2002 European Athletics Championships – Men's discus throw

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

Gold	Róbert Fazekas Hungary (HUN)
Silver	Virgilijus Alekna Lithuania (LTU)
Bronze	Michael Möllenbeck Germany (GER)

Abbreviations

All results shown are in metres

Q	automatic qualification
q	qualification by rank
DNS	did not start
NM	no mark
WR	world record
AR	area record
NR	national record
PB	personal best
SB	season best

Records

Standing records prior to the 2002 European Athletics Championships
World Record	Jürgen Schult (GDR)	74.08 m	June 6, 1986	Neubrandenburg, East Germany
Event Record	Wolfgang Schmidt (GDR)	67.20 m	September 2, 1978	Prague, Czechoslovakia
Broken records during the 2002 European Athletics Championships
Event Record	Róbert Fazekas (HUN)	68.83 m	August 11, 2002	Munich, Germany

Qualification

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance
Rank	Overall	Athlete	1	2	3	Distance
1	1	Mario Pestano (ESP)	65.27	—	—	65.27 m
2	3	Virgilijus Alekna (LTU)	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

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance
Rank	Overall	Athlete	1	2	3	Distance
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)	X	60.26	62.71	62.71 m
8	14	Libor Malina (CZE)	59.59	60.96	X	60.96 m
9	19	David Martínez (ESP)	59.27	X	X	59.27 m
10	21	Robert Weir (GBR)	58.37	X	X	58.37 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

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
Rank	Athlete	1	2	3	4	5	6	Distance	Note
	Róbert Fazekas (HUN)	66.34	66.80	X	65.11	68.83	63.88	68.83 m	CR
	Virgilijus Alekna (LTU)	66.62	61.52	63.11	61.26	63.75	X	66.62 m
	Michael Möllenbeck (GER)	66.37	X	64.04	63.81	X	65.66	66.37 m
4	Mario Pestano (ESP)	64.69	X	X	61.13	X	63.68	64.69 m
5	Aleksander Tammert (EST)	X	61.45	64.55	60.28	62.10	X	64.55 m
6	Dmitriy Shevchenko (RUS)	X	63.80	63.97	X	X	61.86	63.97 m
7	Zoltán Kővágó (HUN)	61.66	59.65	61.92	X	X	63.63	63.63 m
8	Leonid Cherevko (BLR)	61.72	61.48	X	X	X	59.96	61.72 m

9	Timo Tompuri (FIN)	60.72	X	61.17				61.17 m
10	Jo Van Daele (BEL)	61.07	X	60.64				61.07 m
11	Ioan Oprea (ROM)	X	60.62	60.53				60.62 m
12	Gerd Kanter (EST)	55.14	X	X				55.14 m