# 1998 European Athletics Championships – Men's discus throw

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 Round :
| Group A | Group B |
| 22.08.1998 – 10:00h | 22.08.1998 – 11:40h |
| Final Round ||
| 23.08.1998 – 18:00h ||

## Qualification
### Group A

| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance |
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | Distance |
| 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 | Attempts | Attempts | Distance |
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | Distance |
| 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 | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance | Note |
| Rank | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Distance | Note |
| | Lars Riedel (GER) | 67.07 | 66.79 | 66.27 | 66.16 | 66.01 | X | 67.07 m | |
| | Jürgen Schult (GER) | 65.81 | X | X | 66.69 | X | 66.53 | 66.69 m | SB |
| | 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 | PB |
| 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 | |