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 ATHLETE	DISTANCE
	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

• Official Report
• Results