2001 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's discus throw

The men's discus throw event at the 2001 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Amsterdam, Netherlands, at Olympisch Stadion on 12 and 14 July.

Medalists

Gold	Zoltán Kővágó Hungary
Silver	Heinrich Seitz Germany
Bronze	Gábor Máté Hungary

Results

Final

14 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts						Result	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
	Zoltán Kővágó	Hungary	x	63.85	x	x	x	–	63.85	CR
	Heinrich Seitz	Germany	56.07	57.79	56.20	59.50	57.98	57.09	59.50
	Gábor Máté	Hungary	57.32	55.72	59.45	57.74	54.15	x	59.45
4	Ilya Kostin	Russia	x	59.04	x	x	58.75	54.85	59.04
5	Gerd Kanter	Estonia	53.65	55.44	56.94	x	x	57.73	57.73
6	Mikko Kyyrö	Finland	57.67	54.24	x	x	x	x	57.67
7	Emeka Udechuku	Great Britain	x	55.34	x	56.31	56.54	57.25	57.25
8	Petri Hakala	Finland	55.86	x	x	x	56.37	x	56.37
9	Janne Hummastenniemi	Finland	52.40	54.61	55.21				55.21
10	Gerhard Mayer	Austria	x	53.30	x				53.30
11	Matej Gašaj	Slovakia	51.90	x	x				51.90
12	Andrea Nicoletti	Italy	50.46	49.96	48.17				50.46

Qualifications

12 July
Qualifying 57.00 or 12 best to the Final

Group A

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Zoltán Kővágó	Hungary	59.72	Q
2	Ilya Kostin	Russia	58.47	Q
3	Heinrich Seitz	Germany	58.19	Q
4	Gerd Kanter	Estonia	57.60	Q
5	Petri Hakala	Finland	57.07	Q
6	Andrea Nicoletti	Italy	53.20	q
7	Gaute Myklebust	Norway	52.16
8	Aukusitino Hoatau	France	49.61
9	Georgios Arestis	Cyprus	49.55

Group B

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Gábor Máté	Hungary	59.62	Q
2	Mikko Kyyrö	Finland	57.84	Q
3	Matej Gašaj	Slovakia	56.35	q
4	Emeka Udechuku	Great Britain	54.51	q
5	Janne Hummastenniemi	Finland	52.57	q
6	Gerhard Mayer	Austria	52.20	q
7	Mihai Timaru	Romania	52.00
8	Manuel Florido	Spain	51.73
9	Māris Urtāns	Latvia	49.40
10	Óðinn Björn Þorsteinsson	Iceland	46.40

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 19 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event.

• Austria (1)
• Cyprus (1)
• Estonia (1)
• Finland (3)

• France (1)
• Germany (1)
• Great Britain (1)
• Hungary (2)

• Iceland (1)
• Italy (1)
• Latvia (1)
• Norway (1)

• Romania (1)
• Russia (1)
• Slovakia (1)
• Spain (1)