1998 European Athletics Championships – Men's discus throw

Events at the 1998 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
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men		women
10 km walk				women
20 km walk		men
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

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 Riedel Germany (GER)
Silver	Jürgen Schult Germany (GER)
Bronze	Virgilijus Alekna Lithuania (LTU)

Schedule

• All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)

Qualification

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance
			1	2	3
1	2	Jürgen Schult (GER)	—	—	—	63.63 m
2	3	Vladimir Dubrovshchik (BLR)	—	—	—	63.12 m
3	5	Andreas Seelig (GER)	—	—	—	61.96 m
4	6	Romas Ubartas (LTU)	—	—	—	61.81 m
5	8	Robert Weir (GBR)	—	—	—	61.36 m
6	10	Virgilijus Alekna (LTU)	—	—	—	60.81 m
7	11	Libor Malina (CZE)	—	—	—	60.69 m
8	13	Nick Sweeney (IRL)	—	—	—	60.36 m
9	19	Olav Jenssen (NOR)	—	—	—	57.78 m
10	21	Timo Tompuri (FIN)	—	—	—	57.52 m
11	24	Otto Benczenleitner (HUN)	—	—	—	56.54 m
12	25	Jean Pons (FRA)	—	—	—	55.80 m
13	28	Kristian Petterson (SWE)	—	—	—	54.02 m
14	29	Ercüment Olgundeniz (TUR)	—	—	—	53.23 m
—	—	Dmitriy Shevchenko (RUS)	X	X	X	NM

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance
			1	2	3
1	1	Róbert Fazekas (HUN)	—	—	—	64.07 m
2	4	Lars Riedel (GER)	—	—	—	62.03 m
3	7	Diego Fortuna (ITA)	—	—	—	61.80 m
4	9	Vaclavas Kidykas (LTU)	—	—	—	61.05 m
5	12	Leonid Cherevko (BLR)	—	—	—	60.59 m
6	14	Vitaliy Sidorov (UKR)	—	—	—	60.34 m
7	15	Glen Smith (GBR)	—	—	—	58.97 m
8	16	Igor Primc (SLO)	—	—	—	58.90 m
9	17	Andrzej Krawczyk (POL)	—	—	—	58.09 m
10	18	Matias Borrman (SWE)	—	—	—	58.06 m
11	20	Aleksander Tammert (EST)	—	—	—	57.62 m
12	22	Zoltán Kővágó (HUN)	—	—	—	56.89 m
13	23	Harri Uurainen (FIN)	—	—	—	56.78 m
14	26	Jean-Claude Retel (FRA)	—	—	—	55.44 m
15	27	Dragan Mustapić (CRO)	—	—	—	54.73 m
16	30	Perris Wilkins (GBR)	—	—	—	53.16 m

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
01 !	Lars Riedel (GER)	67.07	66.79	66.27	66.16	66.01	X	67.07 m
02 !	Jürgen Schult (GER)	65.81	X	X	66.69	X	66.53	66.69 m
03 !	Virgilijus Alekna (LTU)	66.18	63.93	X	66.46	X	X	66.46 m
4	Róbert Fazekas (HUN)	62.79	X	62.97	65.13	64.14	X	65.13 m
5	Diego Fortuna (ITA)	61.94	62.86	63.19	62.37	64.26	X	64.26 m
6	Vladimir Dubrovshchik (BLR)	62.82	56.10	61.30	63.96	X	60.10	63.96 m
7	Andreas Seelig (GER)	61.98	X	X	62.65	X	63.15	63.15 m
8	Robert Weir (GBR)	61.74	61.92	X	61.84	X	59.44	61.92 m
9	Romas Ubartas (LTU)	56.78	61.66	60.74				61.66 m
10	Libor Malina (CZE)	58.88	60.49	60.58				60.58 m
11	Vaclavas Kidykas (LTU)	59.29	60.21	X				60.21 m
12	Leonid Cherevko (BLR)	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