1998 European Athletics Championships – Men's discus throw

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 Gold Lars RiedelGermany (GER)Silver Jürgen SchultGermany (GER)Bronze 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 — — — 63.63 m 2 3 — — — 63.12 m 3 5 — — — 61.96 m 4 6 — — — 61.81 m 5 8 — — — 61.36 m 6 10 — — — 60.81 m 7 11 — — — 60.69 m 8 13 — — — 60.36 m 9 19 — — — 57.78 m 10 21 — — — 57.52 m 11 24 — — — 56.54 m 12 25 — — — 55.80 m 13 28 — — — 54.02 m 14 29 — — — 53.23 m — — X X X NM

Group B RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistance123 1 1 — — — 64.07 m 2 4 — — — 62.03 m 3 7 — — — 61.80 m 4 9 — — — 61.05 m 5 12 — — — 60.59 m 6 14 — — — 60.34 m 7 15 — — — 58.97 m 8 16 — — — 58.90 m 9 17 — — — 58.09 m 10 18 — — — 58.06 m 11 20 — — — 57.62 m 12 22 — — — 56.89 m 13 23 — — — 56.78 m 14 26 — — — 55.44 m 15 27 — — — 54.73 m 16 30 — — — 53.16 m

Final RankAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote123456 67.07 66.79 66.27 66.16 66.01 X 67.07 m 65.81 X X 66.69 X 66.53 66.69 m SB 66.18 63.93 X 66.46 X X 66.46 m 4 62.79 X 62.97 65.13 64.14 X 65.13 m 5 61.94 62.86 63.19 62.37 64.26 X 64.26 m PB 6 62.82 56.10 61.30 63.96 X 60.10 63.96 m 7 61.98 X X 62.65 X 63.15 63.15 m 8 61.74 61.92 X 61.84 X 59.44 61.92 m 9 56.78 61.66 60.74 61.66 m 10 58.88 60.49 60.58 60.58 m 11 59.29 60.21 X 60.21 m 12 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