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).

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Medalists

Gold Flag of Hungary.svg Róbert Fazekas
Hungary (HUN)
Silver Flag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg Virgilijus Alekna
Lithuania (LTU)
Bronze Flag of Germany.svg Michael Möllenbeck
Germany (GER)

Abbreviations

Qautomatic qualification
qqualification by rank
DNSdid not start
NMno mark
WRworld record
ARarea record
NRnational record
PBpersonal best
SBseason best

Records

Standing records prior to the 2002 European Athletics Championships
World Record Flag of East Germany.svg  Jürgen Schult  (GDR)74.08 m June 6, 1986 Flag of East Germany.svg Neubrandenburg, East Germany
Event Record Flag of East Germany.svg  Wolfgang Schmidt  (GDR)67.20 m September 2, 1978 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Prague, Czechoslovakia
Broken records during the 2002 European Athletics Championships
Event Record Flag of Hungary.svg  Róbert Fazekas  (HUN)68.83 m August 11, 2002 Flag of Germany.svg Munich, Germany

Qualification

Group A

RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistance
123
11Flag of Spain.svg  Mario Pestano  (ESP)65.2765.27 m
23Flag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg  Virgilijus Alekna  (LTU)64.5464.54 m
35Flag of Estonia.svg  Gerd Kanter  (EST)63.6663.66 m
410Flag of Belarus.svg  Leonid Cherevko  (BLR)X62.9961.2562.99 m
512Flag of Romania.svg  Ioan Oprea  (ROM)57.2262.7062.70 m
613Flag of Hungary.svg  Roland Varga  (HUN)62.1460.68X62.14 m
715Flag of Slovenia.svg  Igor Primc  (SLO)59.7959.9060.7860.78 m
816Flag of Italy.svg  Diego Fortuna  (ITA)60.0459.69X60.04 m
917Flag of Germany.svg  Torsten Schmidt  (GER)58.4759.78X59.78 m
1018Flag of Norway.svg  Einar Kristian Tveitå  (NOR)53.5559.69X59.69 m
1120Flag of Finland.svg  Mika Loikkanen  (FIN)55.7855.9559.1959.19 m
1222Flag of France.svg  Jean-Claude Retel  (FRA)58.2958.20X58.29 m
1326Flag of Sweden.svg  Kristian Petterson  (SWE)X55.85X55.85 m
1428Flag of Greece.svg  Savvas Panavoglou  (GRE)54.2453.08X54.24 m

Group B

RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistance
123
12Flag of Estonia.svg  Aleksander Tammert  (EST)59.9665.1065.10 m
24Flag of Germany.svg  Michael Möllenbeck  (GER)63.9263.92 m
36Flag of Hungary.svg  Zoltán Kővágó  (HUN)61.37X63.5263.52 m
47Flag of Hungary.svg  Róbert Fazekas  (HUN)59.9563.4163.41 m
58Flag of Finland.svg  Timo Tompuri  (FIN)63.1863.18 m
69Flag of Russia.svg  Dmitriy Shevchenko  (RUS)62.0663.1463.14 m
711Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Jo Van Daele  (BEL)X60.2662.7162.71 m
814Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Libor Malina  (CZE)59.5960.96X60.96 m
919Flag of Spain.svg  David Martínez  (ESP)59.27XX59.27 m
1021Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Robert Weir  (GBR)58.37XX58.37 m
1123Flag of Italy.svg  Cristiano Andrei  (ITA)X57.2557.8657.86 m
1224Flag of Finland.svg  Timo Sinervo  (FIN)57.3057.13X57.30 m
1325Flag of Slovakia.svg  Jaroslav Žitňanský  (SVK)54.7854.1956.1956.19 m
1427Flag of Poland.svg  Olgierd Stański  (POL)55.64X52.0955.64 m

Final

RankAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote
123456
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Hungary.svg  Róbert Fazekas  (HUN)66.3466.80X65.1168.8363.8868.83 m CR
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg  Virgilijus Alekna  (LTU)66.6261.5263.1161.2663.75X66.62 m
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Germany.svg  Michael Möllenbeck  (GER)66.37X64.0463.81X65.6666.37 m
4Flag of Spain.svg  Mario Pestano  (ESP)64.69XX61.13X63.6864.69 m
5Flag of Estonia.svg  Aleksander Tammert  (EST)X61.4564.5560.2862.10X64.55 m
6Flag of Russia.svg  Dmitriy Shevchenko  (RUS)X63.8063.97XX61.8663.97 m
7Flag of Hungary.svg  Zoltán Kővágó  (HUN)61.6659.6561.92XX63.6363.63 m
8Flag of Belarus.svg  Leonid Cherevko  (BLR)61.7261.48XXX59.9661.72 m
9Flag of Finland.svg  Timo Tompuri  (FIN)60.72X61.1761.17 m
10Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Jo Van Daele  (BEL)61.07X60.6461.07 m
11Flag of Romania.svg  Ioan Oprea  (ROM)X60.6260.5360.62 m
12Flag of Estonia.svg  Gerd Kanter  (EST)55.14XX55.14 m

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