2012 European Athletics Championships – Men's discus throw

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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.

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Medalists

Gold Robert Harting
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Silver Gerd Kanter
Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia
Bronze Rutger Smith
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands

Records

Standing records prior to the 2012 European Athletics Championships
World record Flag of East Germany.svg  Jürgen Schult  (GDR)74.08 Neubrandenburg, East Germany 6 June 1986
European record Flag of East Germany.svg  Jürgen Schult  (GDR)74.08Neubrandenburg, East Germany6 June 1986
Championship record Flag of Poland.svg  Piotr Małachowski  (POL)68.87 Barcelona, Spain 1 August 2010
World LeadingFlag of Germany.svg  Robert Harting  (GER)71.45 Turnov, Czech Republic 22 May 2012
European LeadingFlag of Germany.svg  Robert Harting  (GER)71.45Turnov, Czech Republic22 May 2012

Schedule

DateTimeRound
29 June 20129:00 Qualification
30 June 201219:10 Final

Results

Qualification

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

RankGroupAthleteNationality#1#2#3ResultNotes
1B Mario Pestano Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 62.5666.2766.27Q, SB
DQB Zoltán Kővágó Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 63.62 x65.9965.99q, Doping
2A Robert Harting Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 64.8865.4965.49q
3B Erik Cadée Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 65.0965.09q
4B Lawrence Okoye Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 60.3164.8664.86q
5A Gerd Kanter Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 59.0863.7164.8564.85q
6A Frank Casañas Flag of Spain.svg  Spain x64.5062.2764.50q
7A Robert Urbanek Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 60.7264.0761.1864.07q
8A Rutger Smith Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 63.7563.75q
9B Markus Münch Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 61.4460.9562.8362.83q
10B Ercüment Olgundeniz Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 62.82xx62.82q
11A Gerhard Mayer Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 60.3262.3560.2062.35q
12B Przemyslaw Czajkowski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 61.9062.2260.2262.22
13A Apostolos Parellis Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 59.8061.3761.7961.79
14A Martin Wierig Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 58.0861.34x61.34
15A Mykyta Nesterenko Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 61.0160.6461.2161.21
16B Märt Israel Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia x60.5958.3160.59
17A Leif Arrhenius Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 58.9959.0260.4960.49
18B Danijel Furtula Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro x60.18x60.18
19B Mikko Kyyrö Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 60.16xx60.16
20B Gaute Myklebust Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 58.1659.9058.5959.90
21B Niklas Arrhenius Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 58.26x59.0259.02
22A Brett Morse Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain xx58.7158.71
23A Abdul Buhari Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 58.57xx58.57
24B Oskars Vaisjūns Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 57.0556.0658.3458.34
25A Giovanni Faloci Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 57.3157.6755.1257.67
26B Nikolay Sedyuk Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 55.71x57.0857.08
27A Yeóryios Trémos Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 56.94xx56.94
28B Sergiu Ursu Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 56.85xx56.85
29A Andrius Gudžius Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania x55.80x55.80
B Roland Varga Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia xxxNM

Final

RankAthleteNationality#1#2#3#4#5#6ResultNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Robert Harting Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 63.0265.80x68.3067.0768.30
Silver medal icon.svg Gerd Kanter Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 65.11x64.3264.4466.5365.4766.53
DQ Zoltán Kővágó Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 65.45 62.07 x63.77 63.66 66.4266.42Doping
Bronze medal icon.svg Rutger Smith Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands x61.5161.7163.97x64.0264.02
4 Mario Pestano Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 60.5162.2662.0563.87xx63.87
5 Frank Casañas Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 62.2963.60x61.03x60.6963.60
6 Robert Urbanek Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 61.9662.9961.1461.8460.44x62.99
7 Gerhard Mayer Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 62.8561.2757.11xx60.5862.85
8 Markus Münch Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 60.2761.25x61.25
9 Ercüment Olgundeniz Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 60.92xx60.92
10 Erik Cadée Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands x60.4960.5860.58
11 Lawrence Okoye Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 55.9960.0957.0060.09

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