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1987 World Championships In Athletics – Men's Discus Throw
These are the official results of the Men's Discus Throw event at the 1987 World Championships in Rome, Italy. There were a total of 27 participating athletes, with the final held on Friday September 4, 1987. Medalists Schedule *''All times are Central European Time (UTC+1 UTC+01:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +01:00. In ISO 8601, the associated time would be written as 2019-02-07T23:28:34+01:00. This time is used in: *Central European Time *West Africa Time *Western European Summer Time ** B ...)'' Abbreviations *''All results shown are in metres'' Records Qualification * Held on Thurdsday 1987-09-03 Final See also * 1984 Men's Olympic Discus Throw (Los Angeles) * 1986 Men's European Championships Discus Throw (Stuttgart) * 1988 Men's Olympic Discus Throw (Seoul) * 1990 Men's European Championships Discus Throw (Split) References Results {{DEFAULTSORT:1987 World Championships In Athletics - Men's Discus Throw D Discus throw at th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Discus Throw
The discus throw (), also known as disc throw, is a track and field event in which an athlete throws a heavy disk (mathematics), disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than their competitors. It is an classical antiquity, ancient sport, as demonstrated by the fifth-century-BC Myron statue ''Discobolus''. Although not part of the current pentathlon, it was one of the events of the Ancient Olympic pentathlon, ancient Greek pentathlon, which can be dated back to at least 708 BC, and it is part of the modern decathlon. History The sport of throwing the discus traces back to it being an event in the Ancient Olympic Games, original Olympic Games of Ancient Greece. The discus as a sport was resurrected in Magdeburg, Germany, by gymnastics teacher Christian Georg Kohlrausch and his students in the 1870s. Organized men's competition was resumed in the late 19th century, and has been a part of the modern Summer Olympic Games since the first modern competition, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romas Ubartas
Romas Ubartas (born 26 May 1960 in Panevėžys) is a retired male discus thrower from Lithuania who won a silver medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics for the USSR and a gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics for Lithuania, the nation's first gold. , - His personal best was 70.06m. He also became European champion, in 1986. When Lithuania was part of the Soviet Union, he trained at Dynamo in Vilnius. In 1993, after finishing fourth at the World Track and Field Championships last month in Germany, Ubartas failed a doping test and was disqualified for four years. Achievements See also *List of sportspeople sanctioned for doping offences The following is an incomplete list of sportspeople who have been involved in doping offences. It contains those who have been found to have, or have admitted to having, taken illegal performance-enhancing drugs, prohibited recreational drugs or ... References External links * * 1960 births Living people Soviet male discus throwers L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alois Hannecker
Alois Hannecker (born 10 July 1961) is a retired (West) German discus thrower. Hannecker represented the sports clubs MTV Ingolstadt and LC Olympiapark München, and became West German champion in 1986 and 1987. His personal best throw was 65.90 metres, achieved in May 1988 in Bensheim. Achievements References * 1961 births Living people German male discus throwers Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for West Germany {{Germany-discus-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Géjza Valent
Géjza Valent (born 3 October 1953 in Prague) is a retired male discus thrower from Czechoslovakia, who won the bronze medal at the 1983 World Championships. He set a personal best throw of 69.70 metres on 26 August 1984 at a meet in Nitra. Today, he continues to compete in veterans championships. His father, Géjza Valent, Sr., was also a discus thrower and was a medallist at the 1954 World Student Games The 1954 World Student Games were an athletics competition held in Budapest, Hungary by the Union Internationale des Étudiants (UIE). It marked a one-off departure from the athletics event being linked to the biennial World Festival of Youth and St .... GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2014-12-09. International competitions References External links * ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volodymyr Zinchenko
Volodymyr Zinchenko ( uk, Володимир Іванович Зінченко; born 28 May 1959 in Zaporizhya) is a former discus thrower from Ukraine, who represented the Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ... and Ukraine in 1996 Summer Olympics. He is a three-time national champion for Ukraine and four-time champion of the Soviet Union in the men's discus throw event. His first name is also spelled in Ukrainian as Volodymyr. His personal best is 68.88, which is also Ukraine's national record. References1994 Year Ranking [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vaclavas Kidykas
Vaclavas Kidykas (born 17 October 1961, in Klaipėda) is a retired male discus thrower from Lithuania. He placed third in the men's 1986 European Championships in Athletics in Stuttgart, West Germany with a throw of 65.5 meters and participated in four Olympic competitions. His longest throw, 68.44 meters, was recorded at a June 1988 event in Sochi. Achievements References Profile International Amateur Athletic Federation World Athletics, formerly known as the International Amateur Athletic Federation (from 1912 to 2001) and International Association of Athletics Federations (from 2001 to 2019, both abbreviated as the IAAF) is the international governing body for .... 1961 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics European Athletics Championships medalists Lithuanian at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Konstantinos Georgakopoulos (athlete)
Konstantinos Georgakopoulos ( el, Κωνσταντίνος Γεωργακόπουλος; 26 December 1890 – 26 July 1973) was a Greek lawyer, politician and Prime Minister of Greece. Biography He was born in Tripoli, Greece, he studied law at the University of Athens. In 1915 he became a military court judge. In 1923 he left the military justice system with the rank of colonel. He subsequently served, until 1951, as lecturer in law in his former university. In 1928 he joined the People's Party. From November 1935 to August 1936 he served as an under secretary in the cabinets of Konstantinos Demertzis and Ioannis Metaxas respectively. He was Minister for Education from August 1936 to November 1938 under Metaxas. In 1948 he became President of the Greek Red Cross. From 5 March to 17 May 1958 he served as prime minister and Minister for the Interior in the caretaker government for the 1958 elections. He participated in many Board of directors organizations and was honored ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Journoud
Patrick Journoud (27 April 1964 – 16 January 2015) was a French discus thrower. He competed in the discus at the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October .... References 1964 births 2015 deaths French male discus throwers Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for France Sportspeople from Casablanca French Athletics Championships winners {{France-discus-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Brenner (athlete)
John Brenner (born January 4, 1961) is a retired shot putter from the United States. He was the 1986 and 1987 United States champion in the shot put. Brenner competed collegiately for UCLA. He won the 1984 NCAA Championship in both the shot put and the discus throw. That year he set the collegiate championship record in the shot put at that lasted 11 years until it was surpassed by John Godina, also from UCLA, which is the current record. With a personal best of from the 1987 Mt. SAC Relays The Mt. SAC Relays are an annual track and field festival held primarily at Hilmer Lodge Stadium on the Mt. San Antonio College campus in Walnut, California. The Relays are held in mid-April each year since the first edition held on April 24-25, 1 ..., as of June 2013, Brenner ranks as the ninth-best shot putter of all time. References Profile 1961 births Living people American male discus throwers American male shot putters Place of birth missing (living people) UCL ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgi Georgiev (discus Thrower)
Georgi D. Georgiev ( bg, Георги Георгиев, born 16 July 1961) is a retired Bulgarian discus thrower. He competed in the men's discus throw at the 1988 Summer Olympics. He competed at the 1987 and 1991 World Championships without reaching the final. He became Bulgarian champion in 1985, 1988, 1989 and 1991. His toughest competitors were Velko Velev, Kamen Dimitrov and Nikolai Kolev. His personal best throw was 66.16 metres, achieved in May 1987 in Sofia Sofia ( ; bg, София, Sofiya, ) is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain in the western parts of the country. The city is built west of the Iskar river, and ha .... References 1961 births Living people Bulgarian male discus throwers World Athletics Championships athletes for Bulgaria Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Bulgaria {{Bulgaria-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stefan Fernholm
Bengt Stefan Fernholm (July 2, 1959 in Norrköping, Östergötland – March 11, 1997 in Västerås, Västmanland) was a discus thrower and shot putter from Sweden. Fernholm represented his native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. There he ended up in 8th place in the Men's Discus Throw competition. He was affiliated with the ''Bellevue Idrottsklubb'' in Stockholm Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people liv ... during his career. Fernholm was believed to be the World's Fastest "Big Man." At 6 ft 1 in, 270 lb, Fernholm ran the 40 yard dash in 4.25 seconds, which would put him amongst the fastest players ever to play Professional Football. Fernholm was a Latter-day Saint. In 2008 Swedish Television broadcast "Diskuskastarens Dröm" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
