Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics - Men's discus throw

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The men's discus throw was one of four men's throwing events on the Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics program in Tokyo. It was held on 15 October 1964. 29 athletes from 22 nations entered, with 1 not starting in the qualification round.

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[edit] Medallists

Gold Silver Bronze
United States Al Oerter
United States		 Czechoslovakia Ludvik Danek
Czechoslovakia		 United States David Lawson Weill
United States

[edit] Results

[edit] Qualification

The qualification standard was 55.00 metres. Each thrower had three attempts to reach that standard. Since only 10 throwers made the mark, the next two furthest also advanced to meet the minimum 12 in the final.

Place Athlete Nation Best mark Throw 1 Throw 2 Throw 3
1 Al Oerter United States United States 60.54 metres OR 60.54 —
2 Ludvik Danek Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 58.88 metres 58.88 —
3 Jay Silvester United States United States 57.81 metres X 57.81 —
4 Victor Kompaneets Soviet Union Soviet Union 57.40 metres 57.40 —
5 David Lawson Weill United States United States 56.95 metres 56.95 —
6 Hartmut Losch Unified Team of Germany Unified Team of Germany 56.46 metres 56.46 —
7 Zenon Begier Poland Poland 56.31 metres 56.31 —
8 Roy Anselm Hollingsworth Great Britain and Northern Ireland Great Britain and Northern Ireland 55.96 metres 52.60 55.08 55.96
9 Edmund Piatkowski Poland Poland 55.22 metres 55.22 —
10 Jozsef Szecsenyi Hungary Hungary 55.04 metres 55.04 —
11 Kim Bhukantsov Soviet Union Soviet Union 54.94 metres 54.94 X X
12 Vladimir Trusenev Soviet Union Soviet Union 53.81 metres 53.81 51.94 52.25
13 Fritz Kuehl Unified Team of Germany Unified Team of Germany 53.53 metres 53.53 53.04 X
14 Pentti Repo Finland Finland 52.93 metres 52.93 X 50.60
15 Dako Radosevic Yugoslavia Yugoslavia 52.71 metres 51.22 52.71 51.37
16 Cornelis Koch Netherlands Netherlands 52.57 metres 51.20 52.57 51.08
17 Jiri Zemba Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 52.13 metres X 52.13 51.80
18 Warwick Perrins Selvey Australia Australia 51.96 metres 50.83 X 51.96
19 Ernst Soudek Austria Austria 51.78 metres X 51.78 50.96
20 Leslie Mills New Zealand New Zealand 51.70 metres 44.18 51.70 51.22
21 Georges Tsakanikas Greece Greece 51.03 metres 50.76 51.03 48.07
22 Kaneko Sohei Japan Japan 46.46 metres 44.63 43.31 46.46
23 Segui Denis Kragbe Côte d'Ivoire Côte d'Ivoire 46.43 metres 44.07 46.43 44.03
24 Ignacio Reinosa Puerto Rico Puerto Rico 46.36 metres 46.36 45.96 X
25 Gideon Uriel Israel Israel 46.12 metres 45.10 44.26 46.12
26 S. J. Mirzamolimadail K. Iran Iran 45.24 metres X 45.24 44.96
27 Kim Byung Ki Korea Korea 42.73 metres 42.73 X X
28 Lars Gosta Haglund Sweden Sweden No mark X X X
— Valko Kostov Bulgaria Bulgaria Did not start —

[edit] Finals

The scores from the qualification round were erased and each thrower was given three throws. The six best in those three received another three throws, keeping all six.

Danek's first throw broke Oerter's record from the qualifier. Weill topped that with his second throw, then Danek took the record back in the fourth throw. Oerter's fifth throw, a full 61 metres to regain the record, silenced the others and won him his third straight gold medal.

Place Athlete Nation Best mark Throw 1 Throw 2 Throw 3 Throw 4 Throw 5 Throw 6
1 Al Oerter United States United States 61.00 metres OR 57.65 58.34 55.11 54.37 61.00 X
2 Ludvik Danek Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 58.88 metres 59.73 58.83 X 60.52 58.38 57.17
3 David Lawson Weill United States United States 59.49 metres X 59.49 56.15 56.15 55.94 52.45
4 Jay Silvester United States United States 59.09 metres 56.99 X 57.54 57.46 59.09 X
5 Jozsef Szecsenyi Hungary Hungary 57.23 metres 54.34 52.14 56.97 57.23 X 54.66
6 Zenon Begier Poland Poland 57.06 metres 57.06 52.45 55.83 X X 56.68
7 Edmund Piatkowski Poland Poland 55.81 metres 52.94 55.81 53.87
8 Vladimir Trusenev Soviet Union Soviet Union 54.78 metres 53.70 54.78 52.98
9 Kim Bhukantsov Soviet Union Soviet Union 54.38 metres X 50.15 54.38
10 Roy Anselm Hollingsworth Great Britain and Northern Ireland Great Britain and Northern Ireland 53.87 metres 53.74 53.87 X
11 Hartmut Losch Unified Team of Germany Unified Team of Germany 52.08 metres 51.44 52.08 X
12 Victor Kompaneets Soviet Union Soviet Union 51.96 metres X 51.96 X

[edit] References

  • Official Report


The 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo
Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics
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