2010 European Athletics Championships – Men's discus throw

Events at the 2010 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		women
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
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 men's discus throw at the 2010 European Athletics Championships was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 31 July and 1 August.

Medalists

Gold	Piotr Małachowski Poland (POL)
Silver	Robert Harting Germany (GER)
Bronze	Róbert Fazekas Hungary (HUN)

Records

Standing records prior to the 2010 European Athletics Championships
World record	Jürgen Schult (GDR)	74.08	Neubrandenburg, East Germany	6 June 1986
European record	Jürgen Schult (GDR)	74.08	Neubrandenburg, East Germany	6 June 1986
Championship record	Róbert Fazekas (HUN)	68.83	Munich, Germany	11 August 2002
World Leading	Gerd Kanter (EST)	71.45	Chula Vista, United States	29 April 2010
European Leading	Gerd Kanter (EST)	71.45	Chula Vista, United States	29 April 2010
Broken records during the 2010 European Athletics Championships
Championship record	Piotr Małachowski (POL)	68.87	Barcelona, Spain	1 August 2010

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
31 July 2010	10:10	Qualification
1 August 2010	19:45	Final

Results

Qualification

Qualification: Qualification Performance 63.50 (Q) or at least 12 best performers advance to the final

Rank	Group	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	Result	Notes
1	A	Robert Harting	Germany	63.17	66.93		66.93	Q
2	A	Gerd Kanter	Estonia	65.43			65.43	Q
3	B	Mario Pestano	Spain	62.47	64.95		64.95	Q
4	A	Róbert Fazekas	Hungary	64.30			64.30	Q
5	A	Märt Israel	Estonia	63.27	63.99		63.99	Q
6	A	Virgilijus Alekna	Lithuania	61.08	x	63.93	63.93	Q
7	B	Piotr Małachowski	Poland	63.69			63.69	Q
8	A	Frank Casañas	Spain	63.61			63.61	Q
9	B	Martin Wierig	Germany	x	58.64	62.57	62.57	q
10	A	Sergiu Ursu	Romania	x	61.11	62.43	62.43	q
11	B	Martin Maric	Croatia	61.26	62.27	x	62.27	q
12	B	Erik Cadée	Netherlands	61.86	x	61.97	61.97	q
13	A	Przemysław Czajkowski	Poland	59.36	60.87	61.97	61.97
14	B	Roland Varga	Croatia	60.53	61.11	61.55	61.55
15	B	Gerhard Mayer	Austria	59.88	59.31	60.76	60.76
16	A	Bogdan Pishchalnikov	Russia	55.89	57.42	60.69	60.69
17	A	Apostolos Parellis	Cyprus	x	58.09	60.57	60.57	SB
18	B	Aleksander Tammert	Estonia	60.07	59.38	58.98	60.07
19	B	Frantz Kruger	Finland	59.55	x	x	59.55
20	B	Zoltán Kővágó	Hungary	x	x	59.04	59.04
21	A	Niklas Arrhenius	Sweden	60.25	57.30	58.98	60.25
22	A	Mikko Kyyrö	Finland	58.02	58.96	x	58.96
23	B	Jan Marcell	Czech Republic	x	58.95	57.73	58.95
24	B	Markus Münch	Germany	58.81	58.25	x	58.81
25	B	Mihai Grasu	Romania	57.61	x	58.55	58.55
26	B	Dzmitry Sivakou	Belarus	57.42	58.53	x	58.53
27	A	Gaute Myklebust	Norway	55.60	x	58.39	58.39
28	A	Ivan Hryshyn	Ukraine	57.90	58.36	58.61	58.36
29	B	Aleksas Abromavicius	Lithuania	58.05	x	x	58.05
30	A	Marin Premeru	Croatia	x	57.85	58.03	58.03
31	B	Oleksiy Semenov	Ukraine	x	x	56.42	56.42
32	A	Libor Malina	Czech Republic	53.64	x	x	53.64

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Piotr Małachowski	Poland	65.84	68.87	x	64.06	x	64.37	68.87	CR
	Robert Harting	Germany	68.33	66.46	68.47	66.35	66.86	68.34	68.47	SB
	Róbert Fazekas	Hungary	64.84	64.85	66.43	x	64.65	66.15	66.43
4	Gerd Kanter	Estonia	63.17	64.57	65.38	63.85	65.44	66.20	66.20
5	Virgilijus Alekna	Lithuania	62.05	63.59	63.19	63.15	64.64	63.56	64.64
6	Mario Pestano	Spain	64.41	61.02	64.51	63.98	63.38	62.57	64.51
7	Martin Wierig	Germany	60.96	63.32	x	63.24	x	61.91	63.32
8	Sergiu Ursu	Romania	60.73	61.36	63.11	x	61.90	62.11	63.11
9	Märt Israel	Estonia	x	62.59	x				62.59
10	Martin Maric	Croatia	61.52	x	62.53				62.53
11	Frank Casañas	Spain	x	62.15	x				62.15
	Erik Cadée	Netherlands	x	x	x				NM

References

• Qualification Results
• Final Results
• Results European Championships Athletic 1934-2010