1954 European Athletics Championships – Men's discus throw

Events at the 1954 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men
800 m		men		women
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
Pentathlon				women
Decathlon		men
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The men's discus throw at the 1954 European Athletics Championships was held in Bern, Switzerland, at Stadion Neufeld on 26 and 28 August 1954.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Adolfo Consolini  Italy
Silver	Giuseppe Tosi  Italy
Bronze	József Szécsényi  Hungary

Results

Final

28 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
01 !	Adolfo Consolini	Italy	53.44
02 !	Giuseppe Tosi	Italy	52.34
03 !	József Szécsényi	Hungary	51.58
4	Ferenc Klics	Hungary	51.43
5	Roland Nilsson	Sweden	50.97
6	Oto Grigalka	Soviet Union	50.60
7	Vitomir Krivokapić	Yugoslavia	48.79
8	Jan Vrabel	Czechoslovakia	48.76
9	Karl Oweger	West Germany	48.23
10	Mark Pharaoh	United Kingdom	47.79
11	Carol Lindroos	Finland	46.21
12	Heino Heinaste	Soviet Union	46.09
13	Günther Noack	West Germany	44.94

Qualification

26 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Adolfo Consolini	Italy	50.93	Q
2	Roland Nilsson	Sweden	50.50	Q
3	József Szécsényi	Hungary	50.15	Q
4	Oto Grigalka	Soviet Union	49.23	Q
5	Heino Heinaste	Soviet Union	48.78	Q
6	Giuseppe Tosi	Italy	48.40	Q
7	Jan Vrabel	Czechoslovakia	47.91	Q
8	Vitomir Krivokapić	Yugoslavia	47.74	Q
9	Ferenc Klics	Hungary	47.38	Q
10	Karl Oweger	West Germany	46.93	Q
11	Mark Pharaoh	United Kingdom	46.32	Q
12	Günther Noack	West Germany	46.25	Q
13	Carol Lindroos	Finland	45.05	Q
14	Jean Darot	France	44.49
15	Konstantinos Giataganas	Greece	44.31
16	Oskar Hafliger	Switzerland	43.85
17	Joop Fikkert	Netherlands	43.52
18	Manuel Silva	Portugal	42.99
19	Hallgrímur Jónsson	Iceland	42.90
20	Antonios Kounadis	Greece	42.79
21	Nuri Turan	Turkey	42.05
22	Mathias Mehr	Switzerland	41.14
23	Oskar Ospelt	Liechtenstein	33.14

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 23 athletes from 17 countries participated in the event.

References