1990 European Championships in Athletics - Men's Discus

These are the official results of the Men's Discus Throw
Discus throw
The discus throw is an event in track and field athletics competition, in which an athlete throws a heavy disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than his or her competitors. It is an ancient sport, as evidenced by the 5th century BC Myron statue, Discobolus...

event at the 1990 European Championships in Split

Split (city)

Split is a Mediterranean city on the eastern shores of the Adriatic Sea, centered around the ancient Roman Palace of the Emperor Diocletian and its wide port bay. With a population of 178,192 citizens, and a metropolitan area numbering up to 467,899, Split is by far the largest Dalmatian city and...

, Yugoslavia

Yugoslavia

Yugoslavia refers to three political entities that existed successively on the western part of the Balkans during most of the 20th century....

. There were a total number of 22 participating athletes.

Medalists

Gold	Jürgen Schult Jürgen Schult Jürgen Schult is a former German track and field athlete and the current world record holder in the discus throw since 1986, currently the longest standing record in men's track and field... East Germany (GDR)
Silver	Erik de Bruin Erik de Bruin Erik de Bruin is a retired Dutch discus thrower and shot putter. He held the Dutch national record in shot put from 1986 to 2005, and his 68.12 m discus throw record of April 1, 1991 still stands today.... Netherlands Netherlands The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders... (NED)
Bronze	Wolfgang Schmidt Wolfgang Schmidt Wolfgang Schmidt is a former German track and field athlete, who competed for East Germany at the 1976 Summer Olympics and won the silver medal in the discus throw. A former world record holder, he also won several medals at the European Championships in Athletics. Schmidt made headlines in 1982... West Germany West Germany West Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990.... (FRG)

Qualification

Rank	Group A	Distance
1.		62.90 m
2.		62.86 m
3.		62.70 m
4.		61.68 m
5.		61.52 m
6.		60.40 m
7.		60.34 m
8.		59.28 m
9.		59.02 m
10.		57.32 m
11.		56.56 m

Rank	Group B	Distance
1.		64.84 m
2.		64.14 m
3.		63.76 m
4.		62.50 m
5.		61.52 m
6.		61.04 m
7.		59.94 m
8.		58.40 m
9.		58.02 m
10.		56.00 m
11.		53.80 m

Final

Rank	Final	Distance
		64.58 m
		64.46 m
		64.10 m
4.		63.72 m
5.		63.70 m
6.		63.08 m
7.		62.36 m
8.		62.08 m
9.		60.30 m
10.		60.04 m
11.		59.18 m
12.		57.36 m

Medalists

Qualification

Final

See also