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).

Men's discus throw
at the European Athletics Championships

Medalists

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

Abbreviations

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  • All results shown are in metres
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

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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

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Group A

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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

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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) X 60.26 62.71 62.71 m
8 14   Libor Malina (CZE) 59.59 60.96 X 60.96 m
9 19   David Martínez (ESP) 59.27 X X 59.27 m
10 21   Robert Weir (GBR) 58.37 X X 58.37 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

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Rank Athlete Attempts Distance Note
1 2 3 4 5 6
    Róbert Fazekas (HUN) 66.34 66.80 X 65.11 68.83 63.88 68.83 m CR
    Virgilijus Alekna (LTU) 66.62 61.52 63.11 61.26 63.75 X 66.62 m
    Michael Möllenbeck (GER) 66.37 X 64.04 63.81 X 65.66 66.37 m
4   Mario Pestano (ESP) 64.69 X X 61.13 X 63.68 64.69 m
5   Aleksander Tammert (EST) X 61.45 64.55 60.28 62.10 X 64.55 m
6   Dmitriy Shevchenko (RUS) X 63.80 63.97 X X 61.86 63.97 m
7   Zoltán Kővágó (HUN) 61.66 59.65 61.92 X X 63.63 63.63 m
8   Leonid Cherevko (BLR) 61.72 61.48 X X X 59.96 61.72 m
9   Timo Tompuri (FIN) 60.72 X 61.17 61.17 m
10   Jo Van Daele (BEL) 61.07 X 60.64 61.07 m
11   Ioan Oprea (ROM) X 60.62 60.53 60.62 m
12   Gerd Kanter (EST) 55.14 X X 55.14 m

See also

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References

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