# 2003 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's discus throw

The men's discus throw event at the 2003 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadion on 17 and 19 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Rutger Smith Netherlands |
| Silver | Dzmitry Sivakou Belarus |
| Bronze | Bogdan Pishchalnikov Russia |

## Results
### Final

19 July
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Result | Notes |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Result | Notes |
| | Rutger Smith | Netherlands | 58.65 | 59.90 | 59.84 | x | 58.22 | x | 59.90 | |
| | Dzmitry Sivakou | Belarus | 56.28 | 58.00 | 57.63 | 56.34 | – | 57.55 | 58.00 | |
| | Bogdan Pishchalnikov | Russia | 52.93 | 54.25 | 55.15 | 51.35 | 56.05 | 56.88 | 56.88 | |
| 4 | Daniel Vanek | Slovakia | 54.58 | 56.59 | 55.48 | 54.13 | x | 54.52 | 56.59 | |
| 5 | Ömer İnan | Turkey | 52.93 | 55.45 | 54.53 | 53.92 | 53.95 | 55.62 | 55.62 | |
| 6 | Kris Coene | Belgium | x | 50.35 | 54.84 | 54.43 | 55.61 | 55.08 | 55.61 | |
| 7 | Bertrand Vili | France | 54.88 | 54.86 | x | 54.72 | x | x | 54.88 | |
| 8 | Märt Israel | Estonia | 54.86 | x | 49.93 | 54.07 | 53.58 | 52.29 | 54.86 | |
| 9 | Piotr Małachowski | Poland | 52.65 | 52.10 | 54.79 | | | | 54.79 | |
| 10 | Oleksiy Semenov | Ukraine | 54.16 | 54.11 | 53.74 | | | | 54.16 | |
| 11 | Manuel Florido | Spain | 52.81 | 53.74 | x | | | | 53.74 | |
| 12 | Yeoryios Tsolakidis | Greece | 53.65 | 53.26 | 53.24 | | | | 53.65 | |

### Qualifications

17 July Qualifying 57.60 or 12 best to the Final

#### Group A

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| 1 | Dzmitry Sivakou | Belarus | 55.40 | q |
| 2 | Manuel Florido | Spain | 54.69 | q |
| 3 | Yeoryios Tsolakidis | Greece | 53.41 | q |
| 4 | Oleksiy Semenov | Ukraine | 53.38 | q |
| 5 | Raigo Toompuu | Estonia | 53.27 | |
| 6 | Staffan Jönsson | Sweden | 53.14 | |
| 7 | Danilo Liorni | Italy | 52.85 | |
| 8 | Vadim Hranovschi | Moldova | 52.52 | |
| 9 | Michał Hodun | Poland | 51.62 | |
| 10 | Oskars Vaisjūns | Latvia | 49.82 | |
| 11 | Óðinn Björn Þorsteinsson | Iceland | 49.20 | |
| 12 | Scot Thompson | United Kingdom | 48.89 | |
| 13 | Alexandros Klapsis | Greece | 48.21 | |
| 14 | Nicolas Deldycke | France | 47.51 | |
| | Georgios Arestis | Cyprus | NM | |

#### Group B

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| 1 | Rutger Smith | Netherlands | 58.98 | Q |
| 2 | Kris Coene | Belgium | 58.17 | Q |
| 3 | Bogdan Pishchalnikov | Russia | 56.73 | q |
| 4 | Daniel Vanek | Slovakia | 56.71 | q |
| 5 | Märt Israel | Estonia | 56.18 | q |
| 6 | Bertrand Vili | France | 55.77 | q |
| 7 | Piotr Małachowski | Poland | 55.48 | q |
| 8 | Ömer İnan | Turkey | 53.99 | q |
| 9 | Lájos Tóth | Hungary | 52.44 | |
| 10 | Pedro José Cuesta | Spain | 52.35 | |
| 11 | Jorge Grave | Portugal | 52.03 | |
| 12 | Jouni Waldén | Finland | 51.62 | |
| 13 | Jean-François Aurokiom | France | 51.33 | |
| 14 | Rinaldo Favilli | Italy | 49.91 | |
| 15 | Andrius Butrimas | Lithuania | 47.40 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 30 athletes from 23 countries participated in the event.
* Belarus (1)
* Belgium (1)
* Cyprus (1)
* Estonia (2)
* Finland (1)
* France (3)
* Greece (2)
* Hungary (1)
* Iceland (1)
* Italy (2)
* Latvia (1)
* Lithuania (1)
* Moldova (1)
* Netherlands (1)
* Poland (2)
* Portugal (1)
* Russia (1)
* Slovakia (1)
* Spain (2)
* Sweden (1)
* Turkey (1)
* Ukraine (1)
* United Kingdom (1)