Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's discus throw

The men's discus throw
Discus throw
The discus throw is an event in track and field athletics competition, in which an athlete throws a heavy disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than his or her competitors. It is an ancient sport, as evidenced by the 5th century BC Myron statue, Discobolus...

throwing event at the 1960 Olympic Games
1960 Summer Olympics
The 1960 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held from August 25 to September 11, 1960 in Rome, Italy...

took place on September 6 & September 7.

Results

All throwers reaching 52.00 metres advanced to the finals. All distances are listen in metres.

Qualifying

Rank	Name	Mark	Notes
1	Al Oerter Al Oerter Alfred Adolf Oerter, Jr. was an American athlete, and a four-time Olympic Champion in the discus throw....	58.43	OR
2	József Szécsényi	55.52
3	Pentti Repo	54.84
4	Rink Babka Rink Babka Richard "Rink" Aldrich Babka is a retired American discus thrower. A former world record holder in the event, Babka also won a silver medal in the discus at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome....	54.48
5	Edmund Piątkowski Edmund Piatkowski Edmund Piątkowski is a former Polish track and field athlete, who competed in the discus event.Piątkowski was multiple Polish champion in discus...	54.41
6	Vladimir Trusenyov	54.31
7	Dick Cochran Dick Cochran Dick Cochran is a retired American track athlete.He competed won the bronze medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, behind fellow Americans Al Oerter and Rink Babka....	53.79
8	Cees Koch	53.48
9	Zdeněk Čihák	53.42
10	Ferenc Klics	53.34
11	Todor Artarski	53.33
12	Kim Bukhantsov	53.08
13	Lothar Milde Lothar Milde Lothar Milde was an East German athlete who competed mainly in the discus throw.He competed for East Germany in the 1968 Summer Olympics held in Mexico City, Mexico in the discus throw where he won the silver medal....	53.04
14	Zenon Begier	53.03
15	Carmelo Rado	52.98
16	Stein Haugen Stein Haugen Stein Haugen was a Norwegian discus thrower.He was born in Lom, but represented IL i BUL. He died in March 2008 in Bærum....	52.75
17	Zdeněk Němec	52.68
18	Viktor Kompaneyets	52.66
19	Antonios Kounadis Antonios Kounadis Antonios Kounadis is a retired male discus thrower from Greece. He represented his native country at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy, where he ended up in 18th place in the overall-rankings. Kounadis is best known for having won the gold medal in the men's discus event at the 1959 Summer...	52.49
20	Adolfo Consolini Adolfo Consolini Adolfo Consolini was an Italian athlete who mainly competed in the discus throw....	52.38
21	Manfred Grieser	52.20
22	Warwick Selvey Warwick Selvey Warwick Selvey is a former Australian Olympic athlete who competed in the shot put and discus events.Selvey won a total of 18 Australian Championships in Athletics between 1960 and 1973 which is a record for male athletes....	52.07
23	Fanie du Plessis Fanie du Plessis Stephanus Johannes du Plessis was a discus thrower and shot putter, who represented South Africa at two Summer Olympics in 1956 and 1960...	51.86
24	Östen Edlund	51.76
25	Carol Lindroos	51.07
26	Pierre Alard	51.02
27	Erik Uddebom	50.87
28	Les Mills Les Mills Leslie Roy Mills CNZM, MBE, is a retired New Zealand athlete, who represented New Zealand at Olympic Games and Commonwealth Games over two decades. He competed in shot put, discus and weightlifting events...	50.76
29	Franco Grossi	50.43
30	Fritz Kühl	50.40
31	Mike Lindsay	50.15
32	Mesulame Rakuro	47.18
33	Haider Khan	46.57
34	Nayef Mohamed Hameed	39.37
-	Miguel de la Quadra-Salcedo		NM

Final

Rank	Name	Mark	1	2	3	4	5	6	Notes
	Al Oerter Al Oerter Alfred Adolf Oerter, Jr. was an American athlete, and a four-time Olympic Champion in the discus throw....	59.18	57.64	56.73	56.53	56.73	59.18 OR	57.19	OR
	Rink Babka Rink Babka Richard "Rink" Aldrich Babka is a retired American discus thrower. A former world record holder in the event, Babka also won a silver medal in the discus at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome....	58.02	58.02	58.02	56.14	54.93	57.52	57.41
	Dick Cochran Dick Cochran Dick Cochran is a retired American track athlete.He competed won the bronze medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, behind fellow Americans Al Oerter and Rink Babka....	57.16	foul	54.75	48.71	54.51	57.16	54.49
4	József Szécsényi	55.79	54.58	foul	54.86	55.22	55.79	55.61
5	Edmund Piątkowski Edmund Piatkowski Edmund Piątkowski is a former Polish track and field athlete, who competed in the discus event.Piątkowski was multiple Polish champion in discus...	55.12	54.06	51.52	54.29	foul	55.12	foul
6	Viktor Kompaneyets	55.06	55.06	53.38	foul	53.52	foul	51.08
7	Carmelo Rado	54.00	51.10	52.65	54.00
8	Kim Bukhantsov	53.61	52.42	52.59	53.61
9	Pentti Repo	53.44	53.44	52.81	51.08
10	Ferenc Klics	53.37	50.10	51.61	53.37
11	Stein Haugen Stein Haugen Stein Haugen was a Norwegian discus thrower.He was born in Lom, but represented IL i BUL. He died in March 2008 in Bærum....	53.36	foul	foul	53.36
12	Lothar Milde Lothar Milde Lothar Milde was an East German athlete who competed mainly in the discus throw.He competed for East Germany in the 1968 Summer Olympics held in Mexico City, Mexico in the discus throw where he won the silver medal....	53.33	52.22	51.26	53.33
13	Zdeněk Čihák	53.29	52.75	53.29	51.51
14	Zenon Begier	53.18	51.67	50.93	53.18
15	Vladimir Trusenyov	52.93	52.16	51.98	52.93
16	Manfred Grieser	52.69	52.17	52.11	52.69
17	Adolfo Consolini Adolfo Consolini Adolfo Consolini was an Italian athlete who mainly competed in the discus throw....	52.44	50.84	52.44	51.08
18	Antonios Kounadis Antonios Kounadis Antonios Kounadis is a retired male discus thrower from Greece. He represented his native country at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy, where he ended up in 18th place in the overall-rankings. Kounadis is best known for having won the gold medal in the men's discus event at the 1959 Summer...	52.42	52.42	foul	50.56
19	Zdeněk Němec	52.14	52.05	49.44	52.14
20	Todor Artarski	52.12	49.14	52.12	foul
21	Warwick Selvey Warwick Selvey Warwick Selvey is a former Australian Olympic athlete who competed in the shot put and discus events.Selvey won a total of 18 Australian Championships in Athletics between 1960 and 1973 which is a record for male athletes....	49.34	foul	49.34	foul
22	Cees Koch	49.21	foul	49.21	foul

Key: OR = Olympic record

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