| Men's discus throw at the Games of the XIV Olympiad |
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| Dates | August 2 (qualifying and final) | ||||||
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| Medalists | |||||||
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| «1936 | 1952» | ||||||
| Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics |
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| Track events | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| 400 m | men | |||
| 800 m | men | |||
| 1500 m | men | |||
| 5000 m | men | |||
| 10,000 m | men | |||
| 80 m hurdles | women | |||
| 110 m hurdles | men | |||
| 400 m hurdles | men | |||
| 3000 m steeplechase |
men | |||
| 4×100 m relay | men | women | ||
| 4×400 m relay | men | |||
| Road events | ||||
| Marathon | men | |||
| 10 km walk | men | |||
| 50 km walk | men | |||
| Field events | ||||
| Long jump | men | women | ||
| Triple jump | men | |||
| High jump | men | women | ||
| Pole vault | men | |||
| Shot put | men | women | ||
| Discus throw | men | women | ||
| Javelin throw | men | women | ||
| Hammer throw | men | |||
| Combined events | ||||
| Decathlon | men | |||
The men's discus throw event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1948 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on August 2. The final was won by Italian Adolfo Consolini.
Contents |
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Result | Notes |
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| Adolfo Consolini | Italy | 49.67 | 52.78 | 47.94 | x | 50.51 | 50.43 | 52.78 | OR | |
| Giuseppe Tosi | Italy | 51.78 | 48.81 | 50.11 | 50.09 | x | 51.18 | 51.78 | ||
| Fortune Gordien | United States | 47.95 | 49.20 | 50.77 | x | 48.74 | x | 50.77 | ||
| 4 | Ivar Ramstad | Norway | 49.21 | |||||||
| 5 | Ferenc Klics | Hungary | 48.21 | |||||||
| 6 | Veikko Nyqvist | Finland | 47.33 | |||||||
| 7 | Nikolaos Syllas | Greece | 47.25 | |||||||
| 8 | Stein Johnson | Norway | 46.54 | |||||||
| 9 | Arvo Huutoniemi | Finland | 45.28 | |||||||
| 10 | Uno Fransson | Sweden | 45.25 | |||||||
| 11 | Hermann Tunner | Austria | 44.43 | |||||||
| 12 | Eduardo Julve | Peru | 44.05 |
Key: OR = Olympic record
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