2016 European Athletics Championships – Men's discus throw

Men's discus throw
at the European Athletics Championships
Men's discus throw ; at the European Athletics Championships
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Location	Amsterdam
Dates	7 July (qualification); 9 July (final)
Competitors	30 from 17 nations
Winning mark	67.06 m
Medalists
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The men's discus throw at the 2016 European Athletics Championships took place at the Olympic stadium for the finals and at the Museumplein for qualifying on 7 and 9 July.

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Standing records prior to the 2016 European Athletics Championships
World record	Jürgen Schult (GDR)	74.08 m^[1]	Neubrandenburg, East Germany	6 June 1986
European record	Jürgen Schult (GDR)	74.08 m^[2]	Neubrandenburg, East Germany	6 June 1986
Championship record	Piotr Małachowski (POL)	68.87 m	Barcelona, Spain	1 August 2010
World Leading	Piotr Małachowski (POL)	68.15 m^[3]	Warsaw, Poland	28 May 2016
European Leading	Piotr Małachowski (POL)	68.15 m^[4]	Warsaw, Poland	28 May 2016

Date	Time	Round
7 July 2016	17:15	Qualifying
9 July 2016	20:35	Final

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	Result	Note
1	A	Lois Maikel Martinez	Spain	x	66.00		66.00	Q
2	A	Daniel Ståhl	Sweden	x	x	65.78	65.78	Q
3	A	Zoltán Kővágó	Hungary	65.21			65.21	Q
4	A	Gerd Kanter	Estonia	61.07	65.13		65.13	Q, SB
5	A	Christoph Harting	Germany	63.74	x	65.09	65.09	Q
6	B	Daniel Jasinski	Germany	62.03	64.89		64.89	Q
7	B	Philip Milanov	Belgium	64.53			64.53	Q
8	B	Robert Urbanek	Poland	64.28			64.28	Q
9	B	Martin Kupper	Estonia	64.23			64.23	Q
10	B	Piotr Małachowski	Poland	63.95	64.15		64.15	Q
11	B	Rutger Smith	Netherlands	61.36	62.70	63.85	63.85	q, SB
12	B	Hannes Kirchler	Italy	63.12	63.74	x	63.74	q
13	B	Andrius Gudžius	Lithuania	63.37	61.58	63.60	63.60	=SB
14	A	Martin Wierig	Germany	x	x	63.60	63.60
15	A	Danijel Furtula	Montenegro	60.57	59.45	63.14	63.14
16	B	Sven Martin Skagestad	Norway	57.34	62.04	x	62.04
17	A	Erik Cadée	Netherlands	61.79	61.93	x	61.93
18	A	Apostolos Parellis	Cyprus	61.89	x	x	61.89
19	B	Niklas Arrhenius	Sweden	x	x	61.63	61.63
20	B	Mykyta Nesterenko	Ukraine	x	x	61.35	61.35
21	A	Bartłomiej Stój	Poland	x	61.30	x	61.30
22	A	Guðni Valur Guðnason	Iceland	58.18	57.91	61.20	61.20	SB
23	A	János Huszák	Hungary	x	60.58	x	60.58
24	B	Frank Casañas	Spain	x	x	59.06	59.06
25	A	Tomáš Vonavka	Czech Republic	x	58.39	57.41	58.39
26	B	Róbert Szikszai	Hungary	58.01	x	x	58.01
27	A	Oleksiy Semenov	Ukraine	53.82	56.27	57.94	57.94
	A	Eligijus Ruškys	Lithuania	x	x	x	NM
	B	Ercüment Olgundeniz	Turkey	x	x	x	NM
	B	Axel Härstedt	Sweden	x	x	x	NM

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Piotr Małachowski	Poland	62.73	65.96	66.15	67.06	65.68	64.97	67.06
	Philip Milanov	Belgium	64.07	64.46	65.71	64.79	x	63.49	65.71
	Gerd Kanter	Estonia	x	65.27	62.05	x	x	62.76	65.27	SB
4	Christoph Harting	Germany	57.60	62.53	x	62.47	x	65.13	65.13
5	Daniel Ståhl	Sweden	62.17	64.04	58.44	x	62.53	64.77	64.77
6	Zoltán Kővágó	Hungary	x	63.27	64.66	x	x	63.13	64.66
7	Martin Kupper	Estonia	63.22	62.99	63.55	62.00	60.28	62.45	63.55
8	Daniel Jasinski	Germany	63.00	62.11	63.35	61.87	61.00	63.07	63.35
9	Robert Urbanek	Poland	61.69	58.93	62.18				62.18
10	Hannes Kirchler	Italy	57.67	60.18	57.24				60.18
11	Rutger Smith	Netherlands	57.62	59.99	x				59.99
12	Lois Maikel Martínez	Spain	57.40	59.17	59.27				59.27

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