title: Athletics at the 1997 Summer Universiade – Men's discus throw
text: # Athletics at the 1997 Summer Universiade – Men's discus throw
  
  The men's discus throw event at the 1997 Summer Universiade was held at the Stadio Cibali in Catania, Italy, on 28 and 29 August.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - |
  | Vladimir Dubrovshchik Belarus | Andy Bloom United States | Doug Reynolds United States |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Qualification
  
  | Rank | Group | Athlete | Nationality | Result |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | ? | Vladimir Dubrovshchik | Belarus | 62.14 |
  | 2 | ? | Yuriy Bilonog | Ukraine | 60.64 |
  | 3 | ? | Pieter van der Kruk | Netherlands | 60.04 |
  | 4 | ? | Vitaliy Sidorov | Ukraine | 59.10 |
  | 5 | ? | Doug Reynolds | United States | 58.94 |
  | 6 | ? | Leonid Cherevko | Belarus | 58.70 |
  | 7 | ? | Aleksander Tammert | Estonia | 58.66 |
  | 8 | ? | Frantz Kruger | South Africa | 58.34 |
  | 9 | ? | Aleksandr Borichevskiy | Russia | 58.20 |
  | 10 | ? | Andrzej Krawczyk | Poland | 58.16 |
  | 11 | ? | Andy Bloom | United States | 57.88 |
  | 12 | ? | Roland Varga | Hungary | 55.62 |
  | 13 | ? | Alessandro Urlando | Italy | 54.68 |
  | 14 | ? | Paulo Bernardo | Portugal | 53.72 |
  | 15 | ? | Serge Doh | Ivory Coast | 53.24 |
  | 16 | ? | Frits Potgieter | South Africa | 53.20 |
  | 17 | ? | Ercüment Olgundeniz | Turkey | 51.32 |
  | 18 | ? | Dashdendev Makhashiri | Mongolia | 50.42 |
  | 19 | ? | Tarek Al-Najjar | Jordan | 50.04 |
  | 20 | ? | Guillermo Heredia | Mexico | 49.58 |
  | 21 | ? | Ivan Emilianov | Moldova | 48.64 |
  | 22 | ? | Roman Rozna | Moldova | 47.08 |
  | 23 | ? | Marco Verni | Chile | 46.64 |
  | 24 | ? | Dante Yorges | Peru | 46.48 |
  
  ### Final
  
  | Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Result |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Vladimir Dubrovshchik | Belarus | 66.40 |
  | | Andy Bloom | United States | 63.12 |
  | | Doug Reynolds | United States | 62.76 |
  | 4 | Pieter van der Kruk | Netherlands | 62.04 |
  | 5 | Aleksander Tammert | Estonia | 61.84 |
  | 6 | Frantz Kruger | South Africa | 61.64 |
  | 7 | Vitaliy Sidorov | Ukraine | 61.42 |
  | 8 | Leonid Cherevko | Belarus | 60.86 |
  | 9 | Andrzej Krawczyk | Poland | 60.02 |
  | 10 | Aleksandr Borichevskiy | Russia | 58.80 |
  | 11 | Roland Varga | Hungary | 57.38 |
  | 12 | Yuriy Bilonog | Ukraine | 54.54 |
  