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
Piotr Małachowski    Poland   Philip Milanov    Belgium   Gerd Kanter    Estonia
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2016 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
Half marathon	men	women
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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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.

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

All times are local times (UTC+2)

Qualification: 64.00 m (Q) or best 12 performers (q)^[5]

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

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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

• amsterdam2016.org, official championship site