# 2016 European Athletics Championships – Men's hammer throw

The men's hammer throw at the 2016 European Athletics Championships took place at the Olympic Stadium on 8 and 10 July.

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2014 European Athletics Championships :
| World record | Yuriy Sedykh (URS) | 86.74 m | Stuttgart, West Germany | 30 August 1986 |
| European record | Yuriy Sedykh (URS) | 86.74 m | Stuttgart, West Germany | 30 August 1986 |
| Championship record | Yuriy Sedykh (URS) | 86.74 m | Stuttgart, West Germany | 30 August 1986 |
| World Leading | Paweł Fajdek (POL) | 81.71 m | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 5 June 2016 |
| European Leading | Paweł Fajdek (POL) | 81.71 m | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 5 June 2016 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| 8 July 2016 | 12:30 | Qualifying |
| 10 July 2016 | 17:10 | Final |
All times are local times (UTC+2)

## Results
### Qualification

Qualification: 75.00 m (Q) or best 12 performers (q)
| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | Result | Note |
| 1 | B | Paweł Fajdek | Poland | x | x | 78.82 | 78.82 | Q |
| 2 | A | Ivan Tsikhan | Belarus | 73.34 | 74.19 | 76.10 | 76.10 | Q |
| 3 | A | Wojciech Nowicki | Poland | 74.33 | 75.85 | | 75.85 | Q |
| 4 | B | Marcel Lomnický | Slovakia | 72.97 | 74.68 | x | 74.68 | q |
| 5 | B | Mihaíl Anastasakis | Greece | 73.29 | 71.95 | 74.01 | 74.01 | q |
| 6 | A | Chris Bennett | Great Britain | 74.39 | 72.62 | x | 74.39 | q |
| 7 | B | Serghei Marghiev | Moldova | 73.95 | x | x | 73.95 | q |
| 8 | B | Özkan Baltaci | Turkey | 73.10 | 71.34 | 70.67 | 73.10 | q |
| 9 | A | David Söderberg | Finland | 72.96 | x | 70.19 | 72.96 | q |
| 10 | B | Marco Lingua | Italy | 72.94 | x | x | 72.94 | q |
| 11 | B | Javier Cienfuegos | Spain | 70.97 | 72.21 | 72.73 | 72.73 | q |
| 12 | B | Siarhei Kalamoyets | Belarus | 67.36 | 69.94 | 72.55 | 72.55 | q |
| 13 | A | Andriy Martynyuk | Ukraine | x | 72.15 | 72.37 | 72.37 | |
| 14 | A | Pavel Bareisha | Belarus | 70.71 | 72.19 | x | 72.19 | |
| 15 | B | Mark Dry | Great Britain | 71.65 | 69.59 | 71.96 | 71.96 | |
| 16 | A | Eivind Henriksen | Norway | 69.38 | 71.93 | 70.30 | 71.93 | |
| 17 | A | Bence Pásztor | Hungary | 70.56 | 70.38 | 71.20 | 71.20 | |
| 18 | A | Simone Falloni | Italy | 70.51 | 69.76 | x | 70.51 | |
| 19 | A | Lukáš Melich | Czech Republic | 69.45 | 66.38 | 70.50 | 70.50 | |
| 20 | A | Nejc Pleško | Slovenia | 66.66 | 70.44 | x | 70.44 | |
| 21 | B | Ákos Hudi | Hungary | 69.48 | 70.37 | 69.94 | 70.37 | |
| 22 | B | Constantinos Stathelakos | Cyprus | 70.20 | x | 68.36 | 70.20 | |
| 23 | B | Tuomas Seppänen | Finland | 69.76 | 69.48 | x | 69.76 | |
| 24 | B | Oleksandr Drygol | Israel | x | 68.10 | 64.69 | 68.10 | NR |
| 25 | A | Nick Miller | Great Britain | 67.76 | x | x | 67.76 | |
| 26 | B | Serhiy Reheda | Ukraine | 66.72 | 65.56 | 66.36 | 66.72 | |
| | A | Eşref Apak | Turkey | x | x | x | NM | |
| | A | Libor Charfreitag | Slovakia | x | x | x | NM | |

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result |
| | Paweł Fajdek | Poland | 80.46 | 78.85 | 79.09 | 80.37 | 80.93 | 79.69 | 80.93 |
| | Ivan Tsikhan | Belarus | 76.60 | 75.16 | 76.42 | 76.18 | 75.84 | 78.84 | 78.84 |
| | Wojciech Nowicki | Poland | 74.52 | 77.31 | 77.53 | x | 77.43 | 76.02 | 77.53 |
| 4 | Mihaíl Anastasakis | Greece | 75.89 | x | x | x | x | x | 75.89 |
| 5 | Marcel Lomnický | Slovakia | 73.26 | 75.41 | 75.19 | 75.84 | 74.55 | x | 75.84 |
| 6 | Siarhei Kalamoyets | Belarus | 69.11 | 73.97 | x | 74.65 | x | 67.88 | 74.65 |
| 7 | David Söderberg | Finland | 74.22 | 73.83 | 72.98 | x | 72.01 | 73.86 | 74.22 |
| 8 | Serghei Marghiev | Moldova | 71.40 | 70.90 | 72.66 | 66.42 | 73.21 | x | 73.21 |
| 9 | Özkan Baltaci | Turkey | 68.96 | 71.35 | 69.36 | | | | 71.35 |
| 10 | Chris Bennett | Great Britain | 69.85 | 70.43 | 70.93 | | | | 70.93 |
| 11 | Marco Lingua | Italy | 70.00 | x | x | | | | 70.00 |
| 12 | Javier Cienfuegos | Spain | 68.17 | x | x | | | | 68.17 |