2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's discus throw

The men's discus throw at the 2006 European Athletics Championships were held at the Ullevi

Ullevi

Ullevi is a stadium in Gothenburg, Sweden. The stadium was built for the 1958 FIFA World Cup, but since then Ullevi has also hosted the 1995 World Championships in Athletics and the 2006 European Championships in Athletics, the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup finals in 1983 and 1990, the UEFA Euro 1992...

on August 10 and August 12.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Virgilijus Alekna Virgilijus Alekna Virgilijus Alekna is a Lithuanian athlete who specialises in the discus throw. He won medals at the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Olympics, including two golds.-Career:...	Gerd Kanter Gerd Kanter Gerd Kanter is an Estonian discus thrower. He was the 2007 World Champion in the event and won the gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics...	Aleksander Tammert Aleksander Tammert Aleksander Tammert is an Estonian discus thrower.-Athletics career:Tammert competed at the 2004 Olympics and originally finishing fourth, but as gold medal winner Róbert Fazekas was disqualified, Tammert received the bronze medal...

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
August 10, 2006	10:30	Qualification
August 12, 2006	16:30	Final

Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 63.50 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.

Rank	Group	Athlete	#1	#2	#3	Result	Notes
	A	Gerd Kanter Gerd Kanter Gerd Kanter is an Estonian discus thrower. He was the 2007 World Champion in the event and won the gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics...		61.49	66.71	66.71	Q
	B	Virgilijus Alekna Virgilijus Alekna Virgilijus Alekna is a Lithuanian athlete who specialises in the discus throw. He won medals at the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Olympics, including two golds.-Career:...	57.25		64.53	64.53	Q
	A	Piotr Małachowski	61.75	63.76		63.76	Q
	A	Rutger Smith Rutger Smith Rutger Smith is a Dutch track and field athlete competing in the shot put and discus throw. He was the first athlete to win medals at the World Championships in both events. He represented the Netherlands at the Summer Olympics in 2004 and 2008...	60.58	63.53		63.53	Q
	A	Aleksander Tammert Aleksander Tammert Aleksander Tammert is an Estonian discus thrower.-Athletics career:Tammert competed at the 2004 Olympics and originally finishing fourth, but as gold medal winner Róbert Fazekas was disqualified, Tammert received the bronze medal...	63.51			63.51	Q
	B	Lars Riedel Lars Riedel Lars Riedel a former German discus thrower. Riedel has the sixth longest discus throw of all-time with a personal best of 71.50m....	63.36			63.36	q
	B	Mario Pestano Mario Pestano Mario Pestano García is a male Spanish discus thrower. His personal best throw is 69.50, achieved on July 27, 2008 in Santa Cruz de Tenerife-Achievements:-External links:*...	63.08	62.42	62.05	63.08	q
	A	Roland Varga Roland Varga Roland Varga is a Hungarian discus thrower, he is Croatian since 2009.His personal best throw is 67.38 metres, achieved in June 2002 in Veszprém. His National Record of Croatia is 67.20 m ....		61.01	60.79	61.01	q
	A	Michael Möllenbeck Michael Möllenbeck Michael Möllenbeck is a German discus thrower.His greatest achievements are two World Championship bronze medals, and his bronze at the 2005 World Championships was especially welcome as Germany struggled to win medals.His personal best throw is 67.64 metres, achieved in June 2002 in Dortmund...		58.42	60.62	60.62	q
10	B	Gábor Máté	60.53			60.53	q
11	A	Sergiu Ursu Sergiu Ursu Sergiu Ursu is a Romanian discus thrower. He was banned for two years from February 2004 after a positive test for Nandrolone.-Achievements:-References:...	60.50		58.39	60.50	q
12	A	Andrzej Krawczyk Andrzej Krawczyk Andrzej Krawczyk is a Polish discus thrower. His personal best throw is 65.56 metres, achieved in July 2005 in Norrtälje.-Career:...	60.11	59.78	58.66	60.11	q
13	B	Robert Harting Robert Harting Robert Harting is a German discus thrower.He won a silver medal at the 2001 World Youth Championships. He was less successful at subsequent championships and finished in eighth in the qualifiers 2002 World Junior Championships...	59.24	59.38	59.87	59.87
14	B	Märt Israel Märt Israel Märt Israel is a male discus thrower from Estonia. His personal best is 66.98, achieved in May 2011 in Chula Vista .-Achievements:...		59.30	59.80	59.80
15	A	Gerhard Mayer Gerhard Mayer Gerhard Mayer is a male discus thrower from Austria.He represented his native country at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he ended up in 18th place in the overall-rankings. Mayer is best known for winning the gold medal in the men's discus event at the 2007 Summer Universiade in Bangkok,...	55.59		59.54	59.54
16	B	Olgierd Stański			59.30	59.30
17	B	Bogdan Pishchalnikov Bogdan Pishchalnikov Bogdan Pishchalnikov is a Russian discus thrower. He is the brother of Darya Pishchalnikova and Kirill Pishchalnikov.He finished eleventh at the 2003 Universiade and seventh at the 2006 IAAF World Cup...	58.77		56.34	58.77
18	A	Mikko Kyyrö Mikko Kyyrö Mikko Tapio Kyyrö is a male discus thrower from Finland. His personal best throw is 64.14 metres, achieved on June 29, 2007 in Jalasjärvi....	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 Niklas Arrhenius Niklas Arrhenius is a competitor in the discus throw who won the Swedish competition in this event in 2004 and 2006. He was also Sweden's discus competitor at the 2008 Summer Olympics....			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

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Final

Rank	Athlete	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result
	Virgilijus Alekna Virgilijus Alekna Virgilijus Alekna is a Lithuanian athlete who specialises in the discus throw. He won medals at the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Olympics, including two golds.-Career:...	68.67	67.63	67.34	67.37	67.33	66.57	68.67
	Gerd Kanter Gerd Kanter Gerd Kanter is an Estonian discus thrower. He was the 2007 World Champion in the event and won the gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics...	61.04		68.03				68.03
	Aleksander Tammert Aleksander Tammert Aleksander Tammert is an Estonian discus thrower.-Athletics career:Tammert competed at the 2004 Olympics and originally finishing fourth, but as gold medal winner Róbert Fazekas was disqualified, Tammert received the bronze medal...	62.02	65.32	66.14	65.59	65.29	60.72	66.14
4	Mario Pestano Mario Pestano Mario Pestano García is a male Spanish discus thrower. His personal best throw is 69.50, achieved on July 27, 2008 in Santa Cruz de Tenerife-Achievements:-External links:*...	63.80	64.84	62.66	63.54	64.26	62.52	64.84
5	Michael Möllenbeck Michael Möllenbeck Michael Möllenbeck is a German discus thrower.His greatest achievements are two World Championship bronze medals, and his bronze at the 2005 World Championships was especially welcome as Germany struggled to win medals.His personal best throw is 67.64 metres, achieved in June 2002 in Dortmund...		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 Rutger Smith Rutger Smith is a Dutch track and field athlete competing in the shot put and discus throw. He was the first athlete to win medals at the World Championships in both events. He represented the Netherlands at the Summer Olympics in 2004 and 2008...	63.52	63.33	64.06	62.14	62.61	64.46	64.46
8	Lars Riedel Lars Riedel Lars Riedel a former German discus thrower. Riedel has the sixth longest discus throw of all-time with a personal best of 71.50m....	64.11		59.88	64.07	59.56	58.43	64.11
9	Sergiu Ursu Sergiu Ursu Sergiu Ursu is a Romanian discus thrower. He was banned for two years from February 2004 after a positive test for Nandrolone.-Achievements:-References:...	58.14	62.48					62.48
10	Andrzej Krawczyk Andrzej Krawczyk Andrzej Krawczyk is a Polish discus thrower. His personal best throw is 65.56 metres, achieved in July 2005 in Norrtälje.-Career:...		59.77	61.56				61.56
11	Roland Varga Roland Varga Roland Varga is a Hungarian discus thrower, he is Croatian since 2009.His personal best throw is 67.38 metres, achieved in June 2002 in Veszprém. His National Record of Croatia is 67.20 m ....			60.52				60.52
12	Gábor Máté	56.52	57.35					57.35

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