European Athletics Championships 2018 / Men's discus throw

discipline	Men's discus throw
city	Berlin
place	Olympiastadion Berlin
Attendees	26 athletes from 17 countries
Competition phase	August 7, 2018 (qualification) August 8, 2018 (final)
Medalist
gold	Andrius Gudžius ( LTU )
silver	Daniel Ståhl ( SWE )
bronze	Lukas Weißhaidinger ( AUT )

Berlin Olympic Stadium

The men's discus throw at the European Athletics Championships 2018 took place on August 7th and 8th in the Olympic Stadium in the German capital Berlin .

Andrius Gudžius from Lithuania became European champion . The Swede Daniel Ståhl won the silver medal. Bronze went to the Austrian Lukas Weißhaidinger .

Records

World record	Jürgen Schult	74.08 m	Neubrandenburg , GDR (now Germany )	June 6, 1986
European record
Championship record	Piotr Małachowski	68.87 m	EM in Barcelona , Spain	August 1, 2010

qualification

With 62.13 m the Estonian Martin Kupper retired in the qualification

The Pole Piotr Malachowski, who was very successful in many top-class competitions in previous years, remained without a valid attempt

The German Olympic champion from 2016 Christoph Harting also failed to make a valid throw

The athletes competed in two groups for a qualifying round. The qualification distance for the direct entry into the final was 64.00 m. Since only five throwers exceeded this distance - highlighted in light blue, the final field was filled with the following best throwers from both groups to a total of twelve athletes - highlighted in light green. So finally 62.19 m had to be achieved to take part in the finals.

Group A

August 7, 2018, 9:40 a.m. CEST

space	athlete	country	1st attempt	Second attempt	3. Attempt	Width (m)
1	Daniel Ståhl	Sweden	67.07	-	-	67.07
2	Alin Alexandru Firfirica	Romania	59.99	62.34	64.79	64.79
3	Mykyta Nesterenko	Ukraine	60.62	59.55	63.34	63.34 SB
4th	Robert Harting	Germany	62.69	63.29	x	63.29
5	Apostolos Parellis	Cyprus	60.50	60.18	62.32	62.32
6th	Lukas Weißhaidinger	Austria	x	59.48	62.26	62.26
7th	Martin Kupper	Estonia	62.03	62.13	x	62.13
8th	Róbert Szikszai	Hungary	61.66	61.82	x	61.82
9	Axel Harstedt	Sweden	61.19	x	59.38	61.19
10	Hannes Kirchler	Italy	57.94	59.44	60.42	60.42
11	Daniel Jasinski	Germany	x	60.10	59.15	60.10
12	Giovanni Faloci	Italy	57.75	57.20	59.27	59.27
NM	Piotr Małachowski	Poland	x	x	x	without space

Group B

August 7, 2018, 11:10 a.m. CEST

space	athlete	country	1st attempt	Second attempt	3. Attempt	Width (m)
1	Simon Pettersson	Sweden	x	64.82	-	64.82
2	Andrius Gudžius	Lithuania	60.49	x	64.30	64.30
3	Gerd Kanter	Estonia	64.18	-	-	64.18
4th	Viktor Butenko	Authorized Neutral Athletes	60.86	x	62.63	62.63
5	Lolassonn Djouhan	France	59.26	62.54	x	62.54
6th	Ola Stunes Isene	Norway	58.45	62.19	58.41	62.19
7th	Robert Urbanek	Poland	60.93	61.25	62.00	62.00
8th	Guðni Valur Guðnason	Iceland	x	61.36	57.39	61.36
9	Zoltán Kővágó	Hungary	58.91	59.29	x	59.29
10	Erik Cadée	Netherlands	57.97	x	x	57.97
11	Nazzareno Di Marco	Italy	57.49	56.87	55.86	57.49
12	Lois Maikel Martínez	Spain	x	x	54.56	54.56
NM	Christoph Harting	Germany	x	x	x	without space

final

August 8, 2018, 8:20 p.m. CEST

Here, strong throwers from the previous generation met the young new athletes. The latter group mainly included the 2017 world champion Andrius Gudžius and the Swedish vice world champion Daniel Ståhl. Successful launchers that were in competitive sport for a long time were the Pole Piotr Małachowski - including World Champion 2015 , European Champion of 2010 / 2016 , Olympic silver medalist from 2016 , the German Robert Harting - including world champion of 2009 / 2011 , the Olympic champion in 2012 , European champion of 2012 / 2014 - and the Este Gerd Kanter - including the Olympic champion in 2008 , European Vice champion of 2012/2014 it was one brother to the favorites, the German Olympic champion Christoph 2016 Harting, Robert Harting. Malachowski and Christoph Harting were already eliminated in the qualification.

With a first throw of 65.75 m, world champion Gudžius initially took the lead. With 63.82 m, the Greek Apostolos Parellis was in second place here. Even in the second round, the competition did not want to really pick up speed. With 63.45 m, Robert Harting was still the best thrower and was in third place. But it did not stop. Gudžius increased in the third round to 67.19 m and thus extended his lead. Vice world champion Ståhl now scored 64.20 m and pushed Parellis and R. Harting down one rank each.

In round four, the first final round of the eight best throwers, R. Harting improved to 64.33 m and was temporarily second. Ståhl now reach 68.23 m, displacing Gudžius from the top position. With his fifth litter, the Austrian Lukas Weißhaidinger climbed to 65.14 m and thus took bronze. In the last round almost everything shifted again. The eighth-placed Swede Simon Pettersson achieved 64.55 m, which brought him fourth. Gerd Kanter threw 64.34 m and was fifth ahead of Robert Harting. Lukas Weißhaidinger stayed in third place. Andrius Gudžius now reach 68.46 m. With that he had surpassed Daniel Ståhl with the last throw and became European champion before the Swede.

space	athlete	country	1st attempt	Second attempt	3. Attempt	4th attempt	5th attempt	6th attempt	Width (m)
	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
4th	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
6th	Robert Harting	Germany	61.09	63.45	x	64.33	63.38	63.38	64.33
7th	Alin Alexandru Firfirica	Romania	58.43	63.30	61.02	60.45	63.23	63.73	63.73 SB
8th	Apostolos Parellis	Cyprus	63.62	61.24	60.88	61.29	62.62	60.98	63.62
9	Viktor Butenko	Authorized Neutral Athletes	60.11	61.42	62.24	not in the final of the eight best throwers			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

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  European champion Andrius Gudžius, Lithuania

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  Vice European Champion Daniel Ståhl, Sweden

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  Bronze medalist Lukas Weißhaidinger, Austria

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  The German Olympic champion from 2012 Robert Harting finished sixth

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  The Greek Apostolos Parellis took eighth place

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  The Norwegian Ola Stunes Isene reached eleventh place

Web links and sources

• Official Results European Athletics Championships 2018 on the EAA website , English (PDF, 49.183 KB), accessed on January 8, 2019
• Results of the European Athletics Championships 2018 at Leichtathletik.de, accessed on January 8, 2019
• Reports on the European Championships 2018 on Leichtathletik.de, accessed on January 8, 2019