Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's discus throw

Men's discus throw at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
Dates	August 2 (qualifying and final)
Medalists
Adolfo Consolini Italy   Giuseppe Tosi Italy   Fortune Gordien United States

Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics
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.

Results

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result	Notes
	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

References

• 1948 Summer Olympics results: Men's discus throw, from http://www.sports-reference.com/; retrieved 2010-07-11.