2002 European Athletics Championships – Men's discus throw

None Men's discus throw 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). Medalists GoldHUN Róbert FazekasHungary (HUN)SilverLTU 1988 Virgilijus AleknaLithuania (LTU)BronzeGER Michael MöllenbeckGermany (GER) Abbreviations All results shown are in metres Q automatic qualification q qualification by rankDNS did not startNM no markWR world recordAR area recordNR national recordPB personal bestSB season best Records Standing records prior to the 2002 European Athletics Championships World Record Jürgen Schult GDR 74.08 m June 6, 1986 GDR Neubrandenburg, East Germany Event Record Wolfgang Schmidt GDR 67.20 m September 2, 1978 TCH Prague, Czechoslovakia Broken records during the 2002 European Athletics Championships Event Record Róbert Fazekas HUN 68.83 m August 11, 2002 GER Munich, Germany Qualification Group A RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistance123 1 1 Mario Pestano ESP 65.27 — — 65.27 m 2 3 Virgilijus Alekna LTU 1988 64.54 — — 64.54 m 3 5 Gerd Kanter EST 63.66 — — 63.66 m 4 10 Leonid Cherevko BLR X 62.99 61.25 62.99 m 5 12 Ioan Oprea ROM 57.22 62.70 — 62.70 m 6 13 Roland Varga HUN 62.14 60.68 X 62.14 m 7 15 Igor Primc SLO 59.79 59.90 60.78 60.78 m 8 16 Diego Fortuna ITA 60.04 59.69 X 60.04 m 9 17 Torsten Schmidt GER 58.47 59.78 X 59.78 m 10 18 Einar Kristian Tveitå NOR 53.55 59.69 X 59.69 m 11 20 Mika Loikkanen FIN 55.78 55.95 59.19 59.19 m 12 22 Jean-Claude Retel FRA 58.29 58.20 X 58.29 m 13 26 Kristian Petterson SWE X 55.85 X 55.85 m 14 28 Savvas Panavoglou GRE 54.24 53.08 X 54.24 m Group B RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistance123 1 2 Aleksander Tammert EST 59.96 65.10 —65.10 m 2 4 Michael Möllenbeck GER 63.92 — — 63.92 m 3 6 Zoltán Kővágó HUN 61.37 X 63.52 63.52 m 4 7 Róbert Fazekas HUN 59.95 63.41 —63.41 m 5 8 Timo Tompuri FIN 63.18 — — 63.18 m 6 9 Dmitriy Shevchenko RUS 62.06 63.14 —63.14 m 7 11 Jo Van Daele BEL X60.26 62.71 62.71 m 8 14 Libor Malina CZE 59.59 60.96 X60.96 m 9 19 David Martínez ESP 59.27 XX59.27 m 10 21 Robert Weir GBR 58.37 XX58.37 m 11 23 Cristiano Andrei ITA X 57.25 57.86 57.86 m 12 24 Timo Sinervo FIN 57.30 57.13 X 57.30 m 13 25 Jaroslav Žitňanský SVK 54.78 54.19 56.19 56.19 m 14 27 Olgierd Stański POL 55.64 X 52.09 55.64 m Final RankAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote123456 Róbert Fazekas HUN 66.34 66.80 X 65.11 68.83 63.8868.83 m CR Virgilijus Alekna LTU 1988 66.62 61.52 63.11 61.26 63.75 X66.62 m Michael Möllenbeck GER 66.37 X64.04 63.81 X65.66 66.37 m 4 Mario Pestano ESP 64.69 XX61.13 X63.68 64.69 m 5 Aleksander Tammert EST X61.45 64.55 60.28 62.10 X64.55 m 6 Dmitriy Shevchenko RUS X63.80 63.97 XX61.8663.97 m 7 Zoltán Kővágó HUN 61.66 59.65 61.92 XX63.63 63.63 m 8 Leonid Cherevko BLR 61.72 61.48 XXX59.96 61.72 m 9 Timo Tompuri FIN 60.72 X61.17 61.17 m 10 Jo Van Daele BEL 61.07 X60.64 61.07 m 11 Ioan Oprea ROM X60.62 60.53 60.62 m 12 Gerd Kanter EST 55.14 XX 55.14 m See also 2000 Men's Olympic Discus Throw (Sydney) 2001 Men's World Championships Discus Throw (Edmonton) 2003 Men's World Championships Discus Throw (Paris) 2004 Men's Olympic Discus Throw (Athens) References Results https://web.archive.org/web/20110929144000/http://www.rfea.es/competi/result2002/munich2002/resultados.pdf 2011-09-29 todor66 athletix throwingMarch 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes Category:Discus throw at the European Athletics Championships Category:Men's events at the 2002 European Athletics Championships