2002 European Athletics Championships – Men's discus throw

Events at the 2002 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
20 km walk men women
50 km walk men
Field events
High jump men women
Pole vault men women
Long jump men women
Triple jump men women
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Hammer throw men women
Javelin throw men women
Combined events
Heptathlon women
Decathlon men

The final of the Men's discus throw event at the 2002 European Championships in Munich, Germany was held on August 11, 2002. There were a total number of 28 participating athletes. The qualifying rounds were staged two days earlier, on August 9, with the mark set in 63.00 metres (3 + 9 athletes).

Medalists

GoldHungary Róbert Fazekas
Hungary (HUN)
SilverLithuania Virgilijus Alekna
Lithuania (LTU)
BronzeGermany Michael Möllenbeck
Germany (GER)

Abbreviations

Q automatic qualification
q qualification by rank
DNS did not start
NM no mark
WR world record
AR area record
NR national record
PB personal best
SB season best

Records

Standing records prior to the 2002 European Athletics Championships
World Record  Jürgen Schult (GDR) 74.08 m June 6, 1986 East Germany Neubrandenburg, East Germany
Event Record  Wolfgang Schmidt (GDR) 67.20 m September 2, 1978 Czechoslovakia Prague, Czechoslovakia
Broken records during the 2002 European Athletics Championships
Event Record  Róbert Fazekas (HUN) 68.83 m August 11, 2002 Germany Munich, Germany

Qualification

Group A

Rank Overall Athlete Attempts Distance
1 2 3
1 1  Mario Pestano (ESP) 65.27 65.27 m
2 3  Virgilijus Alekna (LTU) 64.54 64.54 m
3 5  Gerd Kanter (EST) 63.66 63.66 m
4 10  Leonid Cherevko (BLR) X 62.99 61.25 62.99 m
5 12  Ioan Oprea (ROM) 57.22 62.70 62.70 m
6 13  Roland Varga (HUN) 62.14 60.68 X 62.14 m
7 15  Igor Primc (SLO) 59.79 59.90 60.78 60.78 m
8 16  Diego Fortuna (ITA) 60.04 59.69 X 60.04 m
9 17  Torsten Schmidt (GER) 58.47 59.78 X 59.78 m
10 18  Einar Kristian Tveitå (NOR) 53.55 59.69 X 59.69 m
11 20  Mika Loikkanen (FIN) 55.78 55.95 59.19 59.19 m
12 22  Jean-Claude Retel (FRA) 58.29 58.20 X 58.29 m
13 26  Kristian Petterson (SWE) X 55.85 X 55.85 m
14 28  Savvas Panavoglou (GRE) 54.24 53.08 X 54.24 m

Group B

Rank Overall Athlete Attempts Distance
1 2 3
1 2  Aleksander Tammert (EST) 59.96 65.10 65.10 m
2 4  Michael Möllenbeck (GER) 63.92 63.92 m
3 6  Zoltán Kővágó (HUN) 61.37 X 63.52 63.52 m
4 7  Róbert Fazekas (HUN) 59.95 63.41 63.41 m
5 8  Timo Tompuri (FIN) 63.18 63.18 m
6 9  Dmitriy Shevchenko (RUS) 62.06 63.14 63.14 m
7 11  Jo Van Daele (BEL) X60.26 62.71 62.71 m
8 14  Libor Malina (CZE) 59.59 60.96 X60.96 m
9 19  David Martínez (ESP) 59.27 XX59.27 m
10 21  Robert Weir (GBR) 58.37 XX58.37 m
11 23  Cristiano Andrei (ITA) X 57.25 57.86 57.86 m
12 24  Timo Sinervo (FIN) 57.30 57.13 X 57.30 m
13 25  Jaroslav Žitňanský (SVK) 54.78 54.19 56.19 56.19 m
14 27  Olgierd Stański (POL) 55.64 X 52.09 55.64 m

Final

Rank Athlete Attempts Distance Note
1 2 3 4 5 6
1st  Róbert Fazekas (HUN) 66.34 66.80 X 65.11 68.83 63.8868.83 m CR
2nd  Virgilijus Alekna (LTU) 66.62 61.52 63.11 61.26 63.75 X66.62 m
3rd  Michael Möllenbeck (GER) 66.37 X64.04 63.81 X65.66 66.37 m
4  Mario Pestano (ESP) 64.69 XX61.13 X63.68 64.69 m
5  Aleksander Tammert (EST) X61.45 64.55 60.28 62.10 X64.55 m
6  Dmitriy Shevchenko (RUS) X63.80 63.97 XX61.8663.97 m
7  Zoltán Kővágó (HUN) 61.66 59.65 61.92 XX63.63 63.63 m
8  Leonid Cherevko (BLR) 61.72 61.48 XXX59.96 61.72 m
9  Timo Tompuri (FIN) 60.72 X61.17 61.17 m
10  Jo Van Daele (BEL) 61.07 X60.64 61.07 m
11  Ioan Oprea (ROM) X60.62 60.53 60.62 m
12  Gerd Kanter (EST) 55.14 XX 55.14 m

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References

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