1998 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 1998 European Championships in Budapest, Hungary was held on August 23, 1998. There were a total number of 31 participating athletes. The qualifying rounds were held on August 22, with the standard mark needed to reach the final set at 63.00 metres.

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Medalists

Gold Flag of Germany.svg Lars Riedel
Germany (GER)
Silver Flag of Germany.svg Jürgen Schult
Germany (GER)
Bronze Flag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg Virgilijus Alekna
Lithuania (LTU)

Schedule

Qualification Round
Group AGroup B
22.08.1998 10:00h22.08.1998 11:40h
Final Round
23.08.1998 18:00h

Qualification

Group A

RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistance
123
12Flag of Germany.svg  Jürgen Schult  (GER)63.63 m
23Flag of Belarus.svg  Vladimir Dubrovshchik  (BLR)63.12 m
35Flag of Germany.svg  Andreas Seelig  (GER)61.96 m
46Flag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg  Romas Ubartas  (LTU)61.81 m
58Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Robert Weir  (GBR)61.36 m
610Flag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg  Virgilijus Alekna  (LTU)60.81 m
711Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Libor Malina  (CZE)60.69 m
813Flag of Ireland.svg  Nick Sweeney  (IRL)60.36 m
919Flag of Norway.svg  Olav Jenssen  (NOR)57.78 m
1021Flag of Finland.svg  Timo Tompuri  (FIN)57.52 m
1124Flag of Hungary.svg  Otto Benczenleitner  (HUN)56.54 m
1225Flag of France.svg  Jean Pons  (FRA)55.80 m
1328Flag of Sweden.svg  Kristian Petterson  (SWE)54.02 m
1429Flag of Turkey.svg  Ercüment Olgundeniz  (TUR)53.23 m
Flag of Russia.svg  Dmitriy Shevchenko  (RUS)XXXNM

Group B

RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistance
123
11Flag of Hungary.svg  Róbert Fazekas  (HUN)64.07 m
24Flag of Germany.svg  Lars Riedel  (GER)62.03 m
37Flag of Italy.svg  Diego Fortuna  (ITA)61.80 m
49Flag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg  Vaclavas Kidykas  (LTU)61.05 m
512Flag of Belarus.svg  Leonid Cherevko  (BLR)60.59 m
614Flag of Ukraine.svg  Vitaliy Sidorov  (UKR)60.34 m
715Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Glen Smith  (GBR)58.97 m
816Flag of Slovenia.svg  Igor Primc  (SLO)58.90 m
917Flag of Poland.svg  Andrzej Krawczyk  (POL)58.09 m
1018Flag of Sweden.svg  Matias Borrman  (SWE)58.06 m
1120Flag of Estonia.svg  Aleksander Tammert  (EST)57.62 m
1222Flag of Hungary.svg  Zoltán Kővágó  (HUN)56.89 m
1323Flag of Finland.svg  Harri Uurainen  (FIN)56.78 m
1426Flag of France.svg  Jean-Claude Retel  (FRA)55.44 m
1527Flag of Croatia.svg  Dragan Mustapić  (CRO)54.73 m
1630Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Perris Wilkins  (GBR)53.16 m

Final

RankAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote
123456
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Germany.svg  Lars Riedel  (GER)67.0766.7966.2766.1666.01X67.07 m
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Germany.svg  Jürgen Schult  (GER)65.81XX66.69X66.5366.69 m SB
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg  Virgilijus Alekna  (LTU)66.1863.93X66.46XX66.46 m
4Flag of Hungary.svg  Róbert Fazekas  (HUN)62.79X62.9765.1364.14X65.13 m
5Flag of Italy.svg  Diego Fortuna  (ITA)61.9462.8663.1962.3764.26X64.26 m PB
6Flag of Belarus.svg  Vladimir Dubrovshchik  (BLR)62.8256.1061.3063.96X60.1063.96 m
7Flag of Germany.svg  Andreas Seelig  (GER)61.98XX62.65X63.1563.15 m
8Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Robert Weir  (GBR)61.7461.92X61.84X59.4461.92 m
9Flag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg  Romas Ubartas  (LTU)56.7861.6660.7461.66 m
10Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Libor Malina  (CZE)58.8860.4960.5860.58 m
11Flag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg  Vaclavas Kidykas  (LTU)59.2960.21X60.21 m
12Flag of Belarus.svg  Leonid Cherevko  (BLR)54.8659.13X59.13 m

See also

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