2016 European Throwing Cup

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2016 European Throwing Cup
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Dates14–15 March
Host city Arad, Romania
Events16
Participation248 athletes
2015
2017

The 2016 European Throwing Cup was held on 12 and 13 March at the Gloria Arad Stadium in Arad, Romania. It was the sixteenth edition of the athletics competition for throwing events and was jointly organised by the European Athletic Association. The competition featured men's and women's contests in shot put, discus throw, javelin throw and hammer throw. In addition to the senior competitions, there were under-23 events for younger athletes.

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Medal summary

Senior

EventGoldSilverBronze
Men
Shot put Flag of Romania.svg  Andrei Gag  (ROU)20.68 mFlag of Portugal.svg  Tsanko Arnaudov  (POR)19.85 mFlag of Italy.svg  Sebastiano Bianchetti  (ITA)19.78 m
Discus throw Flag of Sweden.svg  Axel Härstedt  (SWE)62.73 mFlag of Estonia.svg  Martin Kupper  (EST)62.20 mFlag of Ukraine.svg  Mykyta Nesterenko  (UKR)62.01 m
Hammer throw Flag of Hungary.svg  Krisztián Pars  (HUN)75.21 mFlag of Belarus.svg  Siarhei Kalamoyets  (BLR)75.17 mFlag of Italy.svg  Marco Lingua  (ITA)74.51 m
Javelin throw Flag of Belarus.svg  Uladzimir Kazlou  (BLR)79.34 mFlag of Italy.svg  Norbert Bonvecchio  (ITA)76.66 mFlag of Latvia.svg  Zigismunds Sirmais  (LVA)75.41 m
EventGoldSilverBronze
Women
Shot put Flag of Belarus.svg  Alena Abramchuk  (BLR)17.21 mFlag of France.svg  Jessica Cérival  (FRA)17.05 mFlag of the Czech Republic.svg  Markéta Červenková  (CZE)16.86 m
Discus throw Flag of France.svg  Mélina Robert-Michon  (FRA)62.05 mFlag of France.svg  Pauline Pousse  (FRA)58.24 mFlag of the Czech Republic.svg  Eliška Staňková  (CZE)55.55 m
Hammer throw Flag of Moldova.svg  Zalina Marghieva  (MDA)72.58 mFlag of France.svg  Alexandra Tavernier  (FRA)70.79 mFlag of Germany.svg  Betty Heidler  (GER)69.83 m
Javelin throw Flag of Germany.svg  Christin Hussong  (GER)61.80 mFlag of Latvia.svg  Līna Mūze  (LVA)61.26 mFlag of Iceland.svg  Ásdís Hjálmsdóttir  (ISL)59.53 m

Under-23

EventGoldSilverBronze
Under-23 men
Shot put Flag of Turkey.svg  Osman Can Özdeveci  (TUR)18.59 mFlag of Germany.svg  Patrick Müller  (GER)18.12 mFlag of Estonia.svg  Karl Koha  (EST)17.29 m
Discus throw Flag of Sweden.svg  Simon Pettersson  (SWE)60.28 mFlag of Romania.svg  Alin Firfirică  (ROU)59.28 mFlag of Lithuania.svg  Domantas Poška  (LTU)58.08 m
Hammer throw Flag of Turkey.svg  Özkan Baltacı  (TUR)72.11 mFlag of Hungary.svg  Bence Halász  (HUN)71.16 mFlag of Croatia.svg  Matija Gregurić  (CRO)71.13 m
Javelin throw Flag of Germany.svg  Julian Weber  (GER)81.24 mFlag of Hungary.svg  Norbert Rivasz-Tóth  (HUN)77.70 mFlag of Turkey.svg  Emin Öncel  (TUR)72.64 m
EventGoldSilverBronze
Under 23 women
Shot put Flag of Sweden.svg  Fanny Roos  (SWE)16.08 mFlag of France.svg  Rose Sharon Pierre-Louis  (FRA)15.97 mFlag of Belarus.svg  Alena Pasechnik  (BLR)15.88 m
Discus throw Flag of Germany.svg  Veronika Domjan  (GER)54.04 mFlag of Finland.svg  Salla Sipponen  (FIN)53.15 mFlag of Moldova.svg  Alexandra Emilianov  (MDA)52.58 m
Hammer throw Flag of Belarus.svg  Hanna Malyshchyk  (BLR)68.76 mFlag of Hungary.svg  Réka Gyurátz  (HUN)68.96 mFlag of Sweden.svg  Marinda Petersson  (SWE)66.18 m
Javelin throw Flag of Norway.svg  Sigrid Borge  (NOR)59.33 mFlag of Croatia.svg  Sara Kolak  (CRO)58.11 mFlag of Spain.svg  Arantxa Moreno  (ESP)54.75 m

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