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1998 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
10 km walk		women
20 km walk	men
50 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The final of the: Men's discus throw event at the——1998 European Championships in Budapest, Hungary was held on August 23, "1998." There were a total number of 31 participating athletes. The qualifying rounds were held on August 22, with the standard mark needed——to reach the "final set at 63."00 metres.

Medalists※

Gold	Lars Riedel Germany (GER)
Silver	Jürgen Schult Germany (GER)
Bronze	Virgilijus Alekna Lithuania (LTU)

Schedule※

• All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)

Qualification※

Group A※

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance
			1	2	3
1	2	Jürgen Schult (GER)	—	—	—	63.63 m
2	3	Vladimir Dubrovshchik (BLR)	—	—	—	63.12 m
3	5	Andreas Seelig (GER)	—	—	—	61.96 m
4	6	Romas Ubartas (LTU)	—	—	—	61.81 m
5	8	Robert Weir (GBR)	—	—	—	61.36 m
6	10	Virgilijus Alekna (LTU)	—	—	—	60.81 m
7	11	Libor Malina (CZE)	—	—	—	60.69 m
8	13	Nick Sweeney (IRL)	—	—	—	60.36 m
9	19	Olav Jenssen (NOR)	—	—	—	57.78 m
10	21	Timo Tompuri (FIN)	—	—	—	57.52 m
11	24	Otto Benczenleitner (HUN)	—	—	—	56.54 m
12	25	Jean Pons (FRA)	—	—	—	55.80 m
13	28	Kristian Petterson (SWE)	—	—	—	54.02 m
14	29	Ercüment Olgundeniz (TUR)	—	—	—	53.23 m
—	—	Dmitriy Shevchenko (RUS)	X	X	X	NM

Group B※

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance
			1	2	3
1	1	Róbert Fazekas (HUN)	—	—	—	64.07 m
2	4	Lars Riedel (GER)	—	—	—	62.03 m
3	7	Diego Fortuna (ITA)	—	—	—	61.80 m
4	9	Vaclavas Kidykas (LTU)	—	—	—	61.05 m
5	12	Leonid Cherevko (BLR)	—	—	—	60.59 m
6	14	Vitaliy Sidorov (UKR)	—	—	—	60.34 m
7	15	Glen Smith (GBR)	—	—	—	58.97 m
8	16	Igor Primc (SLO)	—	—	—	58.90 m
9	17	Andrzej Krawczyk (POL)	—	—	—	58.09 m
10	18	Matias Borrman (SWE)	—	—	—	58.06 m
11	20	Aleksander Tammert (EST)	—	—	—	57.62 m
12	22	Zoltán Kővágó (HUN)	—	—	—	56.89 m
13	23	Harri Uurainen (FIN)	—	—	—	56.78 m
14	26	Jean-Claude Retel (FRA)	—	—	—	55.44 m
15	27	Dragan Mustapić (CRO)	—	—	—	54.73 m
16	30	Perris Wilkins (GBR)	—	—	—	53.16 m

Final※

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Lars Riedel (GER)	67.07	66.79	66.27	66.16	66.01	X	67.07 m
	Jürgen Schult (GER)	65.81	X	X	66.69	X	66.53	66.69 m	SB
	Virgilijus Alekna (LTU)	66.18	63.93	X	66.46	X	X	66.46 m
4	Róbert Fazekas (HUN)	62.79	X	62.97	65.13	64.14	X	65.13 m
5	Diego Fortuna (ITA)	61.94	62.86	63.19	62.37	64.26	X	64.26 m	PB
6	Vladimir Dubrovshchik (BLR)	62.82	56.10	61.30	63.96	X	60.10	63.96 m
7	Andreas Seelig (GER)	61.98	X	X	62.65	X	63.15	63.15 m
8	Robert Weir (GBR)	61.74	61.92	X	61.84	X	59.44	61.92 m
9	Romas Ubartas (LTU)	56.78	61.66	60.74				61.66 m
10	Libor Malina (CZE)	58.88	60.49	60.58				60.58 m
11	Vaclavas Kidykas (LTU)	59.29	60.21	X				60.21 m
12	Leonid Cherevko (BLR)	54.86	59.13	X				59.13 m

See also※

• 1995 Men's World Championships Discus Throw (Gothenburg)
• 1996 Men's Olympic Discus Throw (Atlanta)
• 1997 Men's World Championships Discus Throw (Athens)
• 1999 Men's World Championships Discus Throw (Seville)
• 2000 Men's Olympic Discus Throw (Sydney)
• 2001 Men's World Championships Discus Throw (Edmonton)

References※

• Results
• todor66
• Results European Championships Athletic 1934-2010 Archived 2010-09-05 at the Wayback Machine