2018 European Athletics Championships – Men's discus throw

The men's discus throw at the 2018 European Athletics Championships took place at the Olympic Stadium on 7 and 8 August.[1]

Men's discus throw at the 2018 European Athletics Championships
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Location	Berlin
Dates	August 7 (qualification) August 8 (final)
Competitors	26 from 17 nations
Winning distance	68.46
Medalists
Andrius Gudžius    Lithuania   Daniel Ståhl    Sweden   Lukas Weisshaidinger    Austria

Records

Standing records prior to the 2018 European Athletics Championships
World record	Jürgen Schult (GDR)	74.08 m[2]	Neubrandenburg, East Germany	6 June 1986
European record	Jürgen Schult (GDR)	74.08 m[3]	Neubrandenburg, East Germany	6 June 1986
Championship record	Piotr Małachowski (POL)	68.87 m	Barcelona, Spain	1 August 2010
World Leading	Fedrick Dacres (JAM)	69.67 m[1]	Stockholm, Sweden	10 June 2018
European Leading	Andrius Gudžius (LTU)	69.59 m[1]	Stockholm, Sweden	10 June 2018

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
7 August 2018	9:40	Qualification
8 August 2018	20:20	Final

All times are local times (UTC+2)

Results

Qualification

Qualification: 64.00 m (Q) or best 12 performers (q)[4][5]

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	Result	Note
1	A	Daniel Ståhl	Sweden	67.07			67.07	Q
2	B	Simon Pettersson	Sweden	x	64.82		64.82	Q
3	A	Alin Alexandru Firfirică	Romania	59.99	62.34	64.79	64.79	Q
4	B	Andrius Gudžius	Lithuania	60.49	x	64.30	64.30	Q
5	B	Gerd Kanter	Estonia	64.18			64.18	Q
6	A	Mykyta Nesterenko	Ukraine	60.62	59.55	63.34	63.34	q, SB
7	A	Robert Harting	Germany	62.69	63.29	x	63.29	q
8	B	Viktor Butenko	Authorised Neutral Athletes	60.86	x	62.63	62.63	q
9	B	Lolassonn Djouhan	France	59.26	62.54	x	62.54	q
10	A	Apostolos Parellis	Cyprus	60.50	60.18	62.32	62.32	q
11	A	Lukas Weisshaidinger	Austria	x	59.48	62.26	62.26	q
12	B	Ola Stunes Isene	Norway	58.45	62.19	58.41	62.19	q
13	A	Martin Kupper	Estonia	62.03	62.13	x	62.13
14	B	Robert Urbanek	Poland	60.93	61.25	62.00	62.00
15	A	Róbert Szikszai	Hungary	61.66	61.82	x	61.82
16	B	Guðni Valur Guðnason	Iceland	x	61.36	57.39	61.36
17	A	Axel Härstedt	Sweden	61.19	x	59.38	61.19
18	A	Hannes Kirchler	Italy	57.94	59.44	60.42	60.42
19	A	Daniel Jasinski	Germany	x	60.10	59.15	60.10
20	B	Zoltán Kővágó	Hungary	58.91	59.29	x	59.29
21	A	Giovanni Faloci	Italy	57.75	57.20	59.27	59.27
22	B	Erik Cadée	Netherlands	57.97	x	x	57.97
23	B	Nazzareno Di Marco	Italy	57.49	56.87	55.86	57.49
24	B	Lois Maikel Martínez	Spain	x	x	54.56	54.56
	B	Christoph Harting	Germany	x	x	x	NM
	A	Piotr Małachowski	Poland	x	x	x	NM

Final

[6]

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Andrius Gudžius	Lithuania	65.75	62.89	67.19	67.66	x	68.46	68.46
	Daniel Ståhl	Sweden	x	x	64.20	68.23	x	x	68.23
	Lukas Weisshaidinger	Austria	63.05	62.00	x	63.98	65.14	64.50	65.14
4	Simon Pettersson	Sweden	x	63.00	x	x	x	64.55	64.55
5	Gerd Kanter	Estonia	59.30	63.31	62.72	62.97	63.29	64.34	64.34
6	Robert Harting	Germany	61.09	63.45	x	64.33	63.38	63.38	64.33
7	Alin Alexandru Firfirică	Romania	58.43	63.30	61.02	60.45	63.23	63.73	63.73
8	Apostolos Parellis	Cyprus	63.62	61.24	60.88	61.29	62.62	60.98	63.62	SB
9	Viktor Butenko	Authorised Neutral Athletes	60.11	61.42	62.24				62.24
10	Lolassonn Djouhan	France	x	56.85	61.89				61.89
11	Ola Stunes Isene	Norway	x	59.41	59.56				59.56
12	Mykyta Nesterenko	Ukraine	x	55.01	57.66				57.66

References

1. "Discus Throw Men". European Athletic Association. 2018-08-07.
2. "All Time Best". International Association of Athletics Federations. Retrieved 2018-08-07.
3. "European Outdoor Records Men". European Athletic Association. Retrieved 2018-08-07.
4. "Qualification results summary" (PDF). European Athletic Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-09-15. Retrieved 2018-08-08.
5. "Discus Throw Men Qualifying Rounds Series". European Athletic Association. Archived from the original on 2018-08-11. Retrieved 2018-08-08.
6. "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-11-13. Retrieved 2018-08-08.