2001 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's discus throw

The men's discus throw event at the 2001 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Amsterdam, Netherlands, at Olympisch Stadion on 12 and 14 July. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}

Medalists

Gold	Zoltán Kővágó   Hungary
Silver	Heinrich Seitz   Germany
Bronze	Gábor Máté   Hungary

Results

Final

14 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts						Result	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
	Zoltán Kővágó	Hungary	x	63.85	x	x	x	–	63.85	CR
	Heinrich Seitz	Germany	56.07	57.79	56.20	59.50	57.98	57.09	59.50
	Gábor Máté	Hungary	57.32	55.72	59.45	57.74	54.15	x	59.45
4	Ilya Kostin	Russia	x	59.04	x	x	58.75	54.85	59.04
5	Gerd Kanter	Estonia	53.65	55.44	56.94	x	x	57.73	57.73
6	Mikko Kyyrö	Finland	57.67	54.24	x	x	x	x	57.67
7	Emeka Udechuku	Great Britain	x	55.34	x	56.31	56.54	57.25	57.25
8	Petri Hakala	Finland	55.86	x	x	x	56.37	x	56.37
9	Janne Hummastenniemi	Finland	52.40	54.61	55.21				55.21
10	Gerhard Mayer	Austria	x	53.30	x				53.30
11	Matej Gašaj	Slovakia	51.90	x	x				51.90
12	Andrea Nicoletti	Italy	50.46	49.96	48.17				50.46

Qualifications

12 July
Qualifying 57.00 or 12 best to the Final

Group A

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Zoltán Kővágó	Hungary	59.72	Q
2	Ilya Kostin	Russia	58.47	Q
3	Heinrich Seitz	Germany	58.19	Q
4	Gerd Kanter	Estonia	57.60	Q
5	Petri Hakala	Finland	57.07	Q
6	Andrea Nicoletti	Italy	53.20	q
7	Gaute Myklebust	Norway	52.16
8	Aukusitino Hoatau	France	49.61
9	Georgios Arestis	Cyprus	49.55

Group B

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Gábor Máté	Hungary	59.62	Q
2	Mikko Kyyrö	Finland	57.84	Q
3	Matej Gašaj	Slovakia	56.35	q
4	Emeka Udechuku	Great Britain	54.51	q
5	Janne Hummastenniemi	Finland	52.57	q
6	Gerhard Mayer	Austria	52.20	q
7	Mihai Timaru	Romania	52.00
8	Manuel Florido	Spain	51.73
9	Māris Urtāns	Latvia	49.40
10	Óðinn Björn Þorsteinsson	Iceland	46.40

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 19 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event.

•   Austria (1)
•   Cyprus (1)
•   Estonia (1)
•   Finland (3)
•   France (1)
•   Germany (1)
•   Great Britain (1)
•   Hungary (2)
•   Iceland (1)
•   Italy (1)
•   Latvia (1)
•   Norway (1)
•   Romania (1)
•   Russia (1)
•   Slovakia (1)
•   Spain (1)

References

1. European Athletics U23 Championships Ostrava 2011 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK - 3rd European Athletics U23 Championships - Amsterdam, Netherlands - 12.-15.7.2001 (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 30–42, retrieved 24 October 2014
2. European Championships U23 - Amsterdam/NED - 12.-15.07.01 (PDF), sportfieber.pytalhost.com, archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-11-01, retrieved 31 October 2014
3. Discus MEN Final 14/07/01 - 18:00 Official Results, European Athletics Association, 14 July 2001, archived from the original on 5 November 2004, retrieved 31 October 2014
4. Discus MEN QualifyingGr.A 12/07/01 - 15:00 Official Results, European Athletics Association, 12 July 2001, archived from the original on 27 December 2004, retrieved 31 October 2014
5. Discus MEN QualifyingGr.B 12/07/01 - 16:15 Official Results, European Athletics Association, 12 July 2001, archived from the original on 10 November 2004, retrieved 31 October 2014