title: 2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's discus throw
text: # 2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's discus throw
  
  The men's discus throw at the 2006 European Athletics Championships were held at the Ullevi on August 10 and August 12.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - |
  | Virgilijus Alekna Lithuania | Gerd Kanter Estonia | Aleksander Tammert Estonia |
  
  ## 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 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | A | Gerd Kanter | Estonia | x | 61.49 | 66.71 | 66.71 | Q |
  | 2 | B | Virgilijus Alekna | Lithuania | 57.25 | x | 64.53 | 64.53 | Q |
  | 3 | A | Piotr Małachowski | Poland | 61.75 | 63.76 | | 63.76 | Q |
  | 4 | A | Rutger Smith | Netherlands | 60.58 | 63.53 | | 63.53 | Q |
  | 5 | A | Aleksander Tammert | Estonia | 63.51 | | | 63.51 | Q |
  | 6 | B | Lars Riedel | Germany | 63.36 | | | 63.36 | q |
  | 7 | B | Mario Pestano | Spain | 63.08 | 62.42 | 62.05 | 63.08 | q |
  | 8 | A | Roland Varga | Hungary | x | 61.01 | 60.79 | 61.01 | q |
  | 9 | A | Michael Möllenbeck | Germany | x | 58.42 | 60.62 | 60.62 | q |
  | 10 | B | Gábor Máté | Hungary | 60.53 | x | x | 60.53 | q |
  | 11 | A | Sergiu Ursu | Romania | 60.50 | x | 58.39 | 60.50 | q |
  | 12 | A | Andrzej Krawczyk | Poland | 60.11 | 59.78 | 58.66 | 60.11 | q |
  | 13 | B | Robert Harting | Germany | 59.24 | 59.38 | 59.87 | 59.87 | |
  | 14 | B | Märt Israel | Estonia | x | 59.30 | 59.80 | 59.80 | |
  | 15 | A | Gerhard Mayer | Austria | 55.59 | x | 59.54 | 59.54 | |
  | 16 | B | Olgierd Stański | Poland | x | x | 59.30 | 59.30 | |
  | 17 | B | Bogdan Pishchalnikov | Russia | 58.77 | x | 56.34 | 58.77 | |
  | 18 | A | Mikko Kyyrö | Finland | 57.82 | 58.59 | x | 58.59 | |
  | 19 | A | Stanislav Alekseyev | Russia | 56.91 | x | 55.71 | 56.91 | |
  | 20 | B | Hannes Kirchler | Italy | x | x | 56.78 | 56.78 | |
  | 21 | B | Niklas Arrhenius | Sweden | x | x | 56.62 | 56.62 | |
  | 22 | A | Cristiano Andrei | Italy | 54.82 | 54.42 | 54.74 | 54.82 | |
  | 23 | B | Mika Loikkanen | Finland | 56.08 | 53.98 | x | 56.08 | |
  | | B | Dmitriy Shevchenko | Russia | x | x | x | NM | |
  
  ### Final
  
  | Rank | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Virgilijus Alekna | Lithuania | 68.67 | 67.63 | 67.34 | 67.37 | 67.33 | 66.57 | 68.67 |
  | | Gerd Kanter | Estonia | 61.04 | x | 68.03 | x | x | x | 68.03 |
  | | Aleksander Tammert | Estonia | 62.02 | 65.32 | 66.14 | 65.59 | 65.29 | 60.72 | 66.14 |
  | 4 | Mario Pestano | Spain | 63.80 | 64.84 | 62.66 | 63.54 | 64.26 | 62.52 | 64.84 |
  | 5 | Michael Möllenbeck | Germany | x | 64.82 | 64.75 | 62.89 | 62.00 | - | 64.82 |
  | 6 | Piotr Małachowski | Poland | 61.81 | 64.57 | 62.52 | 61.83 | 63.77 | x | 64.57 |
  | 7 | Rutger Smith | Netherlands | 63.52 | 63.33 | 64.06 | 62.14 | 62.61 | 64.46 | 64.46 |
  | 8 | Lars Riedel | Germany | 64.11 | x | 59.88 | 64.07 | 59.56 | 58.43 | 64.11 |
  | 9 | Sergiu Ursu | Romania | 58.14 | 62.48 | x | | | | 62.48 |
  | 10 | Andrzej Krawczyk | Poland | x | 59.77 | 61.56 | | | | 61.56 |
  | 11 | Roland Varga | Hungary | x | x | 60.52 | | | | 60.52 |
  | 12 | Gábor Máté | Hungary | 56.52 | 57.35 | x | | | | 57.35 |
  