2002 European Athletics Championships – Men's discus throw
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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
| Gold |  Róbert FazekasHungary (HUN) |
| Silver |  Virgilijus AleknaLithuania (LTU) |
| Bronze |  Michael MöllenbeckGermany (GER) |
Abbreviations
- 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
| 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 | ||||
 | 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
References
- Results Archived 2011-09-29 at the Wayback Machine
- todor66
- athletix
- throwing[permanent dead link]