1946 European Athletics Championships – Men's discus throw

Events at the 1946 European Athletics Championships
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
10,000 m track walk		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men
Road events
Marathon		men
50 km walk		men
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Javelin throw		men		women
Combined events
Decathlon		men
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The men's discus throw at the 1946 European Athletics Championships was held in Oslo, Norway, at Bislett Stadion on 24 August 1946.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Adolfo Consolini  Italy
Silver	Giuseppe Tosi  Italy
Bronze	Veikko Nyqvist  Finland

Results

Final

24 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
01 !	Adolfo Consolini	Italy	53.23
02 !	Giuseppe Tosi	Italy	50.39
03 !	Veikko Nyqvist	Finland	48.14
4	Nikolaos Syllas	Greece	47.96
5	Stein Johnson	Norway	46.77
6	Erik Westlin	Sweden	45.65
7	Bengt Wikner	Sweden	44.57
8	Raymond Tissot	France	44.11

Qualification

24 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Adolfo Consolini	Italy	53.29	CR Q
2	Giuseppe Tosi	Italy	50.03	Q
3	Nikolaos Syllas	Greece	47.67	Q
4	Veikko Nyqvist	Finland	46.98	Q
5	Bengt Wikner	Sweden	46.96	Q
6	Erik Westlin	Sweden	46.47	Q
7	Stein Johnson	Norway	45.61	Q
8	Raymond Tissot	France	44.90	Q
9	René Bazennerie	France	44.72
10	Danilo Žerjal	Yugoslavia	44.31
11	Jaroslav Knotek	Czechoslovakia	44.23
12	Johan Nordby	Norway	43.33
13	Jón Ólafsson	Iceland	42.40
14	Gunnar Huseby	Iceland	41.74
15	Roger Verhas	Belgium	40.88
16	Oskar Ospelt	Liechtenstein	38.35

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 16 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.

References