2010 European Athletics Championships – Men's discus throw
# 2010 European Athletics Championships – Men's discus throw

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) |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2010 European Athletics Championships :

| World record | Jürgen Schult (GDR) | 74.08 | Neubrandenburg, East Germany | 6 June 1986 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| European record | Jürgen Schult (GDR) | 74.08 | Neubrandenburg, East Germany | 6 June 1986 |
| Championship record | Róbert Fazekas (HUN) | 68.83 | Munich, Germany | 11 August 2002 |
| World Leading | Gerd Kanter (EST) | 71.45 | Chula Vista, United States | 29 April 2010 |
| European Leading | Gerd Kanter (EST) | 71.45 | Chula Vista, United States | 29 April 2010 |
| Broken records during the 2010 European Athletics Championships |||||
| Championship record | Piotr Małachowski (POL) | 68.87 | Barcelona, Spain | 1 August 2010 |

## Schedule

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

## Results

### Qualification

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

| Rank | Group | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | Result | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | A | Robert Harting | Germany (GER) | 63.17 | 66.93 | | 66.93 | Q |
| 2 | A | Gerd Kanter | Estonia (EST) | 65.43 | | | 65.43 | Q |
| 3 | B | Mario Pestano | Spain (ESP) | 62.47 | 64.95 | | 64.95 | Q |
| 4 | A | Róbert Fazekas | Hungary (HUN) | 64.30 | | | 64.30 | Q |
| 5 | A | Märt Israel | Estonia (EST) | 63.27 | 63.99 | | 63.99 | Q |
| 6 | A | Virgilijus Alekna | Lithuania (LTU) | 61.08 | x | 63.93 | 63.93 | Q |
| 7 | B | Piotr Małachowski | Poland (POL) | 63.69 | | | 63.69 | Q |
| 8 | A | Frank Casañas | Spain (ESP) | 63.61 | | | 63.61 | Q |
| 9 | B | Martin Wierig | Germany (GER) | x | 58.64 | 62.57 | 62.57 | q |
| 10 | A | Sergiu Ursu | Romania (ROM) | x | 61.11 | 62.43 | 62.43 | q |
| 11 | B | Martin Maric | Croatia (CRO) | 61.26 | 62.27 | x | 62.27 | q |
| 12 | B | Erik Cadée | Netherlands (NED) | 61.86 | x | 61.97 | 61.97 | q |
| 13 | A | Przemysław Czajkowski | Poland (POL) | 59.36 | 60.87 | 61.97 | 61.97 | |
| 14 | B | Roland Varga | Croatia (CRO) | 60.53 | 61.11 | 61.55 | 61.55 | |
| 15 | B | Gerhard Mayer | Austria (AUT) | 59.88 | 59.31 | 60.76 | 60.76 | |
| 16 | A | Bogdan Pishchalnikov | Russia (RUS) | 55.89 | 57.42 | 60.69 | 60.69 | |
| 17 | A | Apostolos Parellis | Cyprus (CYP) | x | 58.09 | 60.57 | 60.57 | SB |
| 18 | B | Aleksander Tammert | Estonia (EST) | 60.07 | 59.38 | 58.98 | 60.07 | |
| 19 | B | Frantz Kruger | Finland (FIN) | 59.55 | x | x | 59.55 | |
| 20 | B | Zoltán Kővágó | Hungary (HUN) | x | x | 59.04 | 59.04 | |
| 21 | A | Niklas Arrhenius | Sweden (SWE) | 60.25 | 57.30 | 58.98 | 60.25 | |
| 22 | A | Mikko Kyyrö | Finland (FIN) | 58.02 | 58.96 | x | 58.96 | |
| 23 | B | Jan Marcell | Czech Republic (CZE) | x | 58.95 | 57.73 | 58.95 | |
| 24 | B | Markus Münch | Germany (GER) | 58.81 | 58.25 | x | 58.81 | |
| 25 | B | Mihai Grasu | Romania (ROM) | 57.61 | x | 58.55 | 58.55 | |
| 26 | B | Dzmitry Sivakou | Belarus (BLR) | 57.42 | 58.53 | x | 58.53 | |
| 27 | A | Gaute Myklebust | Norway (NOR) | 55.60 | x | 58.39 | 58.39 | |
| 28 | A | Ivan Hryshyn | Ukraine (UKR) | 57.90 | 58.36 | 58.61 | 58.36 | |
| 29 | B | Aleksas Abromavicius | Lithuania (LTU) | 58.05 | x | x | 58.05 | |
| 30 | A | Marin Premeru | Croatia (CRO) | x | 57.85 | 58.03 | 58.03 | |
| 31 | B | Oleksiy Semenov | Ukraine (UKR) | x | x | 56.42 | 56.42 | |
| 32 | A | Libor Malina | Czech Republic (CZE) | 53.64 | x | x | 53.64 | |

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Piotr Małachowski | Poland (POL) | 65.84 | 68.87 | x | 64.06 | x | 64.37 | 68.87 | CR |
| | Robert Harting | Germany (GER) | 68.33 | 66.46 | 68.47 | 66.35 | 66.86 | 68.34 | 68.47 | SB |
| | Róbert Fazekas | Hungary (HUN) | 64.84 | 64.85 | 66.43 | x | 64.65 | 66.15 | 66.43 | |
| 4 | Gerd Kanter | Estonia (EST) | 63.17 | 64.57 | 65.38 | 63.85 | 65.44 | 66.20 | 66.20 | |
| 5 | Virgilijus Alekna | Lithuania (LTU) | 62.05 | 63.59 | 63.19 | 63.15 | 64.64 | 63.56 | 64.64 | |
| 6 | Mario Pestano | Spain (ESP) | 64.41 | 61.02 | 64.51 | 63.98 | 63.38 | 62.57 | 64.51 | |
| 7 | Martin Wierig | Germany (GER) | 60.96 | 63.32 | x | 63.24 | x | 61.91 | 63.32 | |
| 8 | Sergiu Ursu | Romania (ROM) | 60.73 | 61.36 | 63.11 | x | 61.90 | 62.11 | 63.11 | |
| 9 | Märt Israel | Estonia (EST) | x | 62.59 | x | | | | 62.59 | |
| 10 | Martin Maric | Croatia (CRO) | 61.52 | x | 62.53 | | | | 62.53 | |
| 11 | Frank Casañas | Spain (ESP) | x | 62.15 | x | | | | 62.15 | |
| | Erik Cadée | Netherlands (NED) | x | x | x | | | | NM | |
