2010 European Athletics Championships – Men's discus throw

Men's discus throw at the European Athletics Championships

The men's discus throw at the 2010 European Athletics Championships was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 31 July and 1 August.

Medalists

Gold	Piotr Małachowski Poland (POL)
Silver	Robert Harting Germany (GER)
Bronze	Róbert Fazekas Hungary (HUN)

Records

Standing records prior to the 2010 European Athletics Championships
World record	Jürgen Schult (GDR)	74.08	Neubrandenburg, East Germany	6 June 1986
European record	Jürgen Schult (GDR)	74.08	Neubrandenburg, East Germany	6 June 1986
Championship record	Róbert Fazekas (HUN)	68.83	Munich, Germany	11 August 2002
World Leading	Gerd Kanter (EST)	71.45	Chula Vista, United States	29 April 2010
European Leading	Gerd Kanter (EST)	71.45	Chula Vista, United States	29 April 2010
Broken records during the 2010 European Athletics Championships
Championship record	Piotr Małachowski (POL)	68.87	Barcelona, Spain	1 August 2010

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
31 July 2010	10:10	Qualification
1 August 2010	19:45	Final

Results

Qualification

Qualification: Qualification Performance 63.50 (Q) or at least 12 best performers advance to the final

Rank	Group	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	Result	Notes
1	A	Robert Harting	Germany (GER)	63.17	66.93		66.93	Q
2	A	Gerd Kanter	Estonia (EST)	65.43			65.43	Q
3	B	Mario Pestano	Spain (ESP)	62.47	64.95		64.95	Q
4	A	Róbert Fazekas	Hungary (HUN)	64.30			64.30	Q
5	A	Märt Israel	Estonia (EST)	63.27	63.99		63.99	Q
6	A	Virgilijus Alekna	Lithuania (LTU)	61.08	x	63.93	63.93	Q
7	B	Piotr Małachowski	Poland (POL)	63.69			63.69	Q
8	A	Frank Casañas	Spain (ESP)	63.61			63.61	Q
9	B	Martin Wierig	Germany (GER)	x	58.64	62.57	62.57	q
10	A	Sergiu Ursu	Romania (ROM)	x	61.11	62.43	62.43	q
11	B	Martin Maric	Croatia (CRO)	61.26	62.27	x	62.27	q
12	B	Erik Cadée	Netherlands (NED)	61.86	x	61.97	61.97	q
13	A	Przemysław Czajkowski	Poland (POL)	59.36	60.87	61.97	61.97
14	B	Roland Varga	Croatia (CRO)	60.53	61.11	61.55	61.55
15	B	Gerhard Mayer	Austria (AUT)	59.88	59.31	60.76	60.76
16	A	Bogdan Pishchalnikov	Russia (RUS)	55.89	57.42	60.69	60.69
17	A	Apostolos Parellis	Cyprus (CYP)	x	58.09	60.57	60.57	SB
18	B	Aleksander Tammert	Estonia (EST)	60.07	59.38	58.98	60.07
19	B	Frantz Kruger	Finland (FIN)	59.55	x	x	59.55
20	B	Zoltán Kővágó	Hungary (HUN)	x	x	59.04	59.04
21	A	Niklas Arrhenius	Sweden (SWE)	60.25	57.30	58.98	60.25
22	A	Mikko Kyyrö	Finland (FIN)	58.02	58.96	x	58.96
23	B	Jan Marcell	Czech Republic (CZE)	x	58.95	57.73	58.95
24	B	Markus Münch	Germany (GER)	58.81	58.25	x	58.81
25	B	Mihai Grasu	Romania (ROM)	57.61	x	58.55	58.55
26	B	Dzmitry Sivakou	Belarus (BLR)	57.42	58.53	x	58.53
27	A	Gaute Myklebust	Norway (NOR)	55.60	x	58.39	58.39
28	A	Ivan Hryshyn	Ukraine (UKR)	57.90	58.36	58.61	58.36
29	B	Aleksas Abromavicius	Lithuania (LTU)	58.05	x	x	58.05
30	A	Marin Premeru	Croatia (CRO)	x	57.85	58.03	58.03
31	B	Oleksiy Semenov	Ukraine (UKR)	x	x	56.42	56.42
32	A	Libor Malina	Czech Republic (CZE)	53.64	x	x	53.64

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Piotr Małachowski	Poland (POL)	65.84	68.87	x	64.06	x	64.37	68.87	CR
	Robert Harting	Germany (GER)	68.33	66.46	68.47	66.35	66.86	68.34	68.47	SB
	Róbert Fazekas	Hungary (HUN)	64.84	64.85	66.43	x	64.65	66.15	66.43
4	Gerd Kanter	Estonia (EST)	63.17	64.57	65.38	63.85	65.44	66.20	66.20
5	Virgilijus Alekna	Lithuania (LTU)	62.05	63.59	63.19	63.15	64.64	63.56	64.64
6	Mario Pestano	Spain (ESP)	64.41	61.02	64.51	63.98	63.38	62.57	64.51
7	Martin Wierig	Germany (GER)	60.96	63.32	x	63.24	x	61.91	63.32
8	Sergiu Ursu	Romania (ROM)	60.73	61.36	63.11	x	61.90	62.11	63.11
9	Märt Israel	Estonia (EST)	x	62.59	x				62.59
10	Martin Maric	Croatia (CRO)	61.52	x	62.53				62.53
11	Frank Casañas	Spain (ESP)	x	62.15	x				62.15
	Erik Cadée	Netherlands (NED)	x	x	x				NM

References

• Qualification Results Archived 2012-06-09 at the Wayback Machine
• Final Results Archived 2012-06-12 at the Wayback Machine
• Results European Championships Athletic 1934-2010 Archived 2010-09-05 at the Wayback Machine
• Full results