| Athletics at the 2016 European Championships | ||
|---|---|---|
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| Track events | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | women |
| 5000 m | men | women |
| 4×100 m relay | men | women |
| 4×400 m relay | men | |
| Field events | ||
| Long jump | men | women |
| High jump | men | |
| Shot put | men | women |
| Discus throw | men | women |
| Javelin throw | men | women |
| Club throw | men | women |
The women's discus throw at the 2016 IPC Athletics European Championships was held at the Stadio Olimpico Carlo Zecchini in Grosseto from
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F11/12 [1] | Sofia Oksem (F12) Russia | 47.40 WR 1048 pts | Busra Nur Tirikli (F11) Turkey | 26.61 805 pts | — | |
| F38 [2] | Noelle Lenihan  Ireland | 32.14 WR | Eva Berna (F37) Czech Republic | 30.79 CR | Irina Vertinskaya (F37) Russia | 29.59 PB |
| F40/41 [3] | Renata Śliwińska (F40) Poland | 16.86 PB | Niamh McCarthy (F41) Ireland | 27.05 ER | Holly Neill (F41) Great Britain | 22.44 |
| F55 [4] | Marianne Buggenhagen  Germany | 24.57 | Marie Hawkeswood Germany | 20.90 PB | Diana Dadzite  Latvia | 20.77 PB |
| F57 [5] | Orla Barry Ireland | 31.18 PB | Ivanka Koleva  Bulgaria | 21.66 | Martina Willing (F56) Germany | 20.94 SB |
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season) | ||||||
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