Comparison between Generations - Men's Discus Throw

GENERATIONS
Men's DISCUS THROW

I DON'T RECOGNIZE THE FOLLOWING MARKS:
Al Oerter and Bruch after their first retire; Silvester in 1971; Powell in 1984; Keshmiri; Fazekas 2002-4.

I took off Generations 1954-1962.

OLYMPIC STANDARD 2019-2022: 66.00 m

KEY			24	1974	Danek	67.18	19	1967	Matson	65.15	20	1976	Wilkins	70.86
KEY				Generation best				Beaten record				Unbeaten record

	BORN UP TO 1941				BORN 1942-1947
20	1960	Wade	58.08	20	1965	Matson	61.41
21	1957	Babka	56.80	21	1964	Neville	59.97
22	1958	Babka	57.42	22	1967	Matson	65.15
23	1959	Piatkowski	59.91	23	1969	Bruch	68.06
24	1961	Silvester	60.72	24	1970	Bruch	67.14
25	1962	Silvester	60.85	25	1971	Bruch	68.32
26	1962	Oerter	62.45	26	1972	Bruch	68.40
27	1964	Danek	64.55	27	1973	Bruch	68.16
28	1965	Danek	65.22	28	1975	Powell	69.08
29	1966	Danek	66.07	29	1976	Powell	67.54
30	1967	Danek	64.77	30	1977	Powell	67.98
31	1968	Silvester	68.40	31
32	1969	Danek	66.48	32	1979	Powell	67.34
33	1970	Silvester	66.28	33	1980	Powell	68.20
34	1971	Danek	66.92	34	1981	Powell	69.98
35	1972	Danek	66.64	35	1980	Swarts	69.22
36	1973	Silvester	66.07	36	1981	Swarts	68.32
37	1974	Danek	67.18	37	1983	Nagy	68.12
38	1975	Danek	67.14	38
39	1976	Lyakhov	66.04	39
40	1977	Lyakhov	65.40	40
41	1978	Danek	64.00	41

	BORN 1948-1953				1963-68
20				20	1987	Horv�th	62.94
21				21	1988	Kufahl	64.94
22	1975	Dolegiew	65.32	22	1985	de Bruin	66.38
23	1976	Chambul	65.40	23	1996	de Bruin	66.78
24	1976	Stadel	65.70	24	1991	Riedel	67.78
25	1977	Stadel	67.90	25	1992	Riedel	68.66
26	1976	Wilkins	70.86	26	1993	Riedel	68.42
27	1977	Wilkins	69.20	27	1994	Horv�t	68.58
28	1978	Wilkins	70.48	28	1995	Riedel	69.08
29	1979	Wilkins	70.66	29	1996	Riedel	71.06
30	1980	Wilkins	70.98	30	1997	Riedel	71.50
31	1984	Valent	69.70	31	1998	Riedel	68.21
32	1985	Valent	68.40	32	1998	Washing.	69.79
33	1983	Wilkins	70.36	33	2000	Riedel	69.72
34	1984	Wilkins	70.44	34	2002	Schevch.	70.54
35	1986	Hjeltnes	68.50	35	2002	Riedel	66.72
36	1989	Danneb.	67.38	36	2003	Riedel	69.50
37	1987	Wagner	67.80	37	2004	Riedel	68.05
38	1988	Wilkins	67.96	38	2005	Riedel	66.39
39	1989	Wilkins	66.46	39	2006	Riedel	69.38
40	1990	Wagner	65.80	40

	1969-74				1975-80
19				19
20	1989	Nichols	63.74	20	1996	Köseoglu	63.36
21	1993	Dubrovschik	63.26	21	2000	Màtè	66.91
22	1994	Dubrovschik	65.80	22	2001	Kövágó	66.93
23	1995	Dubrovschik	66.60	23	2001	Pestano	67.92
24	1996	Dubrovschik	67.90	24	2002	Pestano	67.46
25	1997	Alekna	67.70	25	2000	Kruger	69.75
26	1998	Godina	69.91	26	2005	Kanter	70.10
27	1999	Godina	69.05	27	2006	Kanter	73.38
28	2000	Alekna	73.88	28	2007	Kanter	72.02
29	2001	Alekna	70.99	29	2008	Kanter	71.88
30	2002	Alekna	66.90	30	2009	Kanter	71.64
31	2003	Alekna	69.69	31	2010	Kanter	71.45
32	2004	Alekna	70.97	32	2007	Kruger	69.97
33	2006	Tammert	70.82	33	2012	Kanter	68.03
34	2006	Alekna	71.08	34	2012	Casanas	67.74
35	2007	Alekna	71.56	35	2011	Rome	68.76
36	2008	Alekna	71.25	36	2012	Olgundeniz	67.50
37	2009	Alekna	69.59	37	2016	Kovago	67.13
38	2010	Alekna	65.33	38	2017	Kanter	65.87
39	2011	Alekna	67.90	39	2018	Kovago	65.66
40	2012	Alekna	70.28	40

	1981-1986				1987-1990
20	2005	Hadadi	65.25	20	2008	Sedyuk	64.72
21	2005	Harting	66.02	21	2009	Samimi	64.67
22	2007	Hadadi	67.95	22	2011	Morse	66.06
23	2008	Hadadi	69.32	23	2010	Fernandez	66.00
24	2008	Harting	68.65	24	2011	Wierig	67.21
25	2009	Harting	69.43	25	2012	Wierig	68.33
26	2010	Harting	69.69	26	2016	C. Harting	68.37
27	2010	Malachowski	69.83	27	2017	Finley	68.03
28	2012	Harting	70.66	28	2018	C. Harting	67.59
29	2013	Harting	69.91	29	2016	Wierig	67.60
30	2013	Malachowski	71.84	30	2017	Urbanek	66.73
31	2013	Harradine	68.20	31	2018	Wierig	66.98
32	2015	Malachowski	68.29	32	2021	Jasinski (Ger)	67.47
33	2018	Hadadi (Iran)	68.85	33	2020	Urbanek (Pol)	65.99
34	2017	Malachowski	67.68	34	2021	Urbanek	65.54
35	2016	Martinez	66.96	35	2022	Wierig	65.73
36	2019	Malachowski	67.23	36
37	2018	Martinez	66.51	37
38	2019	Martinez	67.98	38
39	2020	Martinez	64.66	39
40	2022	Arrhenius (USA)	64.24	40

	1991-1995				1996-2001
20	2011	Okoye	67.63	20	2021	Prinsloo (Saf)	65.85
21	2012	Okoye	68.24	21	2020	Ceh (Slo)	68.75
22	2013	Wruck (Aus)	68.16	22	2021	Ceh	70.35
23	2017	Dacres (Jam)	68.88	23	2022	Ceh	71.27
24	2018	Dacres (Jam)	69.67	24	2021	Prufer (Ger)	67.41
25	2017	Stahl	71.29	25	2021	Denny	67.02
26	2020	Ortega (Col)	70.29	26	2022	Denny	67.26
27	2019	Stahl	71.86	27
28	2020	Stahl	71.37	28
29	2021	Stahl	71.40	29
30	2022	Stahl	71.47	30
31	2022	Gudzius	69.39	31

	2002-
20	2022	Mykolas Alekna (Ltu)	69.81	20

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