1998 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 1998 European Championships in Budapest, Hungary was held on August 23, 1998. There were a total number of 31 participating athletes. The qualifying rounds were held on August 22, with the standard mark needed to reach the final set at 63.00 metres. Medalists GoldGER Lars RiedelGermany (GER)SilverGER Jürgen SchultGermany (GER)BronzeLTU 1988 Virgilijus AleknaLithuania (LTU) Schedule All times are Central European Time (UTC+1) Qualification RoundGroup AGroup B22.08.1998 – 10:00h22.08.1998 – 11:40hFinal Round23.08.1998 – 18:00h Qualification Group A RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistance123 1 2 Jürgen Schult GER — — — 63.63 m 2 3 Vladimir Dubrovshchik BLR — — — 63.12 m 3 5 Andreas Seelig GER — — — 61.96 m 4 6 Romas Ubartas LTU 1988 — — — 61.81 m 5 8 Robert Weir GBR — — — 61.36 m 6 10 Virgilijus Alekna LTU 1988 — — — 60.81 m 7 11 Libor Malina CZE — — — 60.69 m 8 13 Nick Sweeney IRL — — — 60.36 m 9 19 Olav Jenssen NOR — — — 57.78 m 10 21 Timo Tompuri FIN — — — 57.52 m 11 24 Otto Benczenleitner HUN — — — 56.54 m 12 25 Jean Pons FRA — — — 55.80 m 13 28 Kristian Petterson SWE — — — 54.02 m 14 29 Ercüment Olgundeniz TUR — — — 53.23 m — — Dmitriy Shevchenko RUS X X X NM Group B RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistance123 1 1 Róbert Fazekas HUN — — — 64.07 m 2 4 Lars Riedel GER — — — 62.03 m 3 7 Diego Fortuna ITA — — — 61.80 m 4 9 Vaclavas Kidykas LTU 1988 — — — 61.05 m 5 12 Leonid Cherevko BLR — — — 60.59 m 6 14 Vitaliy Sidorov UKR — — — 60.34 m 7 15 Glen Smith GBR — — — 58.97 m 8 16 Igor Primc SLO — — — 58.90 m 9 17 Andrzej Krawczyk POL — — — 58.09 m 10 18 Matias Borrman SWE — — — 58.06 m 11 20 Aleksander Tammert EST — — — 57.62 m 12 22 Zoltán Kővágó HUN — — — 56.89 m 13 23 Harri Uurainen FIN — — — 56.78 m 14 26 Jean-Claude Retel FRA — — — 55.44 m 15 27 Dragan Mustapić CRO — — — 54.73 m 16 30 Perris Wilkins GBR — — — 53.16 m Final RankAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote123456 Lars Riedel GER 67.07 66.79 66.27 66.16 66.01 X 67.07 m Jürgen Schult GER 65.81 X X 66.69 X 66.53 66.69 m SB Virgilijus Alekna LTU 1988 66.18 63.93 X 66.46 X X 66.46 m 4 Róbert Fazekas HUN 62.79 X 62.97 65.13 64.14 X 65.13 m 5 Diego Fortuna ITA 61.94 62.86 63.19 62.37 64.26 X 64.26 m PB 6 Vladimir Dubrovshchik BLR 62.82 56.10 61.30 63.96 X 60.10 63.96 m 7 Andreas Seelig GER 61.98 X X 62.65 X 63.15 63.15 m 8 Robert Weir GBR 61.74 61.92 X 61.84 X 59.44 61.92 m 9 Romas Ubartas LTU 1988 56.78 61.66 60.74 61.66 m 10 Libor Malina CZE 58.88 60.49 60.58 60.58 m 11 Vaclavas Kidykas LTU 1988 59.29 60.21 X 60.21 m 12 Leonid Cherevko BLR 54.86 59.13 X 59.13 m See also 1995 Men's World Championships Discus Throw (Gothenburg) 1996 Men's Olympic Discus Throw (Atlanta) 1997 Men's World Championships Discus Throw (Athens) 1999 Men's World Championships Discus Throw (Seville) 2000 Men's Olympic Discus Throw (Sydney) 2001 Men's World Championships Discus Throw (Edmonton) References Results todor66 Results European Championships Athletic 1934-2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100905044240/http://rzutyiskoki.pl/startowaliECh.sp.htm 2010-09-05 Category:Discus throw at the European Athletics Championships Category:Men's events at the 1998 European Athletics Championships