Athletics at the 1993 Summer Universiade – Men's discus throw

The men's discus throw event at the 1993 Summer Universiade was held at the UB Stadium in Buffalo, United States on 15 July 1993.^[1][2][3]

The winning margin was 2 cm which was also the winning margin at the previous edition of these games in 1991. As of 2024, these are the only two occasions when the men's discus throw has been won by less than 10 cm at these games.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Alexis Elizalde  Cuba	Adewale Olukoju  Nigeria	Nick Sweeney  Ireland

Results

Qualification

Rank	Group	Athlete	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	?	Alexis Elizalde	Cuba	60.66
2	?	Nick Sweeney	Ireland	59.18
3	?	Adewale Olukoju	Nigeria	59.06
4	?	Vladimir Dubrovshchik	Belarus	58.62
5	?	Andriy Kokhanovskiy	Ukraine	57.96
6	?	Virgilijus Alekna	Lithuania	57.76
7	?	Adam Setliff	United States	57.38
8	?	Lars Ola Sundt	Norway	56.98
9	?	Ramón Jiménez Gaona	Paraguay	56.86
10	?	Martti Halmesmäki	Finland	56.60
11	?	Mickaël Conjungo	Central African Republic	56.22
12	?	Andy Meyer	United States	55.40
13	?	Kari Pekola	Finland	55.18
14	?	Vitaliy Sidorov	Ukraine	54.44
15	?	Diego Fortuna	Italy	53.58
16	?	Hristos Papadopoulos	Greece	53.26
17	?	Bojan Paunovic	Canada	51.54
18	?	John Menton	Ireland	51.34
19	?	Darrin Morris	Great Britain	51.08
20	?	Bahadur Singh Sagoo	India	50.98
21	?	Ian Winchester	New Zealand	48.80
22	?	Chris Sua'mene	New Zealand	48.50
23	?	Alfredo Romero	Puerto Rico	47.82
24	?	Lu Ching-yi	Chinese Taipei	46.80
25	?	Juan Tello	Peru	39.92
26	?	Karim Behlok	Lebanon	33.20

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Alexis Elizalde	Cuba	62.98
	Adewale Olukoju	Nigeria	62.96
	Nick Sweeney	Ireland	62.52
4	Ramón Jiménez Gaona	Paraguay	61.40
5	Vladimir Dubrovshchik	Belarus	61.40
6	Andriy Kokhanovskiy	Ukraine	60.92
7	Adam Setliff	United States	58.84
8	Mickaël Conjungo	Central African Republic	57.38
9	Lars Ola Sundt	Norway	57.14
10	Martti Halmesmäki	Finland	56.02
11	Virgilijus Alekna	Lithuania	54.76
12	Andy Meyer	United States	54.56

References

1. "Results". Archived from the original on 2012-07-30. Retrieved 2016-01-25.
2. "Final results". The Daily Herald (Utah). 16 July 1993. p. 10. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
3. Results at Tilastopaja