2010 European Athletics Championships – Men's discus throw

Events at the
2010 European
Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
5000 m men women
10,000 m men women
100 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men women
3000 m
steeplechase		 men women
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men women
Road events
Marathon men women
20 km walk men women
50 km walk men
Field events
Long jump men women
Triple jump men women
High jump men women
Pole vault men women
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Javelin throw men women
Hammer throw men women
Combined events
Heptathlon women
Decathlon men
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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

GoldPoland Piotr Małachowski
Poland (POL)
SilverGermany Robert Harting
Germany (GER)
BronzeHungary 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 63.17 66.93 66.93 Q
2 A Gerd Kanter  Estonia 65.43 65.43 Q
3 B Mario Pestano  Spain 62.47 64.95 64.95 Q
4 A Róbert Fazekas  Hungary 64.30 64.30 Q
5 A Märt Israel  Estonia 63.27 63.99 63.99 Q
6 A Virgilijus Alekna  Lithuania 61.08 x 63.93 63.93 Q
7 B Piotr Małachowski  Poland 63.69 63.69 Q
8 A Frank Casañas  Spain 63.61 63.61 Q
9 B Martin Wierig  Germany x 58.64 62.57 62.57 q
10 A Sergiu Ursu  Romania x 61.11 62.43 62.43 q
11 B Martin Maric  Croatia 61.26 62.27 x 62.27 q
12 B Erik Cadée  Netherlands 61.86 x 61.97 61.97 q
13 A Przemysław Czajkowski  Poland 59.36 60.87 61.97 61.97
14 B Roland Varga  Croatia 60.53 61.11 61.55 61.55
15 B Gerhard Mayer  Austria 59.88 59.31 60.76 60.76
16 A Bogdan Pishchalnikov  Russia 55.89 57.42 60.69 60.69
17 A Apostolos Parellis  Cyprus x 58.09 60.57 60.57 SB
18 B Aleksander Tammert  Estonia 60.07 59.38 58.98 60.07
19 B Frantz Kruger  Finland 59.55 x x 59.55
20 B Zoltán Kővágó  Hungary x x 59.04 59.04
21 A Niklas Arrhenius  Sweden 60.25 57.30 58.98 60.25
22 A Mikko Kyyrö  Finland 58.02 58.96 x 58.96
23 B Jan Marcell  Czech Republic x 58.95 57.73 58.95
24 B Markus Münch  Germany 58.81 58.25 x 58.81
25 B Mihai Grasu  Romania 57.61 x 58.55 58.55
26 B Dzmitry Sivakou  Belarus 57.42 58.53 x 58.53
27 A Gaute Myklebust  Norway 55.60 x 58.39 58.39
28 A Ivan Hryshyn  Ukraine 57.90 58.36 58.61 58.36
29 B Aleksas Abromavicius  Lithuania 58.05 x x 58.05
30 A Marin Premeru  Croatia x 57.85 58.03 58.03
31 B Oleksiy Semenov  Ukraine x x 56.42 56.42
32 A Libor Malina  Czech Republic 53.64 x x 53.64

Final

Rank Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes
1st Piotr Małachowski  Poland 65.84 68.87 x 64.06 x 64.37 68.87 CR
2nd Robert Harting  Germany 68.33 66.46 68.47 66.35 66.86 68.34 68.47 SB
3rd Róbert Fazekas  Hungary 64.84 64.85 66.43 x 64.65 66.15 66.43
4 Gerd Kanter  Estonia 63.1764.57 65.38 63.85 65.44 66.20 66.20
5 Virgilijus Alekna  Lithuania 62.05 63.59 63.19 63.15 64.64 63.56 64.64
6 Mario Pestano  Spain 64.41 61.02 64.51 63.98 63.38 62.57 64.51
7 Martin Wierig  Germany 60.96 63.32 x 63.24 x 61.91 63.32
8 Sergiu Ursu  Romania 60.7361.36 63.11 x 61.90 62.11 63.11
9 Märt Israel  Estonia x 62.59 x 62.59
10 Martin Maric  Croatia 61.52 x 62.53 62.53
11 Frank Casañas  Spain x 62.15 x 62.15
Erik Cadée  Netherlands x x x NM

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