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Athletics At The 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's Discus Throw
The men's discus throw was an event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There were 40 competitors from 30 nations. The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The final was held on July 31, 1996. The event was won by Lars Riedel of Germany, the nation's first victory in the men's discus throw (though both East and West Germany had previously won). Belarus won two medals in its debut, with Vladimir Dubrovshchik earning silver and Vasiliy Kaptyukh taking bronze. Background This was the 23rd appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. The returning finalists from the 1992 Games were silver medalist (and 1988 gold medalist Jürgen Schult of Germany, bronze medalist Roberto Moya of Cuba, fourth-place finisher Costel Grasu of Romania, fifth-place finisher Attila Horváth of Hungary, ninth-place finisher David Martínez of Spain, eleventh-place finisher Véste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Centennial Olympic Stadium
Centennial Olympic Stadium was the 85,000-seat main stadium of the 1996 Summer Olympics and 1996 Summer Paralympics, Paralympics in Atlanta, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, United States. Construction of the stadium began in 1993, and it was complete and ready for the 1996 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, opening ceremony in July 1996, where it hosted Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics, track and field events and the 1996 Summer Olympics closing ceremony, closing ceremony. After the Olympics and Paralympics, it was reconstructed into the baseball-specific Turner Field, used by the Atlanta Braves of Major League Baseball for 20 seasons (1997–2016). After the Braves departed for Truist Park, the facility was purchased by Georgia State University, which rebuilt the stadium a second time as Center Parc Stadium, designed for American football. History During the week-long athletics program, the stadium bore witness to Donovan Bailey of Canada winning the 100 m in a world recor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Germany
East Germany, officially known as the German Democratic Republic (GDR), was a country in Central Europe from Foundation of East Germany, its formation on 7 October 1949 until German reunification, its reunification with West Germany (FRG) on 3 October 1990. Until 1989, it was generally viewed as a communist state and described itself as a Socialist state, socialist "workers' and peasants' state". The Economy of East Germany, economy of the country was Central planning, centrally planned and government-owned corporation, state-owned. Although the GDR had to pay substantial war reparations to the Soviets, its economy became the most successful in the Eastern Bloc. Before its establishment, the country's territory was administered and occupied by Soviet forces following the Berlin Declaration (1945), Berlin Declaration abolishing German sovereignty in World War II. The Potsdam Agreement established the Soviet occupation zone in Germany, Soviet-occupied zone, bounded on the east b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Weir (athlete)
Robert Boyd Weir (born 4 February 1961) is a male retired English athlete, best known as a discus thrower, who was a twelve-time national champion. Weir also achieved success in hammer throw, winning Commonwealth Games gold in 1982, and competed in three Olympic Games and strongman competitions. Biography Weir attended Handsworth Grammar School in Birmingham and studied at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas attaining a degree in Business Studies in 1983. His personal best throw was 65.08 metres, achieved in August 2000 in Bedford. This places him fifth among English discus throwers, behind Perriss Wilkins, Richard Slaney, Glen Smith and Carl Myerscough. Weir represented Great Britain in the 1984 Summer Olympics. He represented England in the discus event and won a gold medal in the hammer event, at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Eight years later he won a bronze medal in the discus at the 1994 Commonwealth Games and followed thi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Godina
John Carl Godina (born May 31, 1972) is an American shot putter, whose record includes three World Championship wins and two Olympic medals. He also competes in discus. Godina was born in Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Early life While attending Cheyenne Central High School in Cheyenne, Wyoming, Godina was a letterman in football and outdoor track and field. He was an All-State honoree, and an All-American in both sports. His collegiate personal bests in shot put and discus were and , respectively. College years and Olympic Games At college level, competing for UCLA, he won three outdoor NCAA championship victories, two in discus and one in shot put. His 1995 NCAA Outdoor shot put title was a national record with a throw of . In 1995, he won his first World Championship title in shot put, adding additional titles in 1997, and 2001. In the same discipline, he finished second in the 1996 Olympics and third in the 2000 Olympics. He also qualified to those same Olympics in the Discus, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Sweeney
Nicholas Sweeney (born 26 March 1968) is a retired Irish discus thrower who represented his native country in four consecutive Summer Olympics, starting 1992 (Barcelona, Spain). He is the current Irish national record holder in the discus (67.89 m) and won a total number of ten Irish national discus titles (1987, 1991–1997, 1999–2000). He finished 6th at the 1993 World Championships in Stuttgart. Biography Sweeney went to school in Wesley College, Dublin where he was introduced to athletics and discus throwing through the then P.E. coach Dan Kennedy. Sweeney showed promise early on and eventually became the Irish schools record holder at senior level. After finishing his school studies he took a year out before traveling to the United States, to Harvard College where he completed a four-year degree. As an athlete, Sweeney was affiliated to DSD AC, Dublin and Belgrave Harriers, Wimbledon (in England). Sweeney won the British AAA Championships titl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexis Elizalde
Alexis Elizalde Estévez (born September 19, 1967) is a Cuban retired discus thrower. His personal best throw is , which he achieved in August 1998 at the Central American and Caribbean Games. He represented his country twice at the Summer Olympics, in 1996 and 2000, and was a three-time participant at the World Championships in Athletics (1993, 1995 and 1997). Elizalde's highest honour was a gold medal at the 1993 Summer Universiade. He was twice a silver medallist at the Pan American Games (1995 and 1999) and also won two Central American and Caribbean Games titles during his career. Among his other major medals was a silver at the 1994 IAAF World Cup and a bronze medal at the 1991 Summer Universiade __NOTOC__ The 1991 Summer Universiade, officially known as the XVI Summer Universiade and generally referred to as the World Student Games, were held in Sheffield, England from 14 to 25 July 1991. The Games were the largest sporting event to be ho .... International competitions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Setliff
Adam Setliff (born December 15, 1969) is an American former discus thrower who represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics (1996 and 2000), finishing 12th and 5th respectively. Born in El Dorado, Arkansas, he set his personal best (69.44 m) in the men's discus throw on July 21, 2001, at a meet in La Jolla, California. Setliff grew up in Big Horn, Wyoming, where he discovered discus throwing in the sixth grade. When he was a sophomore, his father moved the family to North Platte, Nebraska, where he attended North Platte High School and placed fourth in discus at the 1986 Class A state championships. Setliff also played basketball and tennis at North Platte. He then moved with his mother to Fort Worth, Texas, where he attended Eastern Hills High School and won the District 6-5A title in discus in 1987. Setliff finished at L. D. Bell High School in Hurst, Texas, his fourth of four high schools. As a senior at L. D. Bell in 1988, he won the Class 5A state title i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergey Lyakhov
Sergey Vladimirovich Lyakhov (; born March 1, 1968) is a retired discus thrower and shot putter from Russia, who represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics. His personal bests are 19.52 metres in the shot put (Moscow, 1999-06-17), and 66.78 metres in the discus throw (Monaco Monaco, officially the Principality of Monaco, is a Sovereign state, sovereign city-state and European microstates, microstate on the French Riviera a few kilometres west of the Regions of Italy, Italian region of Liguria, in Western Europe, ..., 1995-09-09). He is a two-time National champions discus throw (men), Russian national champion in the discus event. International competitions References * 1968 births Living people Soviet male discus throwers Soviet male shot putters Russian male discus throwers Russian male shot putters Olympic male shot putters Olympic athletes for Russia Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Goodwill Games medalists in athleti ... [...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 and International Association of Athletics Federations and formerly abbreviated as the IAAF, is the international governing body for the sport of athletics, covering .... 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] |
Vitaliy Sidorov (athlete)
Vitaliy Sidorov (; born March 23, 1970, in Khichauri, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union) is a retired discus thrower, who represented Ukraine (1996) and later Russia (2000) at the Summer Olympics. He set his personal best (67.90 m) in the men's discus throw on May 3, 1998, at a meet in Kyiv. Sidorov also competed in the men's shot put The shot put is a track-and-field event involving "putting" (throwing) a heavy spherical Ball (sports), ball—the ''shot''—as far as possible. For men, the sport has been a part of the Olympic Games, modern Olympics since their 1896 Summer Olym .... Sidorov adopted the Russian nationality on February 12, 2000 Achievements External links * 1970 births Living people Sportspeople from Adjara Ukrainian male shot putters Russian male discus throwers Ukrainian male discus throwers Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Russia Olympic athletes for U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virgilijus Alekna
Virgilijus Alekna (; 13 February 1972) is a Lithuanian former discus thrower and politician. He won medals at the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Olympics, including two golds. After retiring from athletics, Alekna was elected to the national parliament, the Seimas, in 2016. He has three children – Martynas Alekna, the discus world record holder Mykolas Alekna, and Gabrielė Aleknaite. Athletics career Alekna has won two gold medals in the Summer Olympics in the discus throw, the first was in 2000 and the second in 2004. He also won the bronze medal for the same event at the Beijing 2008 Olympics. In 2007, he was appointed as UNESCO Champion for Sport. Alekna's personal record is , surpassed only by the former world record of 74.08 meters, set by Jürgen Schult in 1986, and his son Mykolas's current world record of 74.35 meters, achieved in 2024. His 20-year Olympic record of 69.89 meters, set in Athens 2004, was broken twice at the Paris 2024 Olympics — first by his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
