Athletics at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games:

Men's Decathlon Discus throw

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Events:

Host City: Seoul, South Korea
Venue(s): Olympic Stadium, Seoul Sports Complex, Seoul
Date Started: September 29, 1988
Date Finished: September 29, 1988

Gold:	Christian Schenk
Silver:	Torsten Voss
Bronze:	Dave Steen

Discus throw

Rank	Athlete	Age	Team	NOC	D	P(1985AT)
1	Mikael Olander	25	Sweden	SWE	50.66	884
2	Christian Schenk	23	East Germany	GDR	49.28	855
3	Pavlo Tarnovetskiy	27	Soviet Union	URS	48.02	829
4	Uwe Freimuth	27	East Germany	GDR	46.66	801
5	Antonio Peñalver	19	Spain	ESP	46.34	794
6	Gong Guohua	24	China	CHN	46.18	791
7	Věroslav Valenta	23	Czechoslovakia	TCH	45.84	784
8	Roman Hrabaň	26	Czechoslovakia	TCH	45.32	773
9	Daley Thompson	30	Great Britain	GBR	44.80	763
10	Torsten Voss	25	East Germany	GDR	44.36	754
11	Mike Smith	21	Canada	CAN	43.88	744
12	Dave Steen	28	Canada	CAN	43.66	739
13	Simon Poelman	25	New Zealand	NZL	43.20	730
14	Christian Plaziat	24	France	FRA	43.06	727
15	Beat Gähwiler	23	Switzerland	SUI	42.46	715
16	Dave Johnson	25	United States	USA	42.36	713
17	Greg Richards	32	Great Britain	GBR	42.32	712
18	Petri Keskitalo	21	Finland	FIN	41.86	702
19T	Simon Shirley	22	Australia	AUS	41.68	699
19T	Tim Bright	28	United States	USA	41.68	699
21	Rob de Wit	26	Netherlands	NED	41.32	691
22	Alain Blondel	25	France	FRA	41.20	689
23	Lars Warming	25	Denmark	DEN	40.38	672
24	Dezső Szabó	21	Hungary	HUN	39.54	655
25	Christian Gugler	28	Switzerland	SUI	39.08	646
26	Georg Werthner	32	Austria	AUT	38.82	641
27T	Albert Miller	30	Fiji	FIJ	38.72	639
27T	Alex Kruger	24	Great Britain	GBR	38.72	639
29	Lee Fu-An	24	Chinese Taipei	TPE	38.06	625
30	Severin Moser	25	Switzerland	SUI	38.04	625
31	Carlos O'Connell	25	Ireland	IRL	38.02	624
32	Santiago Mellado	25	El Salvador	ESA	37.52	614
33	Lee Gwang-Ik	19	South Korea	KOR	34.36	551
34	Dambar Kuwar		Nepal	NEP	27.10	408

Discus throw Round One

Rank	Athlete	Age	Team	NOC	D
NP	Mikael Olander	25	Sweden	SWE	49.00
NP	Pavlo Tarnovetskiy	27	Soviet Union	URS	48.02
NP	Christian Schenk	23	East Germany	GDR	44.56
NP	Daley Thompson	30	Great Britain	GBR	44.44
NP	Torsten Voss	25	East Germany	GDR	44.36
NP	Gong Guohua	24	China	CHN	44.22
NP	Roman Hrabaň	26	Czechoslovakia	TCH	43.98
NP	Dave Steen	28	Canada	CAN	43.66
NP	Uwe Freimuth	27	East Germany	GDR	43.64
NP	Dave Johnson	25	United States	USA	42.36
NP	Simon Poelman	25	New Zealand	NZL	42.26
NP	Christian Plaziat	24	France	FRA	42.12
NP	Antonio Peñalver	19	Spain	ESP	41.24
NP	Tim Bright	28	United States	USA	40.42
NP	Mike Smith	21	Canada	CAN	40.26
NP	Petri Keskitalo	21	Finland	FIN	39.94
NP	Simon Shirley	22	Australia	AUS	39.48
NP	Christian Gugler	28	Switzerland	SUI	39.08
NP	Alex Kruger	24	Great Britain	GBR	38.72
NP	Greg Richards	32	Great Britain	GBR	38.54
NP	Dezső Szabó	21	Hungary	HUN	38.20
NP	Carlos O'Connell	25	Ireland	IRL	38.02
NP	Lee Fu-An	24	Chinese Taipei	TPE	36.46
NP	Severin Moser	25	Switzerland	SUI	35.70
NP	Santiago Mellado	25	El Salvador	ESA	35.50
NP	Lee Gwang-Ik	19	South Korea	KOR	34.36
NP	Dambar Kuwar		Nepal	NEP	24.16
NP	Alain Blondel	25	France	FRA	foul
NP	Rob de Wit	26	Netherlands	NED	foul
NP	Beat Gähwiler	23	Switzerland	SUI	foul
NP	Albert Miller	30	Fiji	FIJ	foul
NP	Věroslav Valenta	23	Czechoslovakia	TCH	foul
NP	Lars Warming	25	Denmark	DEN	foul
NP	Georg Werthner	32	Austria	AUT	foul

Discus throw Round Two

Rank	Athlete	Age	Team	NOC	D
NP	Christian Schenk	23	East Germany	GDR	49.28
NP	Mikael Olander	25	Sweden	SWE	46.72
NP	Uwe Freimuth	27	East Germany	GDR	46.66
NP	Antonio Peñalver	19	Spain	ESP	45.50
NP	Daley Thompson	30	Great Britain	GBR	44.80
NP	Mike Smith	21	Canada	CAN	43.88
NP	Beat Gähwiler	23	Switzerland	SUI	41.96
NP	Petri Keskitalo	21	Finland	FIN	41.86
NP	Tim Bright	28	United States	USA	41.68
NP	Simon Shirley	22	Australia	AUS	41.68
NP	Alain Blondel	25	France	FRA	40.64
NP	Lars Warming	25	Denmark	DEN	39.56
NP	Dezső Szabó	21	Hungary	HUN	39.54
NP	Georg Werthner	32	Austria	AUT	38.82
NP	Albert Miller	30	Fiji	FIJ	38.68
NP	Christian Gugler	28	Switzerland	SUI	38.46
NP	Greg Richards	32	Great Britain	GBR	38.24
NP	Lee Fu-An	24	Chinese Taipei	TPE	38.06
NP	Severin Moser	25	Switzerland	SUI	38.04
NP	Carlos O'Connell	25	Ireland	IRL	36.66
NP	Santiago Mellado	25	El Salvador	ESA	35.60
NP	Dambar Kuwar		Nepal	NEP	25.96
NP	Rob de Wit	26	Netherlands	NED	foul
NP	Gong Guohua	24	China	CHN	foul
NP	Roman Hrabaň	26	Czechoslovakia	TCH	foul
NP	Dave Johnson	25	United States	USA	foul
NP	Alex Kruger	24	Great Britain	GBR	foul
NP	Lee Gwang-Ik	19	South Korea	KOR	foul
NP	Christian Plaziat	24	France	FRA	foul
NP	Simon Poelman	25	New Zealand	NZL	foul
NP	Dave Steen	28	Canada	CAN	foul
NP	Pavlo Tarnovetskiy	27	Soviet Union	URS	foul
NP	Věroslav Valenta	23	Czechoslovakia	TCH	foul
NP	Torsten Voss	25	East Germany	GDR	foul

Discus throw Round Three

Rank	Athlete	Age	Team	NOC	D
NP	Mikael Olander	25	Sweden	SWE	50.66
NP	Pavlo Tarnovetskiy	27	Soviet Union	URS	47.12
NP	Antonio Peñalver	19	Spain	ESP	46.34
NP	Gong Guohua	24	China	CHN	46.18
NP	Věroslav Valenta	23	Czechoslovakia	TCH	45.84
NP	Roman Hrabaň	26	Czechoslovakia	TCH	45.32
NP	Mike Smith	21	Canada	CAN	43.56
NP	Simon Poelman	25	New Zealand	NZL	43.20
NP	Torsten Voss	25	East Germany	GDR	43.16
NP	Christian Plaziat	24	France	FRA	43.06
NP	Beat Gähwiler	23	Switzerland	SUI	42.46
NP	Greg Richards	32	Great Britain	GBR	42.32
NP	Daley Thompson	30	Great Britain	GBR	42.26
NP	Dave Steen	28	Canada	CAN	42.02
NP	Rob de Wit	26	Netherlands	NED	41.32
NP	Alain Blondel	25	France	FRA	41.20
NP	Simon Shirley	22	Australia	AUS	41.00
NP	Lars Warming	25	Denmark	DEN	40.38
NP	Albert Miller	30	Fiji	FIJ	38.72
NP	Dezső Szabó	21	Hungary	HUN	38.24
NP	Santiago Mellado	25	El Salvador	ESA	37.52
NP	Alex Kruger	24	Great Britain	GBR	36.88
NP	Carlos O'Connell	25	Ireland	IRL	36.54
NP	Lee Gwang-Ik	19	South Korea	KOR	33.84
NP	Lee Fu-An	24	Chinese Taipei	TPE	32.62
NP	Dambar Kuwar		Nepal	NEP	27.10
NP	Tim Bright	28	United States	USA	foul
NP	Uwe Freimuth	27	East Germany	GDR	foul
NP	Christian Gugler	28	Switzerland	SUI	foul
NP	Dave Johnson	25	United States	USA	foul
NP	Petri Keskitalo	21	Finland	FIN	foul
NP	Severin Moser	25	Switzerland	SUI	foul
NP	Christian Schenk	23	East Germany	GDR	foul
NP	Georg Werthner	32	Austria	AUT	foul

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