1998 European Athletics Championships – Men's discus throw

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.

Men's discus throw
at the European Athletics Championships

Medalists

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Gold   Lars Riedel
Germany (GER)
Silver   Jürgen Schult
Germany (GER)
Bronze   Virgilijus Alekna
Lithuania (LTU)

Schedule

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

Qualification

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Group A

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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

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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

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Rank Athlete Attempts Distance Note
1 2 3 4 5 6
    Lars Riedel (GER) 67.07 66.79 66.27 66.16 66.01 X 67.07 m
    Jürgen Schult (GER) 65.81 X X 66.69 X 66.53 66.69 m SB
    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 PB
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

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References

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