2010 European Athletics Championships – Men's discus throw explained

Event:	Men's discus throw
Competition:	European Athletics Championships

The men's discus throw at the 2010 European Athletics Championships was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 31 July and 1 August.

Medalists

Gold	Piotr Małachowski Poland (POL)
Silver	Robert Harting Germany (GER)
Bronze	Róbert Fazekas Hungary (HUN)

Standing records prior to the 2010 European Athletics Championships
World record	74.08	Neubrandenburg, East Germany	6 June 1986
European record	74.08	Neubrandenburg, East Germany	6 June 1986
Championship record	68.83	Munich, Germany	11 August 2002
World Leading	71.45	Chula Vista, United States	29 April 2010
European Leading	71.45	Chula Vista, United States	29 April 2010
Broken records during the 2010 European Athletics Championships
Championship record	68.87	Barcelona, Spain	1 August 2010

Date	Time	Round
31 July 2010	10:10	Qualification
1 August 2010	19:45	Final

Qualification: Qualification Performance 63.50 (Q) or at least 12 best performers advance to the final

Rank	Group	1	2	3	Result	Notes
1	A	63.17	66.93		66.93	Q
2	A	65.43			65.43	Q
3	B	62.47	64.95		64.95	Q
4	A	64.30			64.30	Q
5	A	63.27	63.99		63.99	Q
6	A	61.08		63.93	63.93	Q
7	B	63.69			63.69	Q
8	A	63.61			63.61	Q
9	B		58.64	62.57	62.57	q
10	A		61.11	62.43	62.43	q
11	B	61.26	62.27		62.27	q
12	B	61.86		61.97	61.97	q
13	A	59.36	60.87	61.97	61.97
14	B	60.53	61.11	61.55	61.55
15	B	59.88	59.31	60.76	60.76
16	A	55.89	57.42	60.69	60.69
17	A		58.09	60.57	60.57	SB
18	B	60.07	59.38	58.98	60.07
19	B	59.55			59.55
20	B			59.04	59.04
21	A	60.25	57.30	58.98	60.25
22	A	58.02	58.96		58.96
23	B		58.95	57.73	58.95
24	B	58.81	58.25		58.81
25	B	57.61		58.55	58.55
26	B	57.42	58.53		58.53
27	A	55.60		58.39	58.39
28	A	57.90	58.36	58.61	58.36
29	B	58.05			58.05
30	A		57.85	58.03	58.03
31	B			56.42	56.42
32	A	53.64			53.64