2006 European Athletics Championships – Women's discus throw explained

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

The women's discus throw at the 2006 European Athletics Championships were held at the Ullevi on August 8 and August 10.

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Darya Pishchalnikova	Franka Dietzsch	Nicoleta Grasu

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
August 10, 2006	10:10	Qualification
August 12, 2006	19:30	Final

Results

Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 61.00 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.

Rank	Group	Athlete	Nationality	1	2	3	Result	Notes
	A			65.93			65.93	Q
	B			56.37	63.63		63.63	Q, NR
	A					63.27	63.27	Q
	B			59.71	59.41	62.26	62.26	Q
	B				62.01		62.01	Q
	A			61.83			61.83	Q, SB
	B			58.08	55.24	61.11	61.11	Q
	A			61.00			61.00	Q
	A			58.04	60.91	57.33	60.91	q
10	B				60.45	57.83	60.45	q
11	A			57.18	57.79	59.15	59.15	q
12	B					58.72	58.72	q
13	B			53.55	57.20		57.20	PB
14	A			48.71		55.61	55.61
15	A			55.50	55.42	53.80	55.50
16	A			52.84		54.44	54.44
17	B				53.55	53.77	53.77
18	B			53.22			53.22
19	B				47.70	49.98	49.98

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result	Notes
			55.76	55.40	60.81	65.55		61.05	65.55	PB
			63.88			62.58	64.35		64.35
			63.58			62.99		62.48	63.58
4			61.66	60.40		56.76	62.45		62.45
5			61.03	57.88	61.78	61.20	56.75		61.78
6			61.29	61.72	59.26		59.69		61.72
7			58.36	60.54	57.08	56.04	60.71		60.71
8			60.20	56.87		59.77	59.52		60.20
9			59.12	59.99					59.99
10			59.65						59.65
11			53.06		59.60				59.60
12				59.41					59.41

References

• Results