1998 European Athletics Championships – Men's discus throw

Events at the 1998 European
Athletics Championships

Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
5000 m men women
10,000 m men women
100 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men women
3000 m
steeplechase
men
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men women
Road events
Marathon men women
10 km walk women
20 km walk men
50 km walk men
Field events
Long jump men women
Triple jump men women
High jump men women
Pole vault men women
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Javelin throw men women
Hammer throw men women
Combined events
Heptathlon women
Decathlon men

The final of the Men's discus throw event at the 1998 European Championships in Budapest, Hungary was held on August 23, 1998. There were a total number of 31 participating athletes. The qualifying rounds were held on August 22, with the standard mark needed to reach the final set at 63.00 metres.

Medalists

GoldGermany Lars Riedel
Germany (GER)
SilverGermany Jürgen Schult
Germany (GER)
BronzeLithuania Virgilijus Alekna
Lithuania (LTU)

Schedule

Qualification Round
Group A Group B
22.08.1998 10:00h 22.08.1998 11:40h
Final Round
23.08.1998 18:00h

Qualification

Group A

Rank Overall Athlete Attempts Distance
1 2 3
1 2  Jürgen Schult (GER) 63.63 m
2 3  Vladimir Dubrovshchik (BLR) 63.12 m
3 5  Andreas Seelig (GER) 61.96 m
4 6  Romas Ubartas (LTU) 61.81 m
5 8  Robert Weir (GBR) 61.36 m
6 10  Virgilijus Alekna (LTU) 60.81 m
7 11  Libor Malina (CZE) 60.69 m
8 13  Nick Sweeney (IRL) 60.36 m
9 19  Olav Jenssen (NOR) 57.78 m
10 21  Timo Tompuri (FIN) 57.52 m
11 24  Otto Benczenleitner (HUN) 56.54 m
12 25  Jean Pons (FRA) 55.80 m
13 28  Kristian Petterson (SWE) 54.02 m
14 29  Ercüment Olgundeniz (TUR) 53.23 m
 Dmitriy Shevchenko (RUS) X X X NM

Group B

Rank Overall Athlete Attempts Distance
1 2 3
1 1  Róbert Fazekas (HUN) 64.07 m
2 4  Lars Riedel (GER) 62.03 m
3 7  Diego Fortuna (ITA) 61.80 m
4 9  Vaclavas Kidykas (LTU) 61.05 m
5 12  Leonid Cherevko (BLR) 60.59 m
6 14  Vitaliy Sidorov (UKR) 60.34 m
7 15  Glen Smith (GBR) 58.97 m
8 16  Igor Primc (SLO) 58.90 m
9 17  Andrzej Krawczyk (POL) 58.09 m
10 18  Matias Borrman (SWE) 58.06 m
11 20  Aleksander Tammert (EST) 57.62 m
12 22  Zoltán Kővágó (HUN) 56.89 m
13 23  Harri Uurainen (FIN) 56.78 m
14 26  Jean-Claude Retel (FRA) 55.44 m
15 27  Dragan Mustapić (CRO) 54.73 m
16 30  Perris Wilkins (GBR) 53.16 m

Final

Rank Athlete Attempts Distance Note
1 2 3 4 5 6
1st  Lars Riedel (GER) 67.07 66.79 66.27 66.16 66.01 X 67.07 m
2nd  Jürgen Schult (GER) 65.81 X X 66.69 X 66.53 66.69 m
3rd  Virgilijus Alekna (LTU) 66.18 63.93 X 66.46 X X 66.46 m
4  Róbert Fazekas (HUN) 62.79 X 62.97 65.13 64.14 X 65.13 m
5  Diego Fortuna (ITA) 61.94 62.86 63.19 62.37 64.26 X 64.26 m
6  Vladimir Dubrovshchik (BLR) 62.82 56.10 61.30 63.96 X 60.10 63.96 m
7  Andreas Seelig (GER) 61.98 X X 62.65 X 63.15 63.15 m
8  Robert Weir (GBR) 61.74 61.92 X 61.84 X 59.44 61.92 m
9  Romas Ubartas (LTU) 56.78 61.66 60.74 61.66 m
10  Libor Malina (CZE) 58.88 60.49 60.58 60.58 m
11  Vaclavas Kidykas (LTU) 59.29 60.21 X 60.21 m
12  Leonid Cherevko (BLR) 54.86 59.13 X 59.13 m

See also

References


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