2002 European Athletics Championships – Men's discus throw

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

Gold Róbert Fazekas
Hungary (HUN)
Silver Virgilijus Alekna
Lithuania (LTU)
Bronze Michael Möllenbeck
Germany (GER)

Abbreviations

  • All results shown are in metres
Qautomatic qualification
qqualification by rank
DNSdid not start
NMno mark
WRworld record
ARarea record
NRnational record
PBpersonal best
SBseason best

Records

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

Qualification

Group A

Rank Overall Athlete Attempts Distance
1 2 3
11 Mario Pestano (ESP)65.2765.27 m
23 Virgilijus Alekna (LTU)64.5464.54 m
35 Gerd Kanter (EST)63.6663.66 m
410 Leonid Cherevko (BLR)X62.9961.2562.99 m
512 Ioan Oprea (ROM)57.2262.7062.70 m
613 Roland Varga (HUN)62.1460.68X62.14 m
715 Igor Primc (SLO)59.7959.9060.7860.78 m
816 Diego Fortuna (ITA)60.0459.69X60.04 m
917 Torsten Schmidt (GER)58.4759.78X59.78 m
1018 Einar Kristian Tveitå (NOR)53.5559.69X59.69 m
1120 Mika Loikkanen (FIN)55.7855.9559.1959.19 m
1222 Jean-Claude Retel (FRA)58.2958.20X58.29 m
1326 Kristian Petterson (SWE)X55.85X55.85 m
1428 Savvas Panavoglou (GRE)54.2453.08X54.24 m

Group B

Rank Overall Athlete Attempts Distance
1 2 3
12 Aleksander Tammert (EST)59.9665.1065.10 m
24 Michael Möllenbeck (GER)63.9263.92 m
36 Zoltán Kővágó (HUN)61.37X63.5263.52 m
47 Róbert Fazekas (HUN)59.9563.4163.41 m
58 Timo Tompuri (FIN)63.1863.18 m
69 Dmitriy Shevchenko (RUS)62.0663.1463.14 m
711 Jo Van Daele (BEL)X60.2662.7162.71 m
814 Libor Malina (CZE)59.5960.96X60.96 m
919 David Martínez (ESP)59.27XX59.27 m
1021 Robert Weir (GBR)58.37XX58.37 m
1123 Cristiano Andrei (ITA)X57.2557.8657.86 m
1224 Timo Sinervo (FIN)57.3057.13X57.30 m
1325 Jaroslav Žitňanský (SVK)54.7854.1956.1956.19 m
1427 Olgierd Stański (POL)55.64X52.0955.64 m

Final

Rank Athlete Attempts Distance Note
1 2 3 4 5 6
 Róbert Fazekas (HUN)66.3466.80X65.1168.8363.8868.83 m CR
 Virgilijus Alekna (LTU)66.6261.5263.1161.2663.75X66.62 m
 Michael Möllenbeck (GER)66.37X64.0463.81X65.6666.37 m
4 Mario Pestano (ESP)64.69XX61.13X63.6864.69 m
5 Aleksander Tammert (EST)X61.4564.5560.2862.10X64.55 m
6 Dmitriy Shevchenko (RUS)X63.8063.97XX61.8663.97 m
7 Zoltán Kővágó (HUN)61.6659.6561.92XX63.6363.63 m
8 Leonid Cherevko (BLR)61.7261.48XXX59.9661.72 m
9 Timo Tompuri (FIN)60.72X61.1761.17 m
10 Jo Van Daele (BEL)61.07X60.6461.07 m
11 Ioan Oprea (ROM)X60.6260.5360.62 m
12 Gerd Kanter (EST)55.14XX55.14 m

See also

References

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