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 FazekasHungary (HUN)Silver Virgilijus AleknaLithuania (LTU)Bronze 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 74.08 m June 6, 1986 Neubrandenburg, East Germany Event Record 67.20 m September 2, 1978 Prague, Czechoslovakia Broken records during the 2002 European Athletics Championships Event Record 68.83 m August 11, 2002 Munich, Germany

Qualification

Group A RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistance123 1 1 65.27 — — 65.27 m 2 3 64.54 — — 64.54 m 3 5 63.66 — — 63.66 m 4 10 X 62.99 61.25 62.99 m 5 12 57.22 62.70 — 62.70 m 6 13 62.14 60.68 X 62.14 m 7 15 59.79 59.90 60.78 60.78 m 8 16 60.04 59.69 X 60.04 m 9 17 58.47 59.78 X 59.78 m 10 18 53.55 59.69 X 59.69 m 11 20 55.78 55.95 59.19 59.19 m 12 22 58.29 58.20 X 58.29 m 13 26 X 55.85 X 55.85 m 14 28 54.24 53.08 X 54.24 m

Group B RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistance123 1 2 59.96 65.10 —65.10 m 2 4 63.92 — — 63.92 m 3 6 61.37 X 63.52 63.52 m 4 7 59.95 63.41 —63.41 m 5 8 63.18 — — 63.18 m 6 9 62.06 63.14 —63.14 m 7 11 X60.26 62.71 62.71 m 8 14 59.59 60.96 X60.96 m 9 19 59.27 XX59.27 m 10 21 58.37 XX58.37 m 11 23 X 57.25 57.86 57.86 m 12 24 57.30 57.13 X 57.30 m 13 25 54.78 54.19 56.19 56.19 m 14 27 55.64 X 52.09 55.64 m

Final RankAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote123456 66.34 66.80 X 65.11 68.83 63.8868.83 m CR 66.62 61.52 63.11 61.26 63.75 X66.62 m 66.37 X64.04 63.81 X65.66 66.37 m 4 64.69 XX61.13 X63.68 64.69 m 5 X61.45 64.55 60.28 62.10 X64.55 m 6 X63.80 63.97 XX61.8663.97 m 7 61.66 59.65 61.92 XX63.63 63.63 m 8 61.72 61.48 XXX59.96 61.72 m 9 60.72 X61.17 61.17 m 10 61.07 X60.64 61.07 m 11 X60.62 60.53 60.62 m 12 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 todor66

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