# 2016 European Athletics Championships – Men's discus throw

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.

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2016 European Athletics Championships :
| World record | Jürgen Schult (GDR) | 74.08 m | Neubrandenburg, East Germany | 6 June 1986 |
| European record | Jürgen Schult (GDR) | 74.08 m | 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 | Warsaw, Poland | 28 May 2016 |
| European Leading | Piotr Małachowski (POL) | 68.15 m | Warsaw, Poland | 28 May 2016 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| 7 July 2016 | 17:15 | Qualifying |
| 9 July 2016 | 20:35 | Final |
All times are local times (UTC+2)

## Results
### Qualification

Qualification: 64.00 m (Q) or best 12 performers (q)
| 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 | |

### Final

| 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 | |