2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's discus throw explained

Event:	Men's discus throw
Competition:	European Athletics Championships

The men's discus throw at the 2006 European Athletics Championships were held at the Ullevi on August 10 and August 12.

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Virgilijus Alekna	Gerd Kanter	Aleksander Tammert

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
August 10, 2006	10:30	Qualification
August 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				61.49	66.71	66.71	Q
	B			57.25		64.53	64.53	Q
	A			61.75	63.76		63.76	Q
	A			60.58	63.53		63.53	Q
	A			63.51			63.51	Q
	B			63.36			63.36	q
	B			63.08	62.42	62.05	63.08	q
	A				61.01	60.79	61.01	q
	A				58.42	60.62	60.62	q
10	B			60.53			60.53	q
11	A			60.50		58.39	60.50	q
12	A			60.11	59.78	58.66	60.11	q
13	B			59.24	59.38	59.87	59.87
14	B				59.30	59.80	59.80
15	A			55.59		59.54	59.54
16	B					59.30	59.30
17	B			58.77		56.34	58.77
18	A			57.82	58.59		58.59
19	A			56.91		55.71	56.91
20	B					56.78	56.78
21	B					56.62	56.62
22	A			54.82	54.42	54.74	54.82
23	B			56.08	53.98		56.08
	B

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result	Notes
			68.67	67.63	67.34	67.37	67.33	66.57	68.67
			61.04		68.03				68.03
			62.02	65.32	66.14	65.59	65.29	60.72	66.14
4			63.80	64.84	62.66	63.54	64.26	62.52	64.84
5				64.82	64.75	62.89	62.00		64.82
6			61.81	64.57	62.52	61.83	63.77		64.57
7			63.52	63.33	64.06	62.14	62.61	64.46	64.46
8			64.11		59.88	64.07	59.56	58.43	64.11
9			58.14	62.48					62.48
10				59.77	61.56				61.56
11					60.52				60.52
12			56.52	57.35					57.35

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