1998 European Athletics Championships – Men's discus throw

Medalists

Gold	Lars Riedel Germany (GER)
Silver	Jürgen Schult Germany (GER)
Bronze	Virgilijus Alekna Lithuania (LTU)

Schedule

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Qualification

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance
			1	2	3
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			Distance
			1	2	3
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						Distance	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	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

See also

• 1995 Men's World Championships Discus Throw (Gothenburg)
• 1996 Men's Olympic Discus Throw (Atlanta)
• 1997 Men's World Championships Discus Throw (Athens)
• 1999 Men's World Championships Discus Throw (Seville)
• 2000 Men's Olympic Discus Throw (Sydney)
• 2001 Men's World Championships Discus Throw (Edmonton)

References

• Results
• todor66
• Results European Championships Athletic 1934-2010 Archived 2010-09-05 at the Wayback Machine