European Athletics Championships 2016 / Women's discus throw
23rd European Athletics Championships | |||||||||
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discipline | Discus throw | ||||||||
gender | Women | ||||||||
Attendees | 26 athletes from 19 countries | ||||||||
venue | Amsterdam | ||||||||
Competition location | Olympic Stadium Amsterdam | ||||||||
Competition phase | July 6th (qualification) July 8th (final) |
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The women's discus throw at the 2016 European Athletics Championships was held on July 6th and 8th, 2016 in the Olympic Stadium in the Dutch capital, Amsterdam .
With silver and bronze, the German discus throwers won two medals in this competition. The Croatian Olympic champion from 2012 , world champion from 2013 and runner-up world champion from 2015 Sandra Perković won her fourth European Championship title in a row . She won ahead of Julia Fischer . As at the European Championships two years ago, bronze went to Shanice Craft .
Existing records
World record | 76.80 m | Gabriele Reinsch | Neubrandenburg , GDR (now Germany ) | July 9, 1988 |
European record | ||||
EM record | 71.36 m | Diana Sachse | EM Stuttgart , Federal Republic of Germany | August 28, 1986 |
The existing EM record was not set at these European championships and was not improved.
Legend
Brief overview of the meaning of the symbols - also commonly used in other publications:
- | waived |
x | invalid |
qualification
26 participants competed in two groups for the qualification round. The qualification distance for the direct entry into the final was set a little too low at 58.00 m. With fifteen athletes who had exceeded this mark (highlighted in light blue), three throwers more than originally planned reached the final scheduled for the day after next.
Group A
July 6, 2016, 12:00 p.m.
space | Surname | nation | Result (noun) | 1st attempt (m) | 2. attempt (m) | 3rd attempt (m) |
1 | Julia Fischer | Germany | 66.20 | 66.20 | - | - |
2 | Nadine Müller | Germany | 64.75 | 64.75 | - | - |
3 | Mélina Robert-Michon | France | 63.99 | 63.99 | - | - |
4th | Sabina Asenjo | Spain | 59.72 | 57.73 | 59.72 | - |
5 | Hrisoúla Anagnostopoúlou | Greece | 59.13 | 56.50 | 59.13 | - |
6th | Zinaida Sendriūtė | Lithuania | 58.88 | 57.47 | 56.97 | 58.88 |
7th | Sofia Larsson | Sweden | 56.02 | 53.57 | 55.33 | 56.02 |
8th | Olha Abramchuk | Ukraine | 56.00 | 50.23 | 56.00 | 53.89 |
9 | Salla Sipponen | Finland | 54.95 | x | 54.95 | 51.84 |
10 | Natalia Stratulate | Moldova | 54.45 | 54.45 | x | x |
11 | Kristina Rakočević | Montenegro | 54.35 | 54.95 | x | 53.15 |
12 | Natalina Capoferri | Italy | 53.16 | 46.64 | 53.16 | 50.44 |
13 | Irina Rodrigues | Portugal | 50.40 | x | 44.60 | 50.40 |
Group B
July 6, 2016, 1:15 p.m.
space | Surname | nation | Result (noun) | 1st attempt (m) | 2. attempt (m) | 3rd attempt (m) |
1 | Sandra Perković | Croatia | 65.25 | 65.25 | - | - |
2 | Shanice Craft | Germany | 64.59 | 64.59 | - | - |
3 | Dragana Tomašević | Serbia | 60.51 | x | 60.51 | - |
4th | Natalia Semenova | Ukraine | 60.33 | 60.33 | - | - |
5 | Eliška Staňková | Czech Republic | 60.32 | 60.32 | - | - |
6th | Veronika Domjan | Slovenia | 60.11 NO | 49.21 | 60.11 x | |
7th | Pauline Pousse | France | 60.06 | x | 60.06 | - |
8th | Stefania Strumillo | Italy | 59.80 | 56.89 | 59.80 | - |
9 | Jade Lally | Great Britain | 58.76 | 58.76 | - | - |
10 | Corinne Nugter | Netherlands | 55.52 | 53.16 | 52.28 | 55.52 |
11 | Veronika Watzek | Austria | 53.79 | x | 52.42 | 53.79 |
12 | Julia Viberg | Sweden | 52.82 | x | 52.82 | x |
13 | Valentina Aniballi | Italy | 51.66 | 51.66 | x | x |
final
July 8, 2016, 8:15 p.m.
space | Surname | nation | Result (noun) | 1st attempt (m) | 2. attempt (m) | 3rd attempt (m) | 4th attempt (m) | 5th attempt (m) | 6th attempt (m) |
1 | Sandra Perković | Croatia | 69.97 | 62.60 | 63.09 | x | 66.03 | 69.97 | x |
2 | Julia Fischer | Germany | 65.77 | 65.25 | 65.77 | 63.30 | x | x | 64.49 |
3 | Shanice Craft | Germany | 63.89 | 63.09 | 58.21 | x | x | 62.18 | 63.89 |
4th | Nadine Müller | Germany | 62.63 | 62.63 | 62.12 | 60.55 | x | x | x |
5 | Mélina Robert-Michon | France | 62.47 | 61.47 | 60.80 | 60.44 | 61.70 | 62.47 | 60.96 |
6th | Natalia Semenova | Ukraine | 62.21 | 56.75 | 62.21 | x | x | 56.54 | 61.45 |
7th | Jade Lally | Great Britain | 60.29 | 52.49 | 59.88 | 54.44 | x | 60.29 | x |
8th | Pauline Pousse | France | 59.62 | 59.62 | 55.76 | 58.32 | x | x | x |
9 | Hrisoúla Anagnostopoúlou | Greece | 59.23 | 57.45 | 59.23 | x | not in the final of the eight best throwers |
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10 | Veronika Domjan | Slovenia | 58.12 | 58.12 | 55.44 | x | |||
11 | Dragana Tomašević | Serbia | 56.83 | 56.74 | x | 56.83 | |||
12 | Sabina Asenjo | Spain | 56.62 | 54.74 | 56.62 | 56.58 | |||
13 | Zinaida Sendriūtė | Lithuania | 56.17 | 51.31 | 53.20 | 56.17 | |||
14th | Eliška Staňková | Czech Republic | 55.90 | 55.90 | 55.52 | x | |||
15th | Stefania Strumillo | Italy | 55.78 | 55.78 | x | x |
As at the European Championships two years ago, the bronze medalist was Shanice Craft
Mélina Robert-Michon, 2013 vice world champion and 2014 vice European champion, came in fifth
Web links
- European Athletics Championships - Amsterdam 2016 at european-athletics.org, accessed on March 14, 2020
- European Championship 2016 Amsterdam, Women Discus Throw on todor66.com, accessed March 14, 2020
- Track and Field Statistics, EM 2016 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed on March 14, 2020
- 23rd European Athletics Championships 2016 in Amsterdam, Netherlands from ifosta.de, accessed on March 14, 2020
References and comments
- ↑ IAAF world records. Discus throw women , accessed on March 14, 2020