1969 European Athletics Championships – Men's discus throw

Events at the
1969 European
Athletics Championships

Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
5000 m men
10,000 m men
100 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 women
Road events
Marathon men
20 km walk 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 1969 European Athletics Championships was held in Athens, Greece, at Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium on 16 and 18 September 1969.[1]

Medalists

Gold Hartmut Losch
 East Germany
Silver Ricky Bruch
 Sweden
Bronze Lothar Milde
 East Germany

Results

Final

18 September

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1st Hartmut Losch  East Germany 61.82 CR
2nd Ricky Bruch  Sweden 61.08
3rd Lothar Milde  East Germany 59.34
4 Ludvík Daněk  Czechoslovakia 59.30
5 Vladimir Lyakhov  Soviet Union 59.10
6 Ferenc Tégla  Hungary 58.18
7 Günter Schaumburg  East Germany 57.88
8 Kaj Andersen  Denmark 56.26
9 Jaroslav Vidrna  Czechoslovakia 55.70
10 Géza Fejér  Hungary 55.64
11 Edy Hubacher  Switzerland 54.12
12 Edmund Piątkowski  Poland 53.64
13 Jouko Montonen  Finland 53.46

Qualification

16 September

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1 Hartmut Losch  East Germany 59.86 CR Q
2 Ferenc Tégla  Hungary 58.42 Q
3 Lothar Milde  East Germany 58.40 Q
4 Ludvík Daněk  Czechoslovakia 58.14 Q
5 Ricky Bruch  Sweden 58.00 Q
6 Vladimir Lyakhov  Soviet Union 57.66 Q
7 Edmund Piątkowski  Poland 56.70 Q
8 Kaj Andersen  Denmark 55.46 Q
9 Günter Schaumburg  East Germany 55.36 Q
10 Jaroslav Vidrna  Czechoslovakia 54.54 Q
11 Edy Hubacher  Switzerland 53.88 Q
12 Géza Fejér  Hungary 53.44 Q
13 Jouko Montonen  Finland 53.38 Q
14 William Tancred  United Kingdom 53.30
15 Zbigniew Gryżboń  Poland 50.70
16 Erlendur Valdimarsson  Iceland 49.84
17 János Murányi  Hungary 49.76
18 Peter Tancred  United Kingdom 48.24
19 Pentti Kahma  Finland NM
20 Nikolaos Tsiaras  Greece NM

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 20 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.

References