2012 European Athletics Championships – Men's discus throw explained

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

The men's discus throw at the 2012 European Athletics Championships was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 29 and 30 June.

Medalists

Standing records prior to the 2012 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	68.87	Barcelona, Spain	1 August 2010
World Leading	71.45	Turnov, Czech Republic	22 May 2012
European Leading	71.45	Turnov, Czech Republic	22 May 2012

Date	Time	Round
29 June 2012	9:00	Qualification
30 June 2012	19:10	Final

Qualification: Qualification Performance 66.00 (Q) or at least 12 best performers advance to the final

Rank	Group	Athlete	1	2	3	Result	Notes
1	B		62.56	66.27		66.27	Q, SB
	B	~~Zoltán Kővágó~~	~~63.62~~		~~65.99~~	~~65.99~~	q, Doping
2	A		64.88	65.49		65.49	q
3	B		65.09			65.09	q
4	B		60.31	64.86		64.86	q
5	A		59.08	63.71	64.85	64.85	q
6	A			64.50	62.27	64.50	q
7	A		60.72	64.07	61.18	64.07	q
8	A		63.75			63.75	q
9	B		61.44	60.95	62.83	62.83	q
10	B		62.82			62.82	q
11	A		60.32	62.35	60.20	62.35	q
12	B		61.90	62.22	60.22	62.22
13	A		59.80	61.37	61.79	61.79
14	A		58.08	61.34		61.34
15	A		61.01	60.64	61.21	61.21
16	B			60.59	58.31	60.59
17	A		58.99	59.02	60.49	60.49
18	B			60.18		60.18
19	B		60.16			60.16
20	B		58.16	59.90	58.59	59.90
21	B		58.26		59.02	59.02
22	A				58.71	58.71
23	A		58.57			58.57
24	B		57.05	56.06	58.34	58.34
25	A		57.31	57.67	55.12	57.67
26	B		55.71		57.08	57.08
27	A		56.94			56.94
28	B		56.85			56.85
29	A			55.80		55.80
	B