# 2002 European Athletics Championships – Men's discus throw

The final of the Men's discus throw event at the 2002 European Championships in Munich, Germany was held on August 11, 2002. There were a total number of 28 participating athletes. The qualifying rounds were staged two days earlier, on August 9, with the mark set in 63.00 metres (3 + 9 athletes).

## Medalists

| Gold | Róbert Fazekas Hungary (HUN) |
| Silver | Virgilijus Alekna Lithuania (LTU) |
| Bronze | Michael Möllenbeck Germany (GER) |

## Abbreviations

* All results shown are in metres
| Q | automatic qualification |
| q | qualification by rank |
| DNS | did not start |
| NM | no mark |
| WR | world record |
| AR | area record |
| NR | national record |
| PB | personal best |
| SB | season best |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2002 European Athletics Championships :
| World Record | Jürgen Schult (GDR) | 74.08 m | June 6, 1986 | Neubrandenburg, East Germany |
| Event Record | Wolfgang Schmidt (GDR) | 67.20 m | September 2, 1978 | Prague, Czechoslovakia |
| Broken records during the 2002 European Athletics Championships |||||
| Event Record | Róbert Fazekas (HUN) | 68.83 m | August 11, 2002 | Munich, Germany |

## Qualification
### Group A

| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance |
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | Distance |
| 1 | 1 | Mario Pestano (ESP) | 65.27 | — | — | 65.27 m |
| 2 | 3 | Virgilijus Alekna (LTU) | 64.54 | — | — | 64.54 m |
| 3 | 5 | Gerd Kanter (EST) | 63.66 | — | — | 63.66 m |
| 4 | 10 | Leonid Cherevko (BLR) | X | 62.99 | 61.25 | 62.99 m |
| 5 | 12 | Ioan Oprea (ROM) | 57.22 | 62.70 | — | 62.70 m |
| 6 | 13 | Roland Varga (HUN) | 62.14 | 60.68 | X | 62.14 m |
| 7 | 15 | Igor Primc (SLO) | 59.79 | 59.90 | 60.78 | 60.78 m |
| 8 | 16 | Diego Fortuna (ITA) | 60.04 | 59.69 | X | 60.04 m |
| 9 | 17 | Torsten Schmidt (GER) | 58.47 | 59.78 | X | 59.78 m |
| 10 | 18 | Einar Kristian Tveitå (NOR) | 53.55 | 59.69 | X | 59.69 m |
| 11 | 20 | Mika Loikkanen (FIN) | 55.78 | 55.95 | 59.19 | 59.19 m |
| 12 | 22 | Jean-Claude Retel (FRA) | 58.29 | 58.20 | X | 58.29 m |
| 13 | 26 | Kristian Petterson (SWE) | X | 55.85 | X | 55.85 m |
| 14 | 28 | Savvas Panavoglou (GRE) | 54.24 | 53.08 | X | 54.24 m |

### Group B

| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance |
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | Distance |
| 1 | 2 | Aleksander Tammert (EST) | 59.96 | 65.10 | — | 65.10 m |
| 2 | 4 | Michael Möllenbeck (GER) | 63.92 | — | — | 63.92 m |
| 3 | 6 | Zoltán Kővágó (HUN) | 61.37 | X | 63.52 | 63.52 m |
| 4 | 7 | Róbert Fazekas (HUN) | 59.95 | 63.41 | — | 63.41 m |
| 5 | 8 | Timo Tompuri (FIN) | 63.18 | — | — | 63.18 m |
| 6 | 9 | Dmitriy Shevchenko (RUS) | 62.06 | 63.14 | — | 63.14 m |
| 7 | 11 | Jo Van Daele (BEL) | X | 60.26 | 62.71 | 62.71 m |
| 8 | 14 | Libor Malina (CZE) | 59.59 | 60.96 | X | 60.96 m |
| 9 | 19 | David Martínez (ESP) | 59.27 | X | X | 59.27 m |
| 10 | 21 | Robert Weir (GBR) | 58.37 | X | X | 58.37 m |
| 11 | 23 | Cristiano Andrei (ITA) | X | 57.25 | 57.86 | 57.86 m |
| 12 | 24 | Timo Sinervo (FIN) | 57.30 | 57.13 | X | 57.30 m |
| 13 | 25 | Jaroslav Žitňanský (SVK) | 54.78 | 54.19 | 56.19 | 56.19 m |
| 14 | 27 | Olgierd Stański (POL) | 55.64 | X | 52.09 | 55.64 m |

## Final

| Rank | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance | Note |
| Rank | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Distance | Note |
| | Róbert Fazekas (HUN) | 66.34 | 66.80 | X | 65.11 | 68.83 | 63.88 | 68.83 m | CR |
| | Virgilijus Alekna (LTU) | 66.62 | 61.52 | 63.11 | 61.26 | 63.75 | X | 66.62 m | |
| | Michael Möllenbeck (GER) | 66.37 | X | 64.04 | 63.81 | X | 65.66 | 66.37 m | |
| 4 | Mario Pestano (ESP) | 64.69 | X | X | 61.13 | X | 63.68 | 64.69 m | |
| 5 | Aleksander Tammert (EST) | X | 61.45 | 64.55 | 60.28 | 62.10 | X | 64.55 m | |
| 6 | Dmitriy Shevchenko (RUS) | X | 63.80 | 63.97 | X | X | 61.86 | 63.97 m | |
| 7 | Zoltán Kővágó (HUN) | 61.66 | 59.65 | 61.92 | X | X | 63.63 | 63.63 m | |
| 8 | Leonid Cherevko (BLR) | 61.72 | 61.48 | X | X | X | 59.96 | 61.72 m | |
| 9 | Timo Tompuri (FIN) | 60.72 | X | 61.17 | | | | 61.17 m | |
| 10 | Jo Van Daele (BEL) | 61.07 | X | 60.64 | | | | 61.07 m | |
| 11 | Ioan Oprea (ROM) | X | 60.62 | 60.53 | | | | 60.62 m | |
| 12 | Gerd Kanter (EST) | 55.14 | X | X | | | | 55.14 m | |