European Athletics Championships 2016 / Men's discus throw

23rd European Athletics Championships
discipline	Discus throw
gender	Men
Attendees	30 athletes from 17 countries
venue	Amsterdam
Competition location	Olympic Stadium Amsterdam
Competition phase	July 7th (qualification) ; July 9th (final)
	Medalist
	Piotr Małachowski ( POL )
	Philip Milanov ( BEL )
	Gerd Kanter ( EST )

The Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam

The men's discus throw at the 2016 European Athletics Championships was held on July 7th and 9th, 2016 in the Olympic Stadium in the Dutch capital, Amsterdam .

The reigning world champion Piotr Małachowski from Poland became European champion . He had already in 2010 once the European Championship won -Titel was 2008 Olympic silver medalist and two-time runner-up ( 2009 / 2013 ). Silver went to the Belgian Philip Milanov . Third place went to the highly acclaimed Estonian Gerd Kanter . He was 2008 Olympic champion, 2012 Olympic third, 2007 world champion, two-time runner-up ( 2005 / 2011 ), two-time World Cup -Dritter (2009/2013) and two-time European Vice Champion ( 2006 / 2012 ).

Existing records

World record	74.08 m	Germany Democratic Republic 1949 Jürgen Schult	Neubrandenburg GDR (now Germany )	June 6, 1986
European record
EM record	68.87 m	Poland Piotr Małachowski	EM Barcelona , Spain	August 1, 2010

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
r	Competition not continued (retired)

qualification

Thirty participants competed in two groups for the qualifying round. The qualification distance for the direct entry into the final was 64.00 m. Ten athletes exceeded this mark (highlighted in light blue). The final field was filled with the two next placed athletes to twelve throwers (highlighted in light green). So finally 63.74 m had to be achieved for the final.

Group A

July 7, 2016, 4:35 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Result (noun)	1st attempt (m)	2. attempt (m)	3rd attempt (m)
1	Lois Maikel Martínez	Spain Spain	66.00	x	66.00	-
2	Daniel Ståhl	Sweden Sweden	65.78	x	x	65.78
3	Zoltán Kővágó	Hungary Hungary	65.21	65.21	-	-
4th	Gerd Kanter	Estonia Estonia	65.13	61.07	65.13	-
5	Christoph Harting	Germany Germany	65.09	63.74	x	65.09
6th	Martin Wierig	Germany Germany	63.60	x	x	63.60
7th	Danijel Furtula	Montenegro Montenegro	63.14	60.57	59.45	63.14
8th	Erik Cadée	Netherlands Netherlands	61.93	61.79	61.93	x
9	Apostolos Parellis	Cyprus Republic Cyprus	61.89	61.89	x	x
10	Bartłomiej Stój	Poland Poland	61.30	61.30	x
11	Guðni Valur Guðnason	Iceland Iceland	61.20	58.18	57.91	61.20
12	János Huszák	Hungary Hungary	60.58	x	60.58	x
13	Tomáš Voňavka	Czech Republic Czech Republic	58.39	x	58.39	57.41
14th	Oleksiy Semenov	Ukraine Ukraine	57.94	52.82	56.27	57.94
NM	Eligijus Ruškys	Lithuania Lithuania	ogV	x	x	r

Discus throwers eliminated from group A in qualification:

Martin Wierig - sixth place with 63.60 m
Erik Cadée - eighth with 61.93 m
Apostolos Parellis - ninth place with 61.89 m

Group B

July 7, 2016, 6:15 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Result (noun)	1st attempt (m)	2. attempt (m)	3rd attempt (m)
1	Daniel Jasinski	Germany Germany	64.89	62.03	64.89	-
2	Philip Milanov	Belgium Belgium	64.53	64.53	-	-
3	Robert Urbanek	Poland Poland	64.28	64.28	-	-
4th	Martin Kupper	Estonia Estonia	64.23	64.23	-	-
5	Piotr Małachowski	Poland Poland	64.15	63.95	64.15	-
6th	Rutger Smith	Netherlands Netherlands	63.85	61.36	62.70	63.85
7th	Hannes Kirchler	Austria Austria	63.74	63.12	63.74	x
8th	Andrius Gudžius	Lithuania Lithuania	63.60	63.37	61.58	63.60
9	Sven Martin Skagestad	Norway Norway	62.04	57.34	62.04	x
10	Niklas Arrhenius	Sweden Sweden	61.63	x	x	61.63
11	Mykyta Nesterenko	Ukraine Ukraine	61.35	x	x	61.35
12	Frank Casañas	Spain Spain	59.06	x	x	59.06
13	Róbert Szikszai	Hungary Hungary	58.01	58.01	x	x
NM	Axel Harstedt	Sweden Sweden	ogV	x	x	x
NM	Ercüment Olgundeniz	Turkey Turkey	ogV	x	x	x

Discus throwers eliminated from group B in qualification:

Andrius Gudžius - eighth place with 63.60 m
Sven Martin Skagestad - ninth with 62.04 m
Niklas Arrhenius - tenth place with 61.63 m
Frank Casañas - twelfth place with 59.06 m
Róbert Szikszai - thirteenth with 58.01 m

final

July 9, 2016, 8:35 pm

space	Surname	nation	Result (noun)	1st attempt (m)	2. attempt (m)	3rd attempt (m)	4th attempt (m)	5th attempt (m)	6th attempt (m)
1	Piotr Małachowski	Poland Poland	67.06	62.73	65.96	66.15	67.06	65.68	64.97
2	Philip Milanov	Belgium Belgium	65.71	64.07	64.46	65.71	64.79	x	63.49
3	Gerd Kanter	Estonia Estonia	65.27	x	65.27	62.05	x	x	62.76
4th	Christoph Harting	Germany Germany	65.13	57.60	62.53	x	62.47	x	65.13
5	Daniel Ståhl	Sweden Sweden	64.77	62.17	64.04	x	x	62.53	64.77
6th	Zoltán Kővágó	Hungary Hungary	64.66	x	63.27	64.66	x	x	63.13
7th	Martin Kupper	Estonia Estonia	63.55	63.22	62.99	63.55	62.00	60.28	62.45
8th	Daniel Jasinski	Germany Germany	63.35	63.00	61.11	63.35	61.87	61.00	63.07
9	Robert Urbanek	Poland Poland	62.18	61.69	58.93	62.18	not in the final of the eight best throwers
10	Hannes Kirchler	Austria Austria	60.18	57.67	60.18	57.24
11	Rutger Smith	Netherlands Netherlands	59.99	57.62	59.99	x
12	Lois Maikel Martínez	Spain Spain	59.27	57.40	59.17	59.27

The medalists on the podium
European champion Piotr Małachowski, here with his second European Championship title - he was also reigning world champion and Olympic runner-up in 2008
Vice European Champion Philip Milanov
Christoph Harting finished fourth - a few weeks later he became Olympic champion
Daniel Ståhl finished fifth - Vice European Champion in 2018 and World Champion in 2019
Zoltán Kővágó, second in the 2004 Olympics, finished sixth
Martin Kupper came in seventh place
Eighth placed Daniel Jasinski - a few weeks later Olympic Knight
Ninth place for Robert Urbanek
Hannes Kirchler - tenth place
Rutger Smith - eleventh place