2018 European Championships Statistics - Men’s DT by K Ken Nakamura

Summary All time Performance List at the European Championships Performance Performer Dist ance Name Nat Pos Venue Year 1 1 68.87 Piotr Malachowski POL 1 2010 2 2 68.83 Robert Fazekas HUN 1 München 2002 3 3 68.67 LTU 1 Göteborg 2006 4 4 68.47 GER 2 Barcelona 2010 5 68.30 Robert Harting 1 2012 6 5 68.03 Gert Kanter EST 2 Göteborg 2006 7 6 67.20 GDR 1q Praha 1978 8 7 67.08 Romas Ubarta s URS 1 1986

Margin of Victory Difference Dist ance Name Nat Venue Year Max 3.29m 50.38 SWE Torino 1934 Min 6cm 67.08 URS Stuttgart 1986

Best Marks for Places in the European Championships Pos Distance Name Nat Venue Year 1 68.8 7 Piotr Malachowski POL Barcelona 2010 2 68.47 Robert Harting GER Barcelona 2010 3 66.46 Virgilijus Alekna LTU 1998 4 66.20 ESP Barce lona 2010

Longest non-qualifier for the final Distance Position Name Nat Venue Year 63.60 13q Andrius Gudzius LTU 2016 GER Amsterdam 2016

Multiple Gold Medalists: Piotr Malinowski (POL): 2010, 2016 Robert Harting (GER): 2012, 2014 (ITA): 1946, 1950, 1954

Man & Woman from the same team winning the corresponding event: Nation Men Women Venue Year GER Budapest 1998 GDR Jürg en Schult Split 1990 GDR Wolfgang Schmidt Stuttgart 1978 GDR Detlef Thorith Christine Spielberg Budapest 1966 URS Vladimir Trusenyov Beograd 1962 GER Willy Schröder Gisela Mauermayer Wien 1938

Man & Woman from the same team winning the corresponding event: Nation Men Women Venue Year GER Lars Riedel Franka Dietzsch Budapest 1998 GDR Jürg en Schult Ilke Wyludda Split 1990 GDR Wolfgang Schmidt Evelin Jahl Stuttgart 1978 GDR Detlef Thorith Christine Spielberg Budapest 1966 URS Vladimir Trusenyov Tamara Press Beograd 1962 GER Willy Schröder Gisela Mauermayer Wien 1938 All time Performance List at the European Championships Performance Performer Dist ance Name Nat Pos Venue Year 1 1 68.87 Piotr Malachowski POL 1 Barcelona 2010 2 2 68.83 Robert Fazekas HUN 1 München 2002 3 3 68.67 Virgilijus Alekna LTU 1 Göteborg 2006 4 4 68.47 Robert Harting GER 2 Barcelona 2010 5 68.30 Robert Harting 1 Helsinki 2012 6 5 68.03 Gert Kanter EST 2 Göteborg 2006 7 6 67.20 Wolfgang Schmidt GDR 1q Praha 1978 8 7 67.08 Romas Ubarta s URS 1 Stuttgart 1986 9 8 67.07 Lars Riedel GER 1 Budapest 1998 10 67.06 Piotr Malachowski POL 1 Amsterdam 2016 11 9 67.02 Georgiy Kolnootchenko URS 2 Stuttgart 1986 12 67.01 Robert Harting GER Q Zürich 2014 13 66.93 Robert Harting GER 1qA Bar celona 2010 14 66.82 Wolfgang Schmidt GDR 1 Praha 1978 15 66.71 Gerd Kanter EST 1qA Göteborg 2006 16 10 66.69 Jürgen Schult GER 2 Budapest 1998 17 11 66.64 Imrich Bugar TCH 1 Athinai 1982 18 66.62 Virgilijus Alekna 2 München 2002 19 66.53 Gerd K anter 2 Helsinki 2012 20 66.46 Virgilijus Alekna 3 Budapest 1998 21 66.43 Robert Fazekas 3 Barcelona 2010 22 12 66.37 Michael Möllenbeck GER 3 München 2002 23 13 66.32 Vaclavas Kidykas URS 3 Stuttgart 1986 24 14 66.27 ESP 1qB Helsin ki 2012 25 66.20 Gerd Kanter 4 Barcelona 2010 26 15 66.14 EST 3 Göteborg 2006 27 66.08 Georgiy Kolnootchenko 1q Stuttgart 1986 28 66.07 Robert Harting 1 Zürich 2014 29 16 66.00 Lois Maikel Martinez ESP 1q Amsterdam 2016 30 65.79 Gerd Kanter Q Zürich 2014 31 17 65.78 Daniel Stahl SWE 2q Amsterdam 2016 32 18 65.71 BEL 2 Amsterdam 2016 33 65.62 Imrich Bugar TCH 2q Stuttgart 1986 34 19 65.60 Igor Duginyets URS 2 Athinai 1982 34 19 65.60 Knut Hjelt nes NOR 4 Stuttgart 1986 36 65.49 Robert Harting 1qA Helsinki 2012 37 65.43 Gerd Kanter 2qA Barcelona 2010 38 65.27 Mario Pestano 1qA München 2002 38 65.27 Gerd Kanter EST 3 Amsterdam 2016 40 21 65.21 Zoltan Kovago HUN 3q Amsterdam 2016 41 65.13 Robert Fazekas 4 Budapest 1998 41 65.13 Gerd Kanter 4q Amsterdam 2016 41 22 65.13 GER 4 Amsterdam 2016 44 65.10 Aleksander Tammert EST 1qB München 2002 45 23 65.09 Erik Cadee NED 2qB Helsinki 2012 45 65.09 Christoph Ha rting 5q Amsterdam 2016 47 24 65.00 Gejza Valent TCH 5 Stuttgart 1986 48 64.98 Piotr Malachowski Q Zürich 2014 49 64.95 Mario Pestano ESP 1qB Barcelona 2010 50 25 64.90 FIN 2 Praha 1978 51 26 64.89 Daniel Jasinski GER 6q Amsterda m 2016 52 27 64.86 GBR 3qB Helsinki 2012

Shortest winning distance since 1990: 64.58 by Jürgen Schult (GDR) in 1990

Margin of Victory Difference Distance Name Nat Venue Year Max 3.29m 50.38 Harald Andersson SWE Torino 1934 Min 6cm 67.08 Romas Ubartas URS Stuttgart 1986

Difference between third and fourth place Difference Dist Name Nat Venue Year Max 1.68m 66.37 Michael Möllenbeck GER München 2002 Min 4cm 59.34 Lothar Milde GDR Athinai 1969 56.80 Lothar Milde GDR Budapest 1966

Best Marks for Places in the European Championships Pos Distance Name Nat Venue Year 1 68.87 Piotr Malachowski POL Barcelona 2010 2 68.47 Robert Harting GER Barcelona 2010 3 66.46 Virgilijus Alekna LTU Budapest 1998 4 66.20 Gerd Kanter ESP Barcelona 2010 5 65.00 Gejza Valent TCH Stuttgart 1986 6 64.66 Zoltan Kovago HUN Amsterdam 2016 64.57 Piotr Malachowski POL Göteborg 2006 7 64.46 Rutger Smith NED Göteborg 2006 8 64.11 Lars Riedel GER Göteborg 2006

Best Marks for Places – all competitions Pos Distance Name Nat Venue Day Month Year 1 74.08 Jürgen Schult GDR 6 June 1986 2 70.92 Gerd Kanter EST 25 July 2007 70.83 Robert Fazekas HUN Rethimno 23 June 2004 3 69.10 Art Burns USA San Jose 25 May 1985 68.93 Zoltan Kovago HUN 6 Aug 2004 4 68.61 Gerd Kanter EST Shanghai 23 May 2010 68.40 Gejza Valent CZE San Jose 25 May 1985 5 67.19 Piotr Malachowski POL 7 Aug 2012 67.08 Ehsan Hadadi IRI Shanghai 23 May 2010

Longest mark in each round Round Distance Name Nat Venue Year Final 68.87 Piotr Malachowski POL Barcelona 2010 Qualifying 67.20 Wolfgang Schmidt GDR Athinai 1982

Longest non-qualifier for the final Distance Position Name Nat Venue Year 63.60 13q Andrius Gudzius LTU Amsterdam 2016 Martin Wierig GER Amsterdam 2016

Multiple Gold Medalists: Piotr Malinowski (POL): 2010, 2016 Robert Harting (GER): 2012, 2014 Adolfo Consolini (ITA): 1946, 1950, 1954

Multiple Medalists: Piotr Malachowski (POL): 2010 Gold, 2016 Gold Robert Harting (GER) 2010 Silver, 2012 Gold 2014 Gold Gert Kanter (EST) 2006 Silver, 2012 Silver 2014 Silver, 2016 Bronze Robert Fazekas (HUN): 2006 Gold; 2010 Bronze Virgilijus Alekna (LTU): 1998 Bronze; 2002 Silver; 2006 Gold Jürgen Schult (GDR): 1990 Gold; 1994 Bronze; 1998 Silver Imrich Bugar (TCH): 1978 Bronze; 1982 Gold Wolfgang Schmidt (GDR): 1978 Gold; 1990 Bronze Ludvik Danek (TCH): 1971 Gold; 1974 Silver (GDR): 1966 Silver; 1969 Gold Lothar Milde (GDR): 1962 Bronze; 1966 Bronze; 1969 Bronze; 1971 Silver Vladimir Trusenyov (URS): 1958 Bronze; 1962 Gold (ITA): 1946 Silver; 1950 Silver; 1954 Silver Adolfo Consolini (ITA): 1946 Gold, 1950 Gold, 1954 Gold

Medals by Countries: Nation Gold Silver Bronze GDR 4 2 4 GER 4 2 2 ITA 3 4 POL 3 1 URS 2 2 2 TCH 2 1 1 SWE 1 1 2 FIN 1 1 2 LTU 1 1 1 HUN 1 1 BLR 1 EST 3 2 NED 2 1 BUL 1 FRA 1 RUS 1 BEL 1 HUN 3 FRG 1

Multiple Medals by athletes from a single nation Nation Year Gold Silver Bronze EST 2006 Gerd Kanter Aleksander Tammert GER 1998 Lars Riedel Jürgen Schult URS 1986 Romas Ubartas Georgiy Kolnootchenko Vaclavas Kidikas GDR 1969 Hartmut Losch Lothar Milde GDR 1966 Detlef Thorith Hartmut Losch Lothar Milde ITA 1954 Adolfo Consolini Giuseppe Tosi ITA 1950 Adolfo Consolini Giuseppe Tosi ITA 1946 Adolfo Consolini Giuseppe Tosi

SP – DT double medalist in the same championships Name Nation SP DT Venue Year Wolfgang Schmidt GDR Bronze Gold Praha 1978 Note: Schmidt also won bronze at DT in 1990

Average from last eight European Championships Average 2016 2014 2012 2010 2006 2002 1998 1994 Winning Distance 67.46 67.06 66.07 68.30 68.87 68.67 68.83 67.07 64.78 Winning Medal (3 rd ) 65.34 65.27 63.81 64.02 66.43 66.14 66.37 66.46 64.18 Missing Medal (4 th ) 64.65 65.13 63.54 63.87 66.20 64.84 64.69 65.13 63.76

Man & Woman from the same team winning the corresponding event: Nation Men Women Venue Year GER Lars Riedel Franka Dietzsch Budapest 1998 GDR Jürgen Schult Ilke Wyludda Split 1990 GDR Wolfgang Schmidt Evelin Jahl Stuttgart 1978 GDR Detlef Thorith Christine Spielberg Budapest 1966 URS Vladimir Trusenyov Tamara Press Beograd 1962 GER Willy Schröder Gisela Mauermayer Wien 1938

Athletes with Olympic, World and European gold (Olympic and Euro gold before 1983) Name Nation Olympics World European Robert Harting GER 2012 2009, 2011, 2013 2012, 2014 Virgilijus Alekna LTU 2000, 2004 2003 2006 Lars Riedel GER 1996 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2001 1998 Jürgen Schult GDR 1988 1987 1990 Ludvik Danek TCH 1972 Not held until 1983 1971 Adolfo Consolini ITA 1948 Not held until 1983 1946, 1950, 1954

European Champion who previously won European Junior gold medal Name Nat European Championships European Junior Championships Vladimir Dubrovshchik BLR 1994 1991 Jürgen Schult GDR 1990 1979 Wolfgang Schmidt GDR 1978 1973

Last ten European Championships: Year Gold Nat Dist Silver Nat Dist Bronze Nat Dist 2016 Piotr Malochowski POL 67.06 Philip Milanov BEL 65.71 Gerd Kanter ESP 65.27 2014 Robert Harting GER 66.07 Gerd Kanter EST 64.75 POL 63.81 2012 Robert Harting GER 68.30 Gerd Kanter EST 66.53 Rutger Smith NED 64.02 2010 Piotr Malochowski POL 68.87 Robert Harting GER 68.47 Robert Fazekas HUN 66.43 2006 Virgilijus Alekna LTU 68.67 Gerd Kanter EST 68.03 Aleksander Tammert EST 66.14 2002 Robert Fazekas HUN 68.83 Virgilijus Alekna LTU 66.62 Michael Möllenbeck GER 66.37 1998 Lars Riedel GER 67.07 Jürgen Schult GER 66.69 Virgilijus Alekna LTU 66.46 1994 Vladimir Dubrovshchik BLR 64.78 Dmitriy Shevchenko RUS 64.56 Jürgen Schult GER 64.18 1990 Jürgen Schult GDR 64.58 Erik de Bruin NED 64.46 Wolfgang Schmidt FRG 64.10 1986 Romas Ubartas URS 67.08 Georgiy Kolnootcheno URS 67.02 Vaclovas Kidykas URS 66.32

European U-23 Championships: Year Gold Nat Dist Silver Nat Dist Bronze Nat Dist 2017 Sven Martin Skagestad NOR 61.00 Alin Alexandru Firfrica ROU 60.17 Clemens Prüfer GER 60.08 2015 Alin ALexandru Firfirica ROU 60.64 Wojciech Praczyk POL 58.96 Robert Szikszai HUN 58.82 2013 Andrius Gudzius LTU 62.40 Viktor Butenko RUS 62.27 Danijel Furtula MNE 61.61 2011 Lawrence Okoye GBR 60.70 Mykyta Nesterenko UKR 59.67 Fredrik Amundgard NOR 59.42 2009 Nikolay Sedyuk RUS 60.80 Irfan Yildirim UKR 59.61 Martin Wierig GER 59.12 2007 Martin Wierig GER 61.10 Jan Marcell CZE 58.48 CYP 58.16 2005 Robert Harting GER 64.50 Pior Malachowski POL 65.99 Dmitriy Sivakov BLR 60.62 2003 Rutger Smith NED 59.90 Dmitriy Sivakov BLR 58.00 Bogdan Pishchalnikov RUS 56.88 2001 Zoltan Kovago HUN 63.85 Heinrich Seitz GER 59.50 Gabor Mate HUN 59.45 1999 Aleksandr Malashevich BLR 63.78 Roland Varga HUN 61.99 Mario Pestano ESP 61.73 1997 Andrzej Krawczyk POL 59.54 Timo Sinervo FIN 57.20 Kirill Chuprinin UKR 56.78

Last eleven European Junior Championships: Year Gold Nat Dist Silver Nat Dist Bronze Nat Dist 2017 Oskar Stachnik POL 62.01 Hleb Zhuk BLR 60.16 George Evans GBR 59.05 2015 Bartlomiej Stoj POL 68.02 Martin Markovic CRO 67.11 Henning Prufer GER 64.18 2013 Robert Szikszai HUN 64.75 Nicholas Percy GBRS 62.04 Aleksandr Dobrenshkiy RUS 61.54 2011 Lukas Weisshaidinger AUT 63.83 Danijel Furtula MNE 63.544 Benedikt Stienen GER 62.33 2009 Mykyta Nesterenko UKR 65.73 Gordon Wolf GER 63.02 Marin Premeru CRO 60.98 2007 Nikolay Sedyuk RUS 62.72 Ivan Hryshyn UKR 62.28 Joni Mattila FIND 58.05 2005 EST 62.19 Lojos Kürthy HUN 59.75 Martin Wierig GER 59.04 2003 Erik Cadee NED 60.42 Martin Maric CRO 58.59 Andreas Porth GER 58.45 2001 Michal Hodun POL 57.95 Arnost Holovsky CZE 54.46 Dmitriy Sivakov BLR 54.23 1999 Rutger Smith NED 52.89 Pavel Lyzhin BLR 52.15 Heinrich Seitz GER 50.76 1997 GBR 53.90 Patrick Stang GER 53.02 Zoltan Kovago HUN 52.90

Last nine World Championships: Year Gold Nat Dist Silver Nat Dist Bronze Nat Dist 2017 Andrius Gudzius LTU 69.21 Daniel Stahl SWE 69.19 Mason Finley USA 68.03 2015 Piotr Malachowski POL 67.40 Philip Milanov BEL 66.90 Robert Urbanek POL 65.18 2013 Robert Harting GER 69.11 Piotr Malachowski POL 68.36 Gerd Kanter EST 65.19 2011 Robert Harting GER 68.97 Gerd Kanter EST 66.95 Ehsan Haddadi IRI 66.08 2009 Robert Harting GER 69.43 Piotr Malachowski POL 69.15 Gerd Kanter EST 66.88 2007 Gerd Kanter EST 68.94 Robert Harting GER 66.68 Rutger Smith NED 66.42 2005 Virgilijus Alekna LTU 70.17 Gerd Kanter EST 68.57 Michael Möllenbeck GER 65.95 2003 Virgilijus Alekna LTU 69.69 Robert Fazekas HUN 69.01 Vasiliy Kaptyukh BLR 66.51 2001 Lars Riedel GER 69.72 Virgilijus Alekna LTU 69.90 Michael Möllenbeck GER 67.61

Last eight Olympics: Year Gold Nat Dist Silver Nat Dist Bronze Nat Dist 2016 Christoph Harting GER 68.37 Piotr Malachowski POL 67.55 Daniel Jasinski GER 67.05 2012 Robert Harting GER 68.27 Ehsan Hadadi IRI 68.18 Gerd Kanter EST 68.03 2008 Gerd Kanter EST 68.82 Piotr Malachowski POL 67.82 Virgilijus Alekna LTU 67.79 2004 Virgilijus Alekna LTU 69.89 Zoltan Kovago HUN 67.04 Aleksander Tammert EST 66.66 2000 Virgilijus Alekna LTU 69.30 Lars Riedel GER 68.50 Franz Kruger RSA 68.19 1996 Lars Riedel GER 69.40 Vladimir BLR 66.60 Vasiliy Kaptyukh BLR 65.80 1992 Romas Ubartas LTU 65.12 JürgenDubrovshchik Schult GER 64.94 Roberto Moya CUB 64.12 1988 Jürgen Schult GDR 68.82 Romas Ubartas URS 67.48 FRG 67.38

All time European List Performance Performer Distance Name Nat Pos Venue DMY 1 1 74.08 Jürgen Schult GD R 1 Neubrandenburg 6 June 1986 2 2 73.88 Virgilijus Alekna LTU 1 Kaunas 3 Aug 2000 3 3 73.38 Gerd Kanter EST 1 4 Sept 2006 4 72.02 Ger d Kanter 1 Salinas 3 May 2007

Longest throws on European Soil Performance Performer Distance Name Nat Pos Venue DMY 1 1 74.08 Jürgen Schult GD R 1 Neubrandenburg 6 June 1986 2 2 73.88 Virgilijus Alekna LTU 1 Kaunas 3 Aug 2000 3 3 73.38 Gerd Kanter ES T 1 Helsingborg 4 Sept 2006 4 4 71.86 Yuriy Dumchev URS 1 Moskva 29 May 1983

Longest throws in Performance Performer Distance Name Nat Pos DMY 1 1 71.16 Wolfgang Schmidt GDR 1 9 Aug 1978 2 2 70.60 Lars Riedel GER 1 30 Aug 1996 3 3 70.46 Jurgen Schult GDR 1 13 Sept 1988

Longest throws in August Performance Performer Distance Name Nat Pos Venue DMY 1 1 73.88 Virgilijus Alekna LTU 1 Kaunas 3 Aug 2000 2 2 71.16 Wolfgang Schmidt GDR 1 Berlin 9 Aug 1978 3 71.12 Virgilijus Alekna 1 Zuri ch 11 Aug 2000

Combined 2017 & 2018 European List Performance Performer Distance Name Nat Pos Venue DMY 1 1 71.29 Daniel Stahl SWE 1 Sollentuna 29 June 2017 2 2 69.59 Andrius Guzius LTU 2 Stockholm 10 June 2018 3 69.30 Andrius Gudzius 1 Chorzow 8 June 2018 4 69.21 Andrius Gudzius 1 London-WC 5 Aug 2017 5 69.19 Daniel Stahl 2 London-WC 5 Aug 2017 6 69.13 Andrius Gudzius 1 19 May 2018 7 69.11 Daniel Stahl 1 Karlstad 25 July 2018 8 69.04 Andrius Gudzius 1 Oslo 7 June 2018 9 68.98 Andrius Gudzius 1 24 Apr 2018 9 3 68.98 Lukas Wesshaidinger AUT 1 Rehlingen 20 May 2018 9 68.98 Andrius Gudzius 1 Utena 2 June 2018

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