2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's discus throw

Events at the
2006 European
Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
5000 m men women
10,000 m men women
100 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men women
3000 m
steeplechase		 men women
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men women
Road events
Marathon men women
20 km walk men women
50 km walk men
Field events
Long jump men women
Triple jump men women
High jump men women
Pole vault men women
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Javelin throw men women
Hammer throw men women
Combined events
Heptathlon women
Decathlon men

The men's discus throw at the 2006 European Athletics Championships were held at the Ullevi on August 10 and August 12.

Contents

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
Virgilijus Alekna
 Lithuania		 Gerd Kanter
 Estonia		 Aleksander Tammert
 Estonia

Schedule

Date Time Round
August 10, 2006 10:30 Qualification
August 12, 2006 16:30 Final

Results

Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 63.50 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.

Rank Group Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 Result Notes
1 A Gerd Kanter  Estonia x 61.49 66.71 66.71 Q
2 B Virgilijus Alekna  Lithuania 57.25 x 64.53 64.53 Q
3 A Piotr Małachowski  Poland 61.75 63.76 63.76 Q
4 A Rutger Smith  Netherlands 60.58 63.53 63.53 Q
5 A Aleksander Tammert  Estonia 63.51 63.51 Q
6 B Lars Riedel  Germany 63.36 63.36 q
7 B Mario Pestano  Spain 63.08 62.42 62.05 63.08 q
8 A Roland Varga  Hungary x 61.01 60.79 61.01 q
9 A Michael Möllenbeck  Germany x 58.42 60.62 60.62 q
10 B Gábor Máté  Hungary 60.53 x x 60.53 q
11 A Sergiu Ursu  Romania 60.50 x 58.39 60.50 q
12 A Andrzej Krawczyk  Poland 60.11 59.78 58.66 60.11 q
13 B Robert Harting  Germany 59.24 59.38 59.87 59.87
14 B Märt Israel  Estonia x 59.30 59.80 59.80
15 A Gerhard Mayer  Austria 55.59 x 59.54 59.54
16 B Olgierd Stański  Poland x x 59.30 59.30
17 B Bogdan Pishchalnikov  Russia 58.77 x 56.34 58.77
18 A Mikko Kyyrö  Finland 57.82 58.59 x 58.59
19 A Stanislav Alekseyev  Russia 56.91 x 55.71 56.91
20 B Hannes Kirchler  Italy x x 56.78 56.78
21 B Niklas Arrhenius  Sweden x x 56.62 56.62
22 A Cristiano Andrei  Italy 54.82 54.42 54.74 54.82
23 B Mika Loikkanen  Finland 56.08 53.98 x 56.08
B Dmitriy Shevchenko  Russia x x x NM

Final

Rank Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes
Virgilijus Alekna  Lithuania 68.67 67.63 67.34 67.37 67.33 66.57 68.67
Gerd Kanter  Estonia 61.04 x 68.03 x x x 68.03
Aleksander Tammert  Estonia 62.02 65.32 66.14 65.59 65.29 60.72 66.14
4 Mario Pestano  Spain 63.80 64.84 62.66 63.54 64.26 62.52 64.84
5 Michael Möllenbeck  Germany x 64.82 64.75 62.89 62.00 - 64.82
6 Piotr Małachowski  Poland 61.81 64.57 62.52 61.83 63.77 x 64.57
7 Rutger Smith  Netherlands 63.52 63.33 64.06 62.14 62.61 64.46 64.46
8 Lars Riedel  Germany 64.11 x 59.88 64.07 59.56 58.43 64.11
9 Sergiu Ursu  Romania 58.14 62.48 x 62.48
10 Andrzej Krawczyk  Poland x 59.77 61.56 61.56
11 Roland Varga  Hungary x x 60.52 60.52
12 Gábor Máté  Hungary 56.52 57.35 x 57.35

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