2012 European Athletics Championships – Men's discus throw

Men's discus throw
at the European Athletics Championships
2012 European
Athletics Championships
Track events
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1500 mmenwomen
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steeplechase		menwomen
4×100 m relaymenwomen
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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
 Germany
Silver Gerd Kanter
 Estonia
Bronze Rutger Smith
 Netherlands

Records

Standing records prior to the 2012 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  Piotr Małachowski (POL) 68.87 Barcelona, Spain 1 August 2010
World Leading  Robert Harting (GER) 71.45 Turnov, Czech Republic 22 May 2012
European Leading  Robert Harting (GER) 71.45 Turnov, Czech Republic 22 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  Spain 62.56 66.27 66.27 Q, SB
DQ B Zoltán Kővágó  Hungary 63.62 x 65.99 65.99 q, Doping
2 A Robert Harting  Germany 64.88 65.49 – 65.49 q
3 B Erik Cadée  Netherlands 65.09 – – 65.09 q
4 B Lawrence Okoye  Great Britain 60.31 64.86 – 64.86 q
5 A Gerd Kanter  Estonia 59.08 63.71 64.85 64.85 q
6 A Frank Casañas  Spain x 64.50 62.27 64.50 q
7 A Robert Urbanek  Poland 60.72 64.07 61.18 64.07 q
8 A Rutger Smith  Netherlands 63.75 – – 63.75 q
9 B Markus Münch  Germany 61.44 60.95 62.83 62.83 q
10 B Ercüment Olgundeniz  Turkey 62.82 x x 62.82 q
11 A Gerhard Mayer  Austria 60.32 62.35 60.20 62.35 q
12 B Przemyslaw Czajkowski  Poland 61.90 62.22 60.22 62.22
13 A Apostolos Parellis  Cyprus 59.80 61.37 61.79 61.79
14 A Martin Wierig  Germany 58.08 61.34 x 61.34
15 A Mykyta Nesterenko  Ukraine 61.01 60.64 61.21 61.21
16 B Märt Israel  Estonia x 60.59 58.31 60.59
17 A Leif Arrhenius  Sweden 58.99 59.02 60.49 60.49
18 B Danijel Furtula  Montenegro x 60.18 x 60.18
19 B Mikko Kyyrö  Finland 60.16 x x 60.16
20 B Gaute Myklebust  Norway 58.16 59.90 58.59 59.90
21 B Niklas Arrhenius  Sweden 58.26 x 59.02 59.02
22 A Brett Morse  Great Britain x x 58.71 58.71
23 A Abdul Buhari  Great Britain 58.57 x x 58.57
24 B Oskars Vaisjūns  Latvia 57.05 56.06 58.34 58.34
25 A Giovanni Faloci  Italy 57.31 57.67 55.12 57.67
26 B Nikolay Sedyuk  Russia 55.71 x 57.08 57.08
27 A Yeóryios Trémos  Greece 56.94 x x 56.94
28 B Sergiu Ursu  Romania 56.85 x x 56.85
29 A Andrius Gudžius  Lithuania x 55.80 x 55.80
B Roland Varga  Croatia x x x NM

Final

Rank Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Robert Harting  Germany 63.02 65.80 x 68.30 – 67.07 68.30
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Gerd Kanter  Estonia 65.11 x 64.32 64.44 66.53 65.47 66.53
DQ Zoltán Kővágó  Hungary 65.45 62.07 x 63.77 63.66 66.42 66.42 Doping
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Rutger Smith  Netherlands x 61.51 61.71 63.97 x 64.02 64.02
4 Mario Pestano  Spain 60.51 62.26 62.05 63.87 x x 63.87
5 Frank Casañas  Spain 62.29 63.60 x 61.03 x 60.69 63.60
6 Robert Urbanek  Poland 61.96 62.99 61.14 61.84 60.44 x 62.99
7 Gerhard Mayer  Austria 62.85 61.27 57.11 x x 60.58 62.85
8 Markus Münch  Germany 60.27 61.25 x 61.25
9 Ercüment Olgundeniz  Turkey 60.92 x x 60.92
10 Erik Cadée  Netherlands x 60.49 60.58 60.58
11 Lawrence Okoye  Great Britain 55.99 60.09 57.00 60.09

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