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).

Medalists

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bgcolor="gold"\|Gold	{{flagicon\|HUN}} Róbert Fazekas Hungary (HUN)
bgcolor="silver"\|Silver	{{flagicon\|LTU\|1988}} Virgilijus Alekna Lithuania (LTU)
bgcolor="CC9966"\|Bronze	{{flagicon\|GER}} Michael Möllenbeck Germany (GER)

Abbreviations

All results shown are in metres

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bgcolor="ccffcc"\| Q	automatic qualification
bgcolor="ddffdd"\| 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

colspan="5"\|Standing records prior to the 2002 European Athletics Championships
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World Record	{{flagathlete\|Jürgen Schult\|GDR}}	74.08 m	June 6, 1986	{{flagicon\|GDR}} Neubrandenburg, East Germany
Event Record	{{flagathlete\|Wolfgang Schmidt\|GDR}}	67.20 m	September 2, 1978	{{flagicon\|TCH}} Prague, Czechoslovakia
colspan="5"\|Broken records during the 2002 European Athletics Championships
Event Record	{{flagathlete\|Róbert Fazekas\|HUN}}	68.83 m	August 11, 2002	{{flagicon\|GER}} Munich, Germany

Qualification

=Group A=

rowspan="2"\|Rank !rowspan="2"\|Overall !rowspan="2"\|Athlete !colspan="3"\|Attempts !rowspan="2"\|Distance
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1 !2 !3
style="background:#ccffcc;" \| 1	1	align=left\| {{flagathlete\|Mario Pestano\|ESP}}	65.27	—	—	65.27 m
style="background:#ccffcc;" \| 2	3	align=left\| {{flagathlete\|Virgilijus Alekna\|LTU\|1988}}	64.54	—	—	64.54 m
style="background:#ccffcc;" \| 3	5	align=left\| {{flagathlete\|Gerd Kanter\|EST}}	63.66	—	—	63.66 m
style="background:#ddffdd;" \| 4	10	align=left\| {{flagathlete\|Leonid Cherevko\|BLR}}	X	62.99	61.25	62.99 m
style="background:#ddffdd;" \| 5	12	align=left\| {{flagathlete\|Ioan Oprea\|ROM}}	57.22	62.70	—	62.70 m
6	13	align=left\| {{flagathlete\|Roland Varga\|HUN}}	62.14	60.68	X	62.14 m
7	15	align=left\| {{flagathlete\|Igor Primc\|SLO}}	59.79	59.90	60.78	60.78 m
8	16	align=left\| {{flagathlete\|Diego Fortuna\|ITA}}	60.04	59.69	X	60.04 m
9	17	align=left\| {{flagathlete\|Torsten Schmidt\|GER}}	58.47	59.78	X	59.78 m
10	18	align=left\| {{flagathlete\|Einar Kristian Tveitå\|NOR}}	53.55	59.69	X	59.69 m
11	20	align=left\| {{flagathlete\|Mika Loikkanen\|FIN}}	55.78	55.95	59.19	59.19 m
12	22	align=left\| {{flagathlete\|Jean-Claude Retel\|FRA}}	58.29	58.20	X	58.29 m
13	26	align=left\| {{flagathlete\|Kristian Petterson\|SWE}}	X	55.85	X	55.85 m
14	28	align=left\| {{flagathlete\|Savvas Panavoglou\|GRE}}	54.24	53.08	X	54.24 m

=Group B=

rowspan="2"\|Rank !rowspan="2"\|Overall !rowspan="2"\|Athlete !colspan="3"\|Attempts !rowspan="2"\|Distance
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1 !2 !3
style="background:#ccffcc;" \| 1	2	align=left\| {{flagathlete\|Aleksander Tammert\|EST}}	59.96	65.10	—	65.10 m
style="background:#ccffcc;" \| 2	4	align=left\| {{flagathlete\|Michael Möllenbeck\|GER}}	63.92	—	—	63.92 m
style="background:#ccffcc;" \| 3	6	align=left\| {{flagathlete\|Zoltán Kővágó\|HUN}}	61.37	X	63.52	63.52 m
style="background:#ccffcc;" \| 4	7	align=left\| {{flagathlete\|Róbert Fazekas\|HUN}}	59.95	63.41	—	63.41 m
style="background:#ccffcc;" \| 5	8	align=left\| {{flagathlete\|Timo Tompuri\|FIN}}	63.18	—	—	63.18 m
style="background:#ccffcc;" \| 6	9	align=left\| {{flagathlete\|Dmitriy Shevchenko\|RUS}}	62.06	63.14	—	63.14 m
style="background:#ddffdd;" \| 7	11	align=left\| {{flagathlete\|Jo Van Daele\|BEL}}	X	60.26	62.71	62.71 m
8	14	align=left\| {{flagathlete\|Libor Malina\|CZE}}	59.59	60.96	X	60.96 m
9	19	align=left\| {{flagathlete\|David Martínez\|ESP}}	59.27	X	X	59.27 m
10	21	align=left\| {{flagathlete\|Robert Weir\|GBR}}	58.37	X	X	58.37 m
11	23	align=left\| {{flagathlete\|Cristiano Andrei\|ITA}}	X	57.25	57.86	57.86 m
12	24	align=left\| {{flagathlete\|Timo Sinervo\|FIN}}	57.30	57.13	X	57.30 m
13	25	align=left\| {{flagathlete\|Jaroslav Žitňanský\|SVK}}	54.78	54.19	56.19	56.19 m
14	27	align=left\| {{flagathlete\|Olgierd Stański\|POL}}	55.64	X	52.09	55.64 m

Final

rowspan="2"\|Rank !rowspan="2"\|Athlete !colspan="6"\|Attempts !rowspan="2"\|Distance !rowspan="2"\|Note
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1 !2 !3 !4 !5 !6
{{gold1}}	align=left\| {{flagathlete\|Róbert Fazekas\|HUN}}	66.34	66.80	X	65.11	68.83	63.88	68.83 m	CR
{{silver2}}	align=left\| {{flagathlete\|Virgilijus Alekna\|LTU\|1988}}	66.62	61.52	63.11	61.26	63.75	X	66.62 m
{{bronze3}}	align=left\| {{flagathlete\|Michael Möllenbeck\|GER}}	66.37	X	64.04	63.81	X	65.66	66.37 m
4	align=left\| {{flagathlete\|Mario Pestano\|ESP}}	64.69	X	X	61.13	X	63.68	64.69 m
5	align=left\| {{flagathlete\|Aleksander Tammert\|EST}}	X	61.45	64.55	60.28	62.10	X	64.55 m
6	align=left\| {{flagathlete\|Dmitriy Shevchenko\|RUS}}	X	63.80	63.97	X	X	61.86	63.97 m
7	align=left\| {{flagathlete\|Zoltán Kővágó\|HUN}}	61.66	59.65	61.92	X	X	63.63	63.63 m
8	align=left\| {{flagathlete\|Leonid Cherevko\|BLR}}	61.72	61.48	X	X	X	59.96	61.72 m
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9	align=left\| {{flagathlete\|Timo Tompuri\|FIN}}	60.72	X	61.17	colspan=3\|	61.17 m
10	align=left\| {{flagathlete\|Jo Van Daele\|BEL}}	61.07	X	60.64	colspan=3\|	61.07 m
11	align=left\| {{flagathlete\|Ioan Oprea\|ROM}}	X	60.62	60.53	colspan=3\|	60.62 m
12	align=left\| {{flagathlete\|Gerd Kanter\|EST}}	55.14	X	X	colspan=3\|	55.14 m

References

[http://www.rfea.es/competi/result2002/munich2002/resultados.pdf Results] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929144000/http://www.rfea.es/competi/result2002/munich2002/resultados.pdf |date=2011-09-29 }}
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Discus throw

Category:Discus throw at the European Athletics Championships

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bgcolor="gold"\|Gold	{{flagicon\|HUN}} Róbert Fazekas Hungary (HUN)
bgcolor="silver"\|Silver	{{flagicon\|LTU\|1988}} Virgilijus Alekna Lithuania (LTU)
bgcolor="CC9966"\|Bronze	{{flagicon\|GER}} Michael Möllenbeck Germany (GER)