The men's discus throw at the 2006 European Athletics Championships were held at the Ullevi on August 10 and August 12.
Medalists GoldSilverBronzeVirgilijus AleknaGerd KanterAleksander Tammert
Schedule Date Time RoundAugust 10, 2006 10:30 QualificationAugust 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 A Gerd Kanter 61.49 66.71 66.71 Q B Virgilijus Alekna 57.25 64.53 64.53 Q A Piotr Małachowski 61.75 63.76 63.76 Q A Rutger Smith 60.58 63.53 63.53 Q A Aleksander Tammert 63.51 63.51 Q B Lars Riedel 63.36 63.36 q B Mario Pestano 63.08 62.42 62.05 63.08 q A Roland Varga 61.01 60.79 61.01 q A Michael Möllenbeck 58.42 60.62 60.62 q 10 B Gábor Máté 60.53 60.53 q 11 A Sergiu Ursu 60.50 58.39 60.50 q 12 A Andrzej Krawczyk 60.11 59.78 58.66 60.11 q 13 B Robert Harting 59.24 59.38 59.87 59.87 14 B Märt Israel 59.30 59.80 59.80 15 A Gerhard Mayer 55.59 59.54 59.54 16 B Olgierd Stański 59.30 59.30 17 B Bogdan Pishchalnikov 58.77 56.34 58.77 18 A Mikko Kyyrö 57.82 58.59 58.59 19 A Stanislav Alekseyev 56.91 55.71 56.91 20 B Hannes Kirchler 56.78 56.78 21 B Niklas Arrhenius 56.62 56.62 22 A Cristiano Andrei 54.82 54.42 54.74 54.82 23 B Mika Loikkanen 56.08 53.98 56.08 B Dmitriy Shevchenko
Final Rank Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes Virgilijus Alekna 68.67 67.63 67.34 67.37 67.33 66.57 68.67 Gerd Kanter 61.04 68.03 68.03 Aleksander Tammert 62.02 65.32 66.14 65.59 65.29 60.72 66.14 4 Mario Pestano 63.80 64.84 62.66 63.54 64.26 62.52 64.84 5 Michael Möllenbeck 64.82 64.75 62.89 62.00 64.82 6 Piotr Małachowski 61.81 64.57 62.52 61.83 63.77 64.57 7 Rutger Smith 63.52 63.33 64.06 62.14 62.61 64.46 64.46 8 Lars Riedel 64.11 59.88 64.07 59.56 58.43 64.11 9 Sergiu Ursu 58.14 62.48 62.48 10 Andrzej Krawczyk 59.77 61.56 61.56 11 Roland Varga 60.52 60.52 12 Gábor Máté 56.52 57.35 57.35
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