2018 European Athletics Championships – Men's discus throw

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Men's discus throw
at the 2018 European Athletics Championships
Venue Olympic Stadium
Location Berlin
Dates
  • August 7 (qualification)
  • August 8 (final)
Competitors26 from 17 nations
Winning distance68.46
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
  2016
2022  

The men's discus throw at the 2018 European Athletics Championships took place at the Olympic Stadium on 7 and 8 August. [1]

Contents

Records

Standing records prior to the 2018 European Athletics Championships
World record Flag of East Germany.svg  Jürgen Schult  (GDR)74.08 m [2] Neubrandenburg, East Germany 6 June 1986
European record Flag of East Germany.svg  Jürgen Schult  (GDR)74.08 m [3] Neubrandenburg, East Germany6 June 1986
Championship record Flag of Poland.svg  Piotr Małachowski  (POL)68.87 m Barcelona, Spain 1 August 2010
World LeadingFlag of Jamaica.svg  Fedrick Dacres  (JAM)69.67 m [1] Stockholm, Sweden 10 June 2018
European LeadingFlag of Lithuania.svg  Andrius Gudžius  (LTU)69.59 m [1] Stockholm, Sweden 10 June 2018

Schedule

DateTimeRound
7 August 20189:40 Qualification
8 August 201820:20 Final

All times are local times (UTC+2)

Results

Qualification

Qualification: 64.00 m (Q) or best 12 performers (q) [4] [5]

RankGroupNameNationality#1#2#3ResultNote
1A Daniel Ståhl Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 67.0767.07 Q
2B Simon Pettersson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden x64.8264.82 Q
3A Alin Alexandru Firfirică Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 59.9962.3464.7964.79 Q
4B Andrius Gudžius Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 60.49x64.3064.30 Q
5B Gerd Kanter Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 64.1864.18 Q
6A Mykyta Nesterenko Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 60.6259.5563.3463.34 q, SB
7A Robert Harting Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 62.6963.29x63.29 q
8B Viktor Butenko ANA flag (2017).svg  Authorised Neutral Athletes 60.86x62.6362.63 q
9B Lolassonn Djouhan Flag of France.svg  France 59.2662.54x62.54 q
10A Apostolos Parellis Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 60.5060.1862.3262.32 q
11A Lukas Weisshaidinger Flag of Austria.svg  Austria x59.4862.2662.26 q
12B Ola Stunes Isene Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 58.4562.1958.4162.19 q
13A Martin Kupper Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 62.0362.13x62.13
14B Robert Urbanek Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 60.9361.2562.0062.00
15A Róbert Szikszai Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 61.6661.82x61.82
16B Guðni Valur Guðnason Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland x61.3657.3961.36
17A Axel Härstedt Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 61.19x59.3861.19
18A Hannes Kirchler Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 57.9459.4460.4260.42
19A Daniel Jasinski Flag of Germany.svg  Germany x60.1059.1560.10
20B Zoltán Kővágó Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 58.9159.29x59.29
21A Giovanni Faloci Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 57.7557.2059.2759.27
22B Erik Cadée Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 57.97xx57.97
23B Nazzareno Di Marco Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 57.4956.8755.8657.49
24B Lois Maikel Martínez Flag of Spain.svg  Spain xx54.5654.56
B Christoph Harting Flag of Germany.svg  Germany xxx NM
A Piotr Małachowski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland xxx NM

Final

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RankAthleteNationality#1#2#3#4#5#6ResultNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Andrius Gudžius Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 65.7562.8967.1967.66x68.4668.46
Silver medal icon.svg Daniel Ståhl Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden xx64.2068.23xx68.23
Bronze medal icon.svg Lukas Weisshaidinger Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 63.0562.00x63.9865.1464.5065.14
4 Simon Pettersson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden x63.00xxx64.5564.55
5 Gerd Kanter Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 59.3063.3162.7262.9763.2964.3464.34
6 Robert Harting Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 61.0963.45x64.3363.3863.3864.33
7 Alin Alexandru Firfirică Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 58.4363.3061.0260.4563.2363.7363.73
8 Apostolos Parellis Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 63.6261.2460.8861.2962.6260.9863.62 SB
9 Viktor Butenko ANA flag (2017).svg  Authorised Neutral Athletes 60.1161.4262.2462.24
10 Lolassonn Djouhan Flag of France.svg  France x56.8561.8961.89
11 Ola Stunes Isene Flag of Norway.svg  Norway x59.4159.5659.56
12 Mykyta Nesterenko Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine x55.0157.6657.66

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