROUP A | DISTANCE |
| 1. | Virgilijus Alekna (LTU) | 65.86 m |
| 2. | Lars Riedel (GER) | 64.00 m |
| 3. | Michael Möllenbeck (GER) | 63.53 m |
| 4. | Aleksander Tammert (EST) | 63.27 m |
| 5. | Anthony Washington (USA) | 63.18 m |
| 6. | Li Shaojie (CHN) | 62.89 m |
| 7. | Róbert Fazekas (HUN) | 62.79 m |
| 8. | Igor Primc (SLO) | 62.35 m |
| 9. | Leonid Cherevko (BLR) | 61.40 m |
| 10. | Dmitriy Shevchenko (RUS) | 60.80 m |
| 11. | Jason Tunks (CAN) | 60.13 m |
| 12. | Andrzej Krawczyk (POL) | 59.48 m |
| 13. | Diego Fortuna (ITA) | 58.52 m |
| 14. | Romas Ubartas (LTU) | 58.49 m |
| 15. | Glen Smith (GBR) | 58.27 m |
| 16. | Libor Malina (CZE) | 57.18 m |
| 17. | Abbas Samimi (IRI) | 54.21 m |
| 18. | Ercüment Olgundeniz (TUR) | 53.01 m |
| — | Costel Grasu (ROM) | DNF |
| RANK | GROUP B | DISTANCE |
| 1. | Jürgen Schult (GER) | 65.65 m |
| 2. | Vladimir Dubrovshchik (BLR) | 64.23 m |
| 3. | Andy Bloom (USA) | 64.06 m |
| 4. | Aleksandr Borichevskiy (RUS) | 63.40 m |
| 5. | Vaclavas Kidykas (LTU) | 62.83 m |
| 6. | Robert Weir (GBR) | 62.71 m |
| 7. | Andreas Seelig (GER) | 62.57 m |
| 8. | John Godina (USA) | 62.27 m |
| 9. | Frantz Kruger (RSA) | 62.02 m |
| 10. | Mickaël Conjungo (CAF) | 59.16 m |
| 11. | Timo Tompuri (FIN) | 58.90 m |
| 12. | Ian Winchester (NZL) | 58.74 m |
| 13. | Nick Sweeney (IRL) | 58.62 m |
| 14. | Pieter van der Kruk Jr. (NED) | 57.65 m |
| 15. | Mario Pestano (ESP) | 57.30 m |
| 16. | Attila Horváth (HUN) | 56.83 m |
| 17. | Jason Gervais (CAN) | 54.19 m |
| 18. | Aleksandr Malashevich (BLR) | 53.20 m |

## Final

| Rank | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance | Note |
| Rank | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Distance | Note |
| | Anthony Washington (USA) | 66.29 | X | 65.76 | X | 64.93 | 69.08 | 69.08 m | CR |
| | Jürgen Schult (GER) | 64.85 | 68.18 | 66.24 | 64.66 | X | 65.06 | 68.18 m | SB |
| | Lars Riedel (GER) | 64.63 | 66.94 | 68.09 | X | 65.38 | X | 68.09 m | |
| 4 | Virgilijus Alekna (LTU) | 65.45 | 66.49 | 65.95 | 64.61 | X | 67.53 | 67.53 m | SB |
| 5 | Vaclavas Kidykas (LTU) | 65.05 | 62.28 | 61.91 | X | X | X | 65.05 m | |
| 6 | Michael Möllenbeck (GER) | 63.33 | 64.90 | 64.54 | X | X | 64.51 | 64.90 m | |
| 7 | Vladimir Dubrovshchik (BLR) | 64.00 | 63.86 | 63.83 | 61.00 | 63.46 | 62.72 | 64.00 m | |
| 8 | Aleksandr Borichevskiy (RUS) | 63.59 | 61.05 | 60.56 | X | 61.24 | X | 63.59 m | |
| 9 | Li Shaojie (CHN) | 62.15 | 63.22 | 62.38 | | | | 63.22 m | SB |
| 10 | Aleksander Tammert (EST) | 62.29 | X | X | | | | 62.29 m | |
| 11 | Róbert Fazekas (HUN) | 61.30 | X | 61.71 | | | | 61.71 m | |
| — | Andy Bloom (USA) | X | X | X | | | | NM | |