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.

1 Medallists
2 Results
- 2.1 Qualification
- 2.2 Finals
3 References

[edit] Medallists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Al Oerter United States	Ludvik Danek Czechoslovakia	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	60.54 metres OR	60.54	—
2	Ludvik Danek	Czechoslovakia	58.88 metres	58.88	—
3	Jay Silvester	United States	57.81 metres	X	57.81	—
4	Victor Kompaneets	Soviet Union	57.40 metres	57.40	—
5	David Lawson Weill	United States	56.95 metres	56.95	—
6	Hartmut Losch	Unified Team of Germany	56.46 metres	56.46	—
7	Zenon Begier	Poland	56.31 metres	56.31	—
8	Roy Anselm Hollingsworth	Great Britain and Northern Ireland	55.96 metres	52.60	55.08	55.96
9	Edmund Piatkowski	Poland	55.22 metres	55.22	—
10	Jozsef Szecsenyi	Hungary	55.04 metres	55.04	—
11	Kim Bhukantsov	Soviet Union	54.94 metres	54.94	X	X
12	Vladimir Trusenev	Soviet Union	53.81 metres	53.81	51.94	52.25
13	Fritz Kuehl	Unified Team of Germany	53.53 metres	53.53	53.04	X
14	Pentti Repo	Finland	52.93 metres	52.93	X	50.60
15	Dako Radosevic	Yugoslavia	52.71 metres	51.22	52.71	51.37
16	Cornelis Koch	Netherlands	52.57 metres	51.20	52.57	51.08
17	Jiri Zemba	Czechoslovakia	52.13 metres	X	52.13	51.80
18	Warwick Perrins Selvey	Australia	51.96 metres	50.83	X	51.96
19	Ernst Soudek	Austria	51.78 metres	X	51.78	50.96
20	Leslie Mills	New Zealand	51.70 metres	44.18	51.70	51.22
21	Georges Tsakanikas	Greece	51.03 metres	50.76	51.03	48.07
22	Kaneko Sohei	Japan	46.46 metres	44.63	43.31	46.46
23	Segui Denis Kragbe	Côte d'Ivoire	46.43 metres	44.07	46.43	44.03
24	Ignacio Reinosa	Puerto Rico	46.36 metres	46.36	45.96	X
25	Gideon Uriel	Israel	46.12 metres	45.10	44.26	46.12
26	S. J. Mirzamolimadail K.	Iran	45.24 metres	X	45.24	44.96
27	Kim Byung Ki	Korea	42.73 metres	42.73	X	X
28	Lars Gosta Haglund	Sweden	No mark	X	X	X
—	Valko Kostov	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	61.00 metres OR	57.65	58.34	55.11	54.37	61.00	X
2	Ludvik Danek	Czechoslovakia	58.88 metres	59.73	58.83	X	60.52	58.38	57.17
3	David Lawson Weill	United States	59.49 metres	X	59.49	56.15	56.15	55.94	52.45
4	Jay Silvester	United States	59.09 metres	56.99	X	57.54	57.46	59.09	X
5	Jozsef Szecsenyi	Hungary	57.23 metres	54.34	52.14	56.97	57.23	X	54.66
6	Zenon Begier	Poland	57.06 metres	57.06	52.45	55.83	X	X	56.68
7	Edmund Piatkowski	Poland	55.81 metres	52.94	55.81	53.87
8	Vladimir Trusenev	Soviet Union	54.78 metres	53.70	54.78	52.98
9	Kim Bhukantsov	Soviet Union	54.38 metres	X	50.15	54.38
10	Roy Anselm Hollingsworth	Great Britain and Northern Ireland	53.87 metres	53.74	53.87	X
11	Hartmut Losch	Unified Team of Germany	52.08 metres	51.44	52.08	X
12	Victor Kompaneets	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
Men's	100 m \| 200 m \| 400 m \| 800 m \| 1500 m \| 5000 m \| 10000 m \| 110 m hurdles \| 400 m hurdles \| 3000 m steeplechase \| 4x100 m \| 4x400 m \| marathon \| 20 km walk \| 50 km walk \| decathlon \| long jump \| triple jump \| high jump \| pole vault \| shot put \| discus \| javelin \| hammer
Women's	100 m \| 200 m \| 400 m \| 800 m \| 80 m hurdles \| 4x100 m \| pentathlon \| long jump \| high jump \| shot put \| discus \| javelin