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2002 European Athletics Championships – Men's discus throw

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Men's discus throw
at the European Athletics Championships

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

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Gold Hungary Róbert Fazekas
Hungary (HUN)
Silver Lithuania Virgilijus Alekna
Lithuania (LTU)
Bronze Germany 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 East Germany Neubrandenburg, East Germany
Event Record  Wolfgang Schmidt (GDR) 67.20 m September 2, 1978 Czechoslovakia Prague, Czechoslovakia
Broken records during the 2002 European Athletics Championships
Event Record  Róbert Fazekas (HUN) 68.83 m August 11, 2002 Germany 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
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Róbert Fazekas (HUN) 66.34 66.80 X 65.11 68.83 63.88 68.83 m CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Virgilijus Alekna (LTU) 66.62 61.52 63.11 61.26 63.75 X 66.62 m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  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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