Women's discus throw at the European Athletics Championships
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Location	Amsterdam
Dates	6 July (qualification) 8 July (final)
Competitors	26 from 19 nations
Winning mark	69.97 m
Medalists
Sandra Perković    Croatia   Julia Fischer    Germany   Shanice Craft    Germany
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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 women'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 6 and 8 July.

Standing records prior to the 2016 European Athletics Championships
World record	Gabriele Reinsch (GDR)	76.80 m[1]	Neubrandenburg, East Germany	9 July 1988
European record	Gabriele Reinsch (GDR)	76.80 m[2]	Neubrandenburg, East Germany	9 July 1988
Championship record	Diana Gansky (GDR)	71.36 m	Stuttgart, West Germany	28 August 1986
World Leading	Sandra Perković (CRO)	70.88 m[3]	Shanghai, China	14 May 2016
European Leading	Sandra Perković (CRO)	70.88 m[4]	Shanghai, China	14 May 2016

All times are local times (UTC+2)

Qualification: 58.00 m (Q) or 12 best performers (q)^[5]

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	Result	Note
1	A	Julia Fischer	Germany	66.20			66.20	Q
2	B	Sandra Perković	Croatia	65.25			65.25	Q
3	A	Nadine Müller	Germany	64.75			64.75	Q
4	B	Shanice Craft	Germany	64.59			64.59	Q
5	A	Mélina Robert-Michon	France	63.99			63.99	Q
6	B	Dragana Tomašević	Serbia	x	60.51		60.51	Q, SB
7	B	Nataliya Semenova	Ukraine	60.33			60.33	Q
8	B	Eliška Staňková	Czech Republic	60.32			60.32	Q
9	B	Veronika Domjan	Slovenia	49.21	x	60.11	60.11	Q, NR
10	B	Pauline Pousse	France	x	60.06		60.06	Q
11	B	Stefania Strumillo	Italy	56.29	59.80		59.80	Q, PB
12	A	Sabina Asenjo	Spain	57.73	59.72		59.72	Q
13	A	Hrisoula Anagnostopoulou	Greece	56.50	59.13		59.13	Q
14	A	Zinaida Sendriūtė	Lithuania	57.47	56.97	58.88	58.88	Q
15	B	Jade Lally	Great Britain	58.76			58.76	Q
16	A	Sofia Larsson	Sweden	53.57	55.33	56.02	56.02	SB
17	A	Olha Abramchuk	Ukraine	50.23	56.00	53.89	56.00
18	B	Corinne Nugter	Netherlands	53.16	52.28	55.52	55.52
19	A	Salla Sipponen	Finland	x	54.95	51.84	54.95
20	A	Natalia Stratulat	Moldova	54.45	x	x	54.45
21	A	Kristina Rakočević	Montenegro	54.35	x	53.15	54.35
22	B	Veronika Watzek	Austria	x	53.79	52.42	53.79
23	A	Natalina Capoferri	Italy	46.64	53.16	50.44	53.16
24	B	Julia Viberg	Sweden	x	52.82	x	52.82
25	B	Valentina Aniballi	Italy	51.66	x	x	51.66
26	A	Irina Rodrigues	Portugal	x	44.60	50.40	50.40

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Rank	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Sandra Perković	Croatia	62.60	63.09	x	66.03	69.97	x	69.97
	Julia Fischer	Germany	65.25	65.77	63.30	x	x	64.49	65.77
	Shanice Craft	Germany	63.09	58.21	x	x	62.18	63.89	63.89
4	Nadine Müller	Germany	62.63	62.12	60.55	x	x	x	62.63
5	Mélina Robert-Michon	France	61.74	60.80	60.44	61.70	62.47	60.96	62.47
6	Nataliya Semenova	Ukraine	56.75	62.21	x	x	56.54	61.45	62.21
7	Jade Lally	Great Britain	53.42	59.88	54.44	x	60.29	x	60.29
8	Pauline Pousse	France	59.62	55.76	58.32	x	x	x	59.62
9	Hrisoula Anagnostopoulou	Greece	57.45	59.23	x				59.23
10	Veronika Domjan	Slovenia	58.12	55.44	x				58.12
11	Dragana Tomašević	Serbia	56.74	x	56.83				56.83
12	Sabina Asenjo	Spain	54.74	56.62	56.58				56.58
13	Zinaida Sendriūtė	Lithuania	51.31	53.20	56.17				56.17
14	Eliška Staňková	Czech Republic	55.90	55.52	x				55.90
15	Stefania Strumillo	Italy	55.78	x	x				55.78

• amsterdam2016.org, official championship site