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
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
Final
See also
References
- Results Archived 2011-09-29 at the Wayback Machine
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