2012 European Athletics Championships – Men's discus throw

Events at the 2012 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
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 2012 European Athletics Championships was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 29 and 30 June.

Medalists

Gold	Robert Harting  Germany
Silver	Gerd Kanter  Estonia
Bronze	Rutger Smith  Netherlands

Records

Standing records prior to the 2012 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	Piotr Małachowski (POL)	68.87	Barcelona, Spain	1 August 2010
World Leading	Robert Harting (GER)	71.45	Turnov, Czech Republic	22 May 2012
European Leading	Robert Harting (GER)	71.45	Turnov, Czech Republic	22 May 2012

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
29 June 2012	9:00	Qualification
30 June 2012	19:10	Final

Results

Qualification

Qualification: Qualification Performance 66.00 (Q) or at least 12 best performers advance to the final

Rank	Group	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	Result	Notes
1	B	Mario Pestano	Spain	62.56	66.27		66.27	Q, SB
2	A	Robert Harting	Germany	64.88	65.49	–	65.49	q
3	B	Erik Cadée	Netherlands	65.09	–	–	65.09	q
4	B	Lawrence Okoye	Great Britain	60.31	64.86	–	64.86	q
5	A	Gerd Kanter	Estonia	59.08	63.71	64.85	64.85	q
6	A	Frank Casañas	Spain	x	64.50	62.27	64.50	q
7	A	Robert Urbanek	Poland	60.72	64.07	61.18	64.07	q
8	A	Rutger Smith	Netherlands	63.75	–	–	63.75	q
9	B	Markus Münch	Germany	61.44	60.95	62.83	62.83	q
10	B	Ercüment Olgundeniz	Turkey	62.82	x	x	62.82	q
11	A	Gerhard Mayer	Austria	60.32	62.35	60.20	62.35	q
12	B	Przemyslaw Czajkowski	Poland	61.90	62.22	60.22	62.22
13	A	Apostolos Parellis	Cyprus	59.80	61.37	61.79	61.79
14	A	Martin Wierig	Germany	58.08	61.34	x	61.34
15	A	Mykyta Nesterenko	Ukraine	61.01	60.64	61.21	61.21
16	B	Märt Israel	Estonia	x	60.59	58.31	60.59
17	A	Leif Arrhenius	Sweden	58.99	59.02	60.49	60.49
18	B	Danijel Furtula	Montenegro	x	60.18	x	60.18
19	B	Mikko Kyyrö	Finland	60.16	x	x	60.16
20	B	Gaute Myklebust	Norway	58.16	59.90	58.59	59.90
21	B	Niklas Arrhenius	Sweden	58.26	x	59.02	59.02
22	A	Brett Morse	Great Britain	x	x	58.71	58.71
23	A	Abdul Buhari	Great Britain	58.57	x	x	58.57
24	B	Oskars Vaisjūns	Latvia	57.05	56.06	58.34	58.34
25	A	Giovanni Faloci	Italy	57.31	57.67	55.12	57.67
26	B	Nikolay Sedyuk	Russia	55.71	x	57.08	57.08
27	A	Yeóryios Trémos	Greece	56.94	x	x	56.94
28	B	Sergiu Ursu	Romania	56.85	x	x	56.85
29	A	Andrius Gudžius	Lithuania	x	55.80	x	55.80
30	B	Roland Varga	Croatia	x	x	x	NM
31	B	Zoltán Kővágó	Hungary	63.62	x	65.99	65.99	DQ, Doping

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Robert Harting	Germany	63.02	65.80	x	68.30	–	67.07	68.30
	Gerd Kanter	Estonia	65.11	x	64.32	64.44	66.53	65.47	66.53
	Rutger Smith	Netherlands	x	61.51	61.71	63.97	x	64.02	64.02
4	Mario Pestano	Spain	60.51	62.26	62.05	63.87	x	x	63.87
5	Frank Casañas	Spain	62.29	63.60	x	61.03	x	60.69	63.60
6	Robert Urbanek	Poland	61.96	62.99	61.14	61.84	60.44	x	62.99
7	Gerhard Mayer	Austria	62.85	61.27	57.11	x	x	60.58	62.85
8	Markus Münch	Germany	60.27	61.25	x				61.25
9	Ercüment Olgundeniz	Turkey	60.92	x	x				60.92
10	Erik Cadée	Netherlands	x	60.49	60.58				60.58
11	Lawrence Okoye	Great Britain	55.99	60.09	57.00				60.09
	Zoltán Kővágó	Hungary	65.45	62.07	x	63.77	63.66	66.42	DSQ	Doping

References

• Qualification Results
• Final Results