2012 European Athletics Championships – Men's discus throw

Men's discus throw at the European Athletics Championships

The men's discus throw at the 2012 European Athletics Championships was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 29 and 30 June.

Medalists

Gold	Robert Harting   Germany
Silver	Gerd Kanter   Estonia
Bronze	Rutger Smith   Netherlands

Records

Standing records prior to the 2012 European Athletics Championships
World record	Jürgen Schult  (GDR)	74.08	Neubrandenburg, East Germany	6 June 1986
European record	Jürgen Schult  (GDR)	74.08	Neubrandenburg, East Germany	6 June 1986
Championship record	Piotr Małachowski  (POL)	68.87	Barcelona, Spain	1 August 2010
World Leading	Robert Harting  (GER)	71.45	Turnov, Czech Republic	22 May 2012
European Leading	Robert Harting  (GER)	71.45	Turnov, Czech Republic	22 May 2012

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
29 June 2012	9:00	Qualification
30 June 2012	19:10	Final

Results

Qualification

Qualification: Qualification Performance 66.00 (Q) or at least 12 best performers advance to the final

Rank	Group	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	Result	Notes
1	B	Mario Pestano	Spain	62.56	66.27		66.27	Q, SB
DQ	B	Zoltán Kővágó	Hungary	63.62	x	65.99	65.99	q, Doping
2	A	Robert Harting	Germany	64.88	65.49	–	65.49	q
3	B	Erik Cadée	Netherlands	65.09	–	–	65.09	q
4	B	Lawrence Okoye	Great Britain	60.31	64.86	–	64.86	q
5	A	Gerd Kanter	Estonia	59.08	63.71	64.85	64.85	q
6	A	Frank Casañas	Spain	x	64.50	62.27	64.50	q
7	A	Robert Urbanek	Poland	60.72	64.07	61.18	64.07	q
8	A	Rutger Smith	Netherlands	63.75	–	–	63.75	q
9	B	Markus Münch	Germany	61.44	60.95	62.83	62.83	q
10	B	Ercüment Olgundeniz	Turkey	62.82	x	x	62.82	q
11	A	Gerhard Mayer	Austria	60.32	62.35	60.20	62.35	q
12	B	Przemyslaw Czajkowski	Poland	61.90	62.22	60.22	62.22
13	A	Apostolos Parellis	Cyprus	59.80	61.37	61.79	61.79
14	A	Martin Wierig	Germany	58.08	61.34	x	61.34
15	A	Mykyta Nesterenko	Ukraine	61.01	60.64	61.21	61.21
16	B	Märt Israel	Estonia	x	60.59	58.31	60.59
17	A	Leif Arrhenius	Sweden	58.99	59.02	60.49	60.49
18	B	Danijel Furtula	Montenegro	x	60.18	x	60.18
19	B	Mikko Kyyrö	Finland	60.16	x	x	60.16
20	B	Gaute Myklebust	Norway	58.16	59.90	58.59	59.90
21	B	Niklas Arrhenius	Sweden	58.26	x	59.02	59.02
22	A	Brett Morse	Great Britain	x	x	58.71	58.71
23	A	Abdul Buhari	Great Britain	58.57	x	x	58.57
24	B	Oskars Vaisjūns	Latvia	57.05	56.06	58.34	58.34
25	A	Giovanni Faloci	Italy	57.31	57.67	55.12	57.67
26	B	Nikolay Sedyuk	Russia	55.71	x	57.08	57.08
27	A	Yeóryios Trémos	Greece	56.94	x	x	56.94
28	B	Sergiu Ursu	Romania	56.85	x	x	56.85
29	A	Andrius Gudžius	Lithuania	x	55.80	x	55.80
	B	Roland Varga	Croatia	x	x	x	NM

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Robert Harting	Germany	63.02	65.80	x	68.30	–	67.07	68.30
	Gerd Kanter	Estonia	65.11	x	64.32	64.44	66.53	65.47	66.53
DQ	Zoltán Kővágó	Hungary	65.45	62.07	x	63.77	63.66	66.42	66.42	Doping
	Rutger Smith	Netherlands	x	61.51	61.71	63.97	x	64.02	64.02
4	Mario Pestano	Spain	60.51	62.26	62.05	63.87	x	x	63.87
5	Frank Casañas	Spain	62.29	63.60	x	61.03	x	60.69	63.60
6	Robert Urbanek	Poland	61.96	62.99	61.14	61.84	60.44	x	62.99
7	Gerhard Mayer	Austria	62.85	61.27	57.11	x	x	60.58	62.85
8	Markus Münch	Germany	60.27	61.25	x				61.25
9	Ercüment Olgundeniz	Turkey	60.92	x	x				60.92
10	Erik Cadée	Netherlands	x	60.49	60.58				60.58
11	Lawrence Okoye	Great Britain	55.99	60.09	57.00				60.09

References

• Qualification Results
• Final Results
• Full results