2002 European Athletics Championships – Men's discus throw

Events at the 2002 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
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
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

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

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
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

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

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
01 !	Róbert Fazekas (HUN)	66.34	66.80	X	65.11	68.83	63.88	68.83 m	CR
02 !	Virgilijus Alekna (LTU)	66.62	61.52	63.11	61.26	63.75	X	66.62 m
03 !	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

• 2000 Men's Olympic Discus Throw (Sydney)
• 2001 Men's World Championships Discus Throw (Edmonton)
• 2003 Men's World Championships Discus Throw (Paris)
• 2004 Men's Olympic Discus Throw (Athens)

References

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