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Host City: Moskva, Soviet Union

Format: Top 12 and ties and all those reaching 62.00 metres advanced to the final.

Date Started: July 27, 1980

Date Finished: July 28, 1980

(Competitors: 18; Countries: 12; Finalists: 12)

Venue(s): Grand Arena, Central Lenin Stadium Area, Moskva

Overview by IAAF

The big story of the year had been the comeback of 43 year-old Oerter, who finished second on the world list with a lifetime best of 69.46. He placed only fourth in the meaningless US Trials; one felt that he might have placed higher in that meeting if he knew his country would be attending the Games. Mac Wilkins, another removed from Olympic contention because of the boycott, was again the best thrower in the world. World record holder Schmidt was the favourite, but was fighting an injury to his right leg. The leading qualifier was Bugár at 65.08, while Armin Lemme (GDR) and Iosif Nagy (ROU), both 65m men, failed to qualify with the cut-off at 59.92. In the final, Bugár led after round 1 with 65.14, and was overtaken in the third by Schmidt (65.30), then Dumchev (65.58). In a fascinating battle, Schmidt then edged into the lead on 65.64, only to be overtaken by Bugár’s 66.38, before Rashchupkin produced the sixth change of lead with 66.64. This was a lifetime best for the Russian, who would never again approach such a distance. One who did get close enough for a bronze was Cuba’s relatively small (1.85/105Kg) but quick Luís Delís. In fifth place with 65.30, Delis stepped up for his penultimate effort and let fly a beautiful throw, which landed around 67m and was measured at 66.32.

Summary by Sports-reference.com

The American boycott prevented competition between the East Germans, the Soviets and the best American throwers, which included defending champion Mac Wilkins and … four-time champion Al Oerter. Wilkins was still considered the best American discus thrower, and won the meaningless 1980 US Olympic Trials. But Oerter had come out of retirement to compete again and in 1980 would have the second longest throw of the year with a PR 69.46 (227-10¾). He placed fourth at the Olympic Trial, but if it had really meant something … well, who knows. The world record holder in 1980 was Wolfgang Schmidt, the silver medalist from Montréal and 1978 European Champion. But he had an ankle injury and would finish out of the medals. The gold medal was won by Soviet Viktor Rashchupkin, a journeyman thrower who produced a PR to win. The Soviet judges were felt to be helpful, as Cuba's Luis Delís's final throw appeared to be a winning mark, but some observers thought it was marked at least a foot short.

Records

Standing records prior to the 1980 Summer Olympics
World Record	Wolfgang Schmidt (GDR)	71.16 m	August 9, 1978	East Berlin, East Germany
Olympic Record	Mac Wilkins (USA)	68.28 m	July 24, 1976	Montréal, Canada

		Results

*Discus Throw*	Men	Final	28 July

Rank	Mark	Athlete	Country	NOC	Birth Date	Records
1	66.64	Viktor Rashchupkin	Soviet Union	URS	16 Oct 50
2	66.38	Imrich Bugár	Czechoslovakia	TCH	14 Apr 55
3	66.32	Luis M. Delís	Cuba	CUB	6 Dec 57
4	65.64	Wolfgang Schmidt	East Germany	GDR	16 Jan 54
5	65.58	Yuriy Dumchev	Soviet Union	URS	5 Aug 58
6	64.04	Igor Duginyets	Soviet Union	URS	20 May 56
7	63.18	Emil Vladimirov	Bulgaria	BUL	25 Jan 52
8	63.04	Velko Velev	Bulgaria	BUL	4 Jan 48
9	61.84	Markku Tuokko	Finland	FIN	24 Jun 51
10	61.52	José Santa Cruz	Cuba	CUB	3 Jun 54
11	61.14	Hilmar Hoßfeld	East Germany	GDR	18 Jan 54
12	60.24	Kenth Gardenkrans	Sweden	SWE	2 Oct 55
*Discus Throw*	Men	Qualification	27 July

Rank	Mark	Athlete	Country	NOC	Birth Date	Records
1	65.08	Imrich Bugár	Czechoslovakia	TCH	14 Apr 55
2	64.78	Viktor Rashchupkin	Soviet Union	URS	16 Oct 50
3	64.20	Luis M. Delís	Cuba	CUB	6 Dec 57
4	63.10	Igor Duginyets	Soviet Union	URS	20 May 56
5	62.82	Yuriy Dumchev	Soviet Union	URS	5 Aug 58
6	62.58	Kenth Gardenkrans	Sweden	SWE	2 Oct 55
7	62.50	Emil Vladimirov	Bulgaria	BUL	25 Jan 52
8	62.46	Wolfgang Schmidt	East Germany	GDR	16 Jan 54
9	62.14	Markku Tuokko	Finland	FIN	24 Jun 51
10	61.30	Velko Velev	Bulgaria	BUL	4 Jan 48
11	60.14	José Santa Cruz	Cuba	CUB	3 Jun 54
12	59.92	Hilmar Hoßfeld	East Germany	GDR	18 Jan 54
13	59.44	Armin Lemme	East Germany	GDR	28 Oct 55
14	59.34	Iosif Nagy	Romania	ROU	20 Nov 46
15	57.34	Namakoro Niaré	Mali	MLI	4 Jun 43
16	47.52	Adnan Houri	Syria	SYR
17	39.26	Nejim Abdulrazak al Enazy	Kuwait	KUW	30 Nov 61
	NM	Óskar Jakobsson	Iceland	ISL	29 Jan 55

Detailed View

Men Discus Throw Olympic Games Moscow 1980 - Monday 28.07

Final 28.07	Team	Dist.	1	2	3	4	5	6
1. Viktor Rashchupkin	URS	66.64m	62.38	64.72	65.08	66.64	60.48	X
2. Imrich Bugar	TCH	66.38m	65.14	61.78	64.34	66.38	64.42	65.96
3. Luis Delis	CUB	66.32m	X	63.46	X	65.30	X	66.32
4. Wolfgang Schmidt	GDR	65.64m	X	61.60	65.30	65.64	65.34	X
5. Yuri Dumchev	URS	65.58m	64.78	X	65.58	X	63.16	X
6. Igor Duginets	URS	64.04m	62.18	64.04	63.18	X	62.04	X
7. Emil Vladimirov	BUL	63.18m	62.84	63.18	61.60	61.70	61.60	61.20
8. Velko Velev	BUL	63.04m	60.88	60.74	63.04	61.14	X	61.72
9. Markku Tuokko	FIN	61.84m	61.54	55.32	61.84
10.Jose Santa Cruz	CUB	61.52m	56.06	58.52	61.52
11.Hilmar Hossfeld	GDR	61.14m	60.26	61.14	59.30
12.Kenth Gardenkrans	SWE	60.24m	60.24	58.40	60.12

Qualification

Sunday 27.07

Group	Team	Dist.	1	2	3
1. Imrich Bugar	TCH	65.08m	61.50	65.08
2. Viktor Rashchupkin	URS	64.78m	64.78
3. Luis Delis	CUB	64.20m	64.20
4. Igor Duginets	URS	63.10m	63.10
5. Yuri Dumchev	URS	62.82m	62.82
6. Kenth Gardenkrans	SWE	62.58m	53.90	62.58
7. Emil Vladimirov	BUL	62.50m	60.54	60.52	62.50
8. Wolfgang Schmidt	GDR	62.46m	62.46
9. Markku Tuokko	FIN	62.14m	62.14

Group	Team	Dist.	1	2	3
10.Velko Velev	BUL	61.32m	54.82	56.60	61.30
11.Jose Santa Cruz	CUB	60.14m	60.14	58.70	X
12.Hilmar Hossfeld	GDR	59.92m	X	57.98	59.92
13.Armin Lemme	GDR	59.44m	59.44	54.44	X
14.Iosif Nagy	ROM	59.34m	56.50	59.34	58.48
15.Namakoro Niare	MLI	57.34m	X	57.34	56.08
16.Adnan Houry	SYR	47.52m	X	X	47.52
17.Najem Najem	KUW	39.26m	X	39.26	35.38
-. Oskar Jakobsson	ISL	NM	X	X	X