2009 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's discus throw

The men's discus throw event at the 2009 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Kaunas, Lithuania, at S. Dariaus ir S. Girėno stadionas (Darius and Girėnas Stadium) on 17 and 18 July.[1][2][3][4]

Medalists

Gold	Nikolay Sedyuk  Russia
Silver	Ivan Hryshyn  Ukraine
Bronze	Martin Wierig  Germany

Results

Final

18 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts						Result	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
	Nikolay Sedyuk	Russia	57.67	58.72	x	58.82	60.80	57.60	60.80
	Ivan Hryshyn	Ukraine	57.14	x	55.99	57.60	x	59.61	59.61
	Martin Wierig	Germany	56.65	59.12	57.26	x	58.94	x	59.12
4	Boudewijn Luijten	Netherlands	56.43	x	53.61	x	53.11	58.13	58.13
5	Przemysław Czajkowski	Poland	56.47	57.58	x	x	x	x	57.58
6	Fredrik Amundgård	Norway	56.87	57.38	56.30	x	x	x	57.38
7	Robert Urbanek	Poland	56.81	54.09	56.05	54.57	57.38	54.30	57.38
8	Per Rosell	Sweden	56.82	54.57	x	56.21	54.95	56.10	56.82
9	Margus Hunt	Estonia	x	x	56.09				56.09
10	Rosen Karamfilov	Bulgaria	52.09	55.13	53.95				55.13
11	Savvas Aresti	Cyprus	52.79	x	53.35				53.35
12	Pavlo Karsak	Ukraine	50.80	x	x				50.80

Qualifications

17 July
Qualifying 57.00 or 12 best to the Final

Group A

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Martin Wierig	Germany	59.49	Q
2	Nikolay Sedyuk	Russia	57.46	Q
3	Przemysław Czajkowski	Poland	56.55	q
4	Pavlo Karsak	Ukraine	56.17	q
5	Savvas Aresti	Cyprus	54.36	q
6	Giedrius Šakinis	Lithuania	53.36
7	Federico Apolloni	Italy	52.93
8	Mihai Grasu	Romania	52.76
9	Joni Mattila	Finland	52.76
10	Maarten Persoon	Netherlands	52.71
11	Péter Savanyú	Hungary	50.47
12	Martin Stašek	Czech Republic	49.61

Group B

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Fredrik Amundgård	Norway	58.47	Q
2	Ivan Hryshyn	Ukraine	57.67	Q
3	Robert Urbanek	Poland	56.58	q
4	Per Rosell	Sweden	56.40	q
5	Margus Hunt	Estonia	56.39	q
6	Rosen Karamfilov	Bulgaria	56.07	q
7	Boudewijn Luijten	Netherlands	54.65	q
8	Brett Morse	United Kingdom	54.16
9	Mateusz Mikos	Poland	53.30
10	Igor Mišljenović	Croatia	53.10
11	Diego Centi	Italy	52.21
12	Ulf Ankarling	Sweden	52.05

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 18 countries participated in the event.

Bulgaria (1)  Croatia (1)  Cyprus (1)  Czech Republic (1)  Estonia (1)

Finland (1)  Germany (1)  Hungary (1)  Italy (2)  Lithuania (1)

Netherlands (2)  Norway (1)  Poland (3)  Romania (1)

Russia (1)  Sweden (2)  Ukraine (2)  United Kingdom (1)

References

1. European Athletics U23 Championships Ostrava 2011 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK - 7th European Athletics U23 Championships - Kaunas, Lithuania 16.-19.7.2009 (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 84–99, retrieved 24 October 2014
2. 7th European Athletics U23 Championships - Kaunas LTU 16 - 19 July, European Athletics Association, archived from the original on 2014-10-21, retrieved 14 November 2014
3. European Athletics U23 Championships - Kaunas, Lithuania, 16 - 19 July 2009, Discus Men - Results - Final (PDF), European Athletics Association, retrieved 14 November 2014
4. European Athletics U23 Championships - Kaunas, Lithuania, 16 - 19 July 2009, Discus Men - Results - Qualification (PDF), European Athletics Association, retrieved 14 November 2014