European Athletics Championships 1990 / Men's discus throw
15th European Athletics Championships | |||||||||
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discipline | Discus throw | ||||||||
gender | Men | ||||||||
Attendees | 22 athletes from 14 countries | ||||||||
venue | Split | ||||||||
Competition location | Poljud Stadium | ||||||||
Competition phase | August 31 (qualifying) September 1 (final) |
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The men's discus throw at the 1990 European Athletics Championships was held on August 31 and September 1, 1990 in the Poljud Stadium in Split .
The European champion was the GDR thrower Jürgen Schult , who had dominated the discus throwing scene for the past three years with his World Cup title in 1987 , his Olympic victory in 1988 and his world record . Second place went to Erik de Bruin from the Netherlands . Bronze went to Wolfgang Schmidt , who moved from the GDR to the Federal Republic of Germany after many reprisals and was now entitled to start for the Federal Republic of Germany. Wolfgang Schmidt won the Olympic silver in 1976 and became European champion in 1978 .
Existing records
World record | 74.08 m | Jürgen Schult | Neubrandenburg GDR (now Germany ) | June 6, 1986 |
European record | ||||
EM record | 67.08 m | Romas Ubartas | EM Stuttgart , Federal Republic of Germany | August 31, 1986 |
The existing EM record was not set at these European championships and was not improved.
qualification
August 31, 1990
22 participants competed in two groups for the qualifying round. The qualification distance for the direct entry into the final was 62.00 m. Seven athletes exceeded this mark (highlighted in light blue). The final field was filled with the five next-placed athletes to twelve throwers (highlighted in light green). In the end, 60.40 m had to be achieved for participation in the finals.
Group A
space | Surname | nation | Width (m) |
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1 | Attila Horváth | Hungary | 62.90 |
2 | Rolf Danneberg | BR Germany | 62.86 |
3 | Romas Ubartas | Soviet Union | 62.70 |
4th | Imrich Bugár | Czechoslovakia | 61.68 |
5 | Stefan Fernholm | Sweden | 61.52 |
6th | Vésteinn Hafsteinsson | Iceland | 60.40 |
7th | Svein Inge Valvik | Norway | 60.34 |
8th | Lars Riedel | GDR | 59.28 |
9 | Marco Martino | Italy | 59.02 |
10 | Raimo Vento | Finland | 57.32 |
11 | Came Dimitrov | Bulgaria | 56.56 |
NM | Dragan Mustapic | Yugoslavia | without space |
Group B
space | Surname | nation | Width (m) |
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1 | Wolfgang Schmidt | BR Germany | 64.84 |
2 | Alois Hannecker | BR Germany | 64.14 |
3 | Erik de Bruin | Netherlands | 63.76 |
4th | Jürgen Schult | GDR | 62.50 |
5 | Géjza Valent | Czechoslovakia | 61.52 |
6th | Wassil Kapzjuch | Soviet Union | 61.04 |
7th | Luciano Zerbini | Italy | 59.94 |
8th | Mika Muukka | Finland | 58.40 |
9 | Nikolai Kolew | Bulgaria | 58.02 |
10 | Abi Ekoku | Great Britain | 53.80 |
final
September 1, 1990
space | Surname | nation | Width (m) |
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1 | Jürgen Schult | GDR | 64.58 |
2 | Erik de Bruin | Netherlands | 64.46 |
3 | Wolfgang Schmidt | BR Germany | 64.10 |
4th | Wassil Kapzjuch | Soviet Union | 63.72 |
5 | Romas Ubartas | Soviet Union | 63.70 |
6th | Rolf Danneberg | BR Germany | 63.08 |
7th | Imrich Bugár | Czechoslovakia | 62.36 |
8th | Attila Horváth | Hungary | 62.08 |
9 | Géjza Valent | Czechoslovakia | 60.30 |
10 | Alois Hannecker | BR Germany | 60.04 |
11 | Stefan Fernholm | Sweden | 58.18 |
12 | Vésteinn Hafsteinsson | Iceland | 57.36 |
Silver medalist Erik de Bruin - 1986 he was EM become -Sechster
Web links
- European Athletics Championships - Split 1990 at european-athletics.org, accessed on August 28, 2019
- European Championship 1990 Split, Men Discus Throw on todor66.com, accessed September 14, 2019
- Track and Field Statistics, EM 1990 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed on September 14, 2019
- European Athletics Championships Zurich 2014 - Statistics Handbook , Men Discus Throw European Championship 1990 Split, p. 455 (PDF, 13,363 kB), in English at european-athletics.org, accessed on September 14, 2019
- Results of all European Athletics Championships - 1990, discus throw men on sportschau.de, accessed on September 14, 2019
- 15th European Athletics Championships 1990 in Split, Yugoslavia from ifosta.de, accessed on September 14, 2019
Video
- 1990 European Outdoor Championships Men's Discus Final , published June 14, 2012 on youtube.com (English), accessed September 14, 2019
References and comments
- ↑ IAAF world records. Men’s Discus Throw , accessed September 14, 2019