The men's discus throw at the 2012 European Athletics Championships was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 29 and 30 June.
Medalists Gold Robert Harting Silver Gerd Kanter Bronze Rutger Smith
Records Standing records prior to the 2012 European Athletics ChampionshipsWorld record74.08Neubrandenburg, East Germany6 June 1986European record74.08Neubrandenburg, East Germany6 June 1986Championship record68.87Barcelona, Spain1 August 2010World Leading71.45Turnov, Czech Republic22 May 2012European Leading71.45Turnov, Czech Republic22 May 2012
Schedule Date Time Round 29 June 2012 9:00 Qualification 30 June 2012 19:10 Final
Results
Qualification Qualification: Qualification Performance 66.00 (Q) or at least 12 best performers advance to the final
Rank Group Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 Result Notes 1 B Mario Pestano 62.56 66.27 66.27 Q, SB B Zoltán Kővágó 63.62 65.99 65.99 q, Doping 2 A Robert Harting 64.88 65.49 65.49 q 3 B Erik Cadée 65.09 65.09 q 4 B Lawrence Okoye 60.31 64.86 64.86 q 5 A Gerd Kanter 59.08 63.71 64.85 64.85 q 6 A Frank Casañas 64.50 62.27 64.50 q 7 A Robert Urbanek 60.72 64.07 61.18 64.07 q 8 A Rutger Smith 63.75 63.75 q 9 B Markus Münch 61.44 60.95 62.83 62.83 q 10 B Ercüment Olgundeniz 62.82 62.82 q 11 A Gerhard Mayer 60.32 62.35 60.20 62.35 q 12 B Przemyslaw Czajkowski 61.90 62.22 60.22 62.22 13 A Apostolos Parellis 59.80 61.37 61.7961.79 14 A Martin Wierig 58.08 61.34 61.34 15 A Mykyta Nesterenko 61.01 60.64 61.21 61.21 16 B Märt Israel 60.59 58.31 60.59 17 A Leif Arrhenius 58.99 59.02 60.49 60.49 18 B Danijel Furtula 60.18 60.18 19 B Mikko Kyyrö 60.16 60.16 20 B Gaute Myklebust 58.16 59.90 58.59 59.90 21 B Niklas Arrhenius 58.26 59.02 59.02 22 A Brett Morse 58.71 58.71 23 A Abdul Buhari 58.57 58.57 24 B Oskars Vaisjūns 57.05 56.06 58.34 58.34 25 A Giovanni Faloci 57.31 57.67 55.12 57.67 26 B Nikolay Sedyuk 55.71 57.08 57.08 27 A Yeóryios Trémos 56.94 56.94 28 B Sergiu Ursu 56.85 56.85 29 A Andrius Gudžius 55.80 55.80 B Roland Varga
Final Rank Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes Robert Harting 63.02 65.80 68.30 67.07 68.30 Gerd Kanter 65.11 64.32 64.44 66.53 65.47 66.53 Zoltán Kővágó 65.45 62.07 63.77 63.66 66.42 66.42 Doping Rutger Smith 61.51 61.71 63.97 64.02 64.02 Mario Pestano 60.51 62.26 62.05 63.87 63.87 Frank Casañas 62.29 63.60 61.03 60.69 63.60 Robert Urbanek 61.96 62.99 61.14 61.84 60.44 62.99 Gerhard Mayer 62.85 61.27 57.11 60.58 62.85 Markus Münch 60.27 61.25 61.25 Ercüment Olgundeniz 60.92 60.92 10 Erik Cadée 60.49 60.58 60.58 11 Lawrence Okoye 55.99 60.09 57.00 60.09
References
Qualification Results Final Results Full results