2016 European Athletics Championships – Women's discus throw
# 2016 European Athletics Championships – Women's discus throw

The women'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 6 and 8 July.

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2016 European Athletics Championships :

| World record | Gabriele Reinsch (GDR) | 76.80 m | Neubrandenburg, East Germany | 9 July 1988 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| European record | Gabriele Reinsch (GDR) | 76.80 m | Neubrandenburg, East Germany | 9 July 1988 |
| Championship record | Diana Gansky (GDR) | 71.36 m | Stuttgart, West Germany | 28 August 1986 |
| World Leading | Sandra Perković (CRO) | 70.88 m | Shanghai, China | 14 May 2016 |
| European Leading | Sandra Perković (CRO) | 70.88 m | Shanghai, China | 14 May 2016 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| - | - | - |
| 6 July 2016 | 12:00 | Qualification |
| 8 July 2016 | 20:15 | Final |

All times are local times (UTC+2)

## Results

### Qualification

Qualification: 58.00 m (Q) or 12 best performers (q)

| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | Result | Note |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | A | Julia Fischer | Germany | 66.20 | | | 66.20 | Q |
| 2 | B | Sandra Perković | Croatia | 65.25 | | | 65.25 | Q |
| 3 | A | Nadine Müller | Germany | 64.75 | | | 64.75 | Q |
| 4 | B | Shanice Craft | Germany | 64.59 | | | 64.59 | Q |
| 5 | A | Mélina Robert-Michon | France | 63.99 | | | 63.99 | Q |
| 6 | B | Dragana Tomašević | Serbia | x | 60.51 | | 60.51 | Q, SB |
| 7 | B | Nataliya Semenova | Ukraine | 60.33 | | | 60.33 | Q |
| 8 | B | Eliška Staňková | Czech Republic | 60.32 | | | 60.32 | Q |
| 9 | B | Veronika Domjan | Slovenia | 49.21 | x | 60.11 | 60.11 | Q, NR |
| 10 | B | Pauline Pousse | France | x | 60.06 | | 60.06 | Q |
| 11 | B | Stefania Strumillo | Italy | 56.29 | 59.80 | | 59.80 | Q, PB |
| 12 | A | Sabina Asenjo | Spain | 57.73 | 59.72 | | 59.72 | Q |
| 13 | A | Hrisoula Anagnostopoulou | Greece | 56.50 | 59.13 | | 59.13 | Q |
| 14 | A | Zinaida Sendriūtė | Lithuania | 57.47 | 56.97 | 58.88 | 58.88 | Q |
| 15 | B | Jade Lally | Great Britain | 58.76 | | | 58.76 | Q |
| 16 | A | Sofia Larsson | Sweden | 53.57 | 55.33 | 56.02 | 56.02 | SB |
| 17 | A | Olha Abramchuk | Ukraine | 50.23 | 56.00 | 53.89 | 56.00 | |
| 18 | B | Corinne Nugter | Netherlands | 53.16 | 52.28 | 55.52 | 55.52 | |
| 19 | A | Salla Sipponen | Finland | x | 54.95 | 51.84 | 54.95 | |
| 20 | A | Natalia Stratulat | Moldova | 54.45 | x | x | 54.45 | |
| 21 | A | Kristina Rakočević | Montenegro | 54.35 | x | 53.15 | 54.35 | |
| 22 | B | Veronika Watzek | Austria | x | 53.79 | 52.42 | 53.79 | |
| 23 | A | Natalina Capoferri | Italy | 46.64 | 53.16 | 50.44 | 53.16 | |
| 24 | B | Julia Viberg | Sweden | x | 52.82 | x | 52.82 | |
| 25 | B | Valentina Aniballi | Italy | 51.66 | x | x | 51.66 | |
| 26 | A | Irina Rodrigues | Portugal | x | 44.60 | 50.40 | 50.40 | |

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Sandra Perković | Croatia | 62.60 | 63.09 | x | 66.03 | 69.97 | x | 69.97 |
| | Julia Fischer | Germany | 65.25 | 65.77 | 63.30 | x | x | 64.49 | 65.77 |
| | Shanice Craft | Germany | 63.09 | 58.21 | x | x | 62.18 | 63.89 | 63.89 |
| 4 | Nadine Müller | Germany | 62.63 | 62.12 | 60.55 | x | x | x | 62.63 |
| 5 | Mélina Robert-Michon | France | 61.74 | 60.80 | 60.44 | 61.70 | 62.47 | 60.96 | 62.47 |
| 6 | Nataliya Semenova | Ukraine | 56.75 | 62.21 | x | x | 56.54 | 61.45 | 62.21 |
| 7 | Jade Lally | Great Britain | 53.42 | 59.88 | 54.44 | x | 60.29 | x | 60.29 |
| 8 | Pauline Pousse | France | 59.62 | 55.76 | 58.32 | x | x | x | 59.62 |
| 9 | Hrisoula Anagnostopoulou | Greece | 57.45 | 59.23 | x | | | | 59.23 |
| 10 | Veronika Domjan | Slovenia | 58.12 | 55.44 | x | | | | 58.12 |
| 11 | Dragana Tomašević | Serbia | 56.74 | x | 56.83 | | | | 56.83 |
| 12 | Sabina Asenjo | Spain | 54.74 | 56.62 | 56.58 | | | | 56.58 |
| 13 | Zinaida Sendriūtė | Lithuania | 51.31 | 53.20 | 56.17 | | | | 56.17 |
| 14 | Eliška Staňková | Czech Republic | 55.90 | 55.52 | x | | | | 55.90 |
| 15 | Stefania Strumillo | Italy | 55.78 | x | x | | | | 55.78 |
