1990 European Athletics Championships – Men's discus throw
# 1990 European Athletics Championships – Men's discus throw

These are the official results of the Men's Discus Throw event at the 1990 European Championships in Split, Yugoslavia , held at Stadion Poljud on 31 August and 1 September 1990. There were a total number of 23 participating athletes.

## Medalists

| Gold | Jürgen Schult East Germany (GDR) |
| - | - |
| Silver | Erik de Bruin Netherlands (NED) |
| Bronze | Wolfgang Schmidt West Germany (FRG) |

## Qualification

| Rank | Group A | Distance |
| - | - | - |
| 1. | Attila Horváth (HUN) | 62.90 m |
| 2. | Rolf Danneberg (FRG) | 62.86 m |
| 3. | Romas Ubartas (URS) | 62.70 m |
| 4. | Imrich Bugár (TCH) | 61.68 m |
| 5. | Stefan Fernholm (SWE) | 61.52 m |
| 6. | Vésteinn Hafsteinsson (ISL) | 60.40 m |
| 7. | Svein-Inge Valvik (NOR) | 60.34 m |
| 8. | Lars Riedel (GDR) | 59.28 m |
| 9. | Marco Martino (ITA) | 59.02 m |
| 10. | Raimo Vento (FIN) | 57.32 m |
| 11. | Kamen Dimitrov (BUL) | 56.56 m |
| — | Dragan Mustapić (YUG) | NM |
| Rank | Group B | Distance |
| 1. | Wolfgang Schmidt (FRG) | 64.84 m |
| 2. | Alois Hannecker (FRG) | 64.14 m |
| 3. | Erik de Bruin (NED) | 63.76 m |
| 4. | Jürgen Schult (GDR) | 62.50 m |
| 5. | Géjza Valent (TCH) | 61.52 m |
| 6. | Vasiliy Kaptyukh (URS) | 61.04 m |
| 7. | Luciano Zerbini (ITA) | 59.94 m |
| 8. | Mika Muuka (FIN) | 58.40 m |
| 9. | Nikolay Kolev (BUL) | 58.02 m |
| 10. | Marcel Tirle (ROM) | 56.00 m |
| 11. | Abi Ekoku (GBR) | 53.80 m |

## Final

| Rank | Final | Distance |
| - | - | - |
| | Jürgen Schult (GDR) | 64.58 m |
| | Erik de Bruin (NED) | 64.46 m |
| | Wolfgang Schmidt (FRG) | 64.10 m |
| 4. | Vasiliy Kaptyukh (URS) | 63.72 m |
| 5. | Romas Ubartas (URS) | 63.70 m |
| 6. | Rolf Danneberg (FRG) | 63.08 m |
| 7. | Imrich Bugár (TCH) | 62.36 m |
| 8. | Attila Horváth (HUN) | 62.08 m |
| 9. | Géjza Valent (TCH) | 60.30 m |
| 10. | Alois Hannecker (FRG) | 60.04 m |
| 11. | Stefan Fernholm (SWE) | 59.18 m |
| 12. | Vésteinn Hafsteinsson (ISL) | 57.36 m |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 23 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.

* Bulgaria (2)
* Czechoslovakia (2)
* East Germany (2)
* Finland (2)
* Hungary (1)
* Iceland (1)
* Italy (2)
* Netherlands (1)
* Norway (1)
* Romania (1)
* Soviet Union (2)
* Sweden (1)
* United Kingdom (1)
* West Germany (3)
* Yugoslavia (1)
