Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's discus throw

Athletics at the
1956 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
20 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

These are the official results of the Men's Discus Throw event at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. The qualifying round and the final both were held on Tuesday November 27, 1956.

Final classification

RANK NAME ATHLETEDISTANCE
 Alfred Oerter (USA) 56.36 m
 Fortune Gordien (USA) 54.81 m
 Desmond Koch (USA) 54.40 m
4.  Mark Pharaoh (GBR) 54.27 m
5.  Oto Grigalka (URS) 52.37 m
6.  Adolfo Consolini (ITA) 52.21 m
7.  Ferenc Klics (HUN) 51.82 m
8.  Dako Radosević (YUG) 51.69 m
9.  Boris Matveyev (URS) 51.38 m
10.  Gerry Carr (GBR) 50.72 m
11.  Gunter Kruse (ARG) 49.89 m
12.  Kim Boukhantsov (URS) 48.58 m
13.  Fanie du Plessis (RSA) 48.49 m
14.  Erik Uddebom (SWE) 48.28 m
15.  Mesulame Rakura (FIJ) 47.24 m
16.  Hernán Haddad (CHI) 46.00 m
 Vesmonis Balodis (AUS) DNQ
 Muhamad Ayub (PAK) DNQ
 Pierre Alard (FRA) DNQ
 Tadeusz Rut (POL) DNQ

References

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