Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's discus throw

Men's discus throw
at the Games of the XX Olympiad
VenueOlympic Stadium
DatesSeptember 1 & 2
Medalists
 
 
 
Athletics at the
1972 Summer Olympics
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
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
Pentathlon women
Decathlon men

The men's discus throw field event at the 1972 Olympic Games took place on September 1 & 2. After the retirement of four time Olympic champion Al Oerter, this was an event that was open to everyone. The favorite was two time Olympic medalist and 1971 European Champion Ludvík Daněk.

Results

All throwers reaching 59.00 m (193 ft 7 in) and the top 12 including ties advanced to the finals. All qualifiers are shown in blue. All distances are listed in metres.

Qualifying

Rank Name Nationality Group Mark 1st throw 2nd throw 3rd throw
1 Ludvík Daněk Czechoslovakia B 64.32 64.32 p p
2 Jorma Rinne Finland B 62.02 62.02 p p
3 Géza Fejér Hungary B 61.58 61.58 p p
4 Pentti Kahma Finland A 61.24 58.50 61.24 p
5 Ricky Bruch Sweden A 61.24 61.24 p p
6 Jay Silvester United States A 61.20 58.98 61.20 p
7 Ferenc Tégla Hungary A 60.60 60.60 p p
8 János Murányi Hungary B 60.34 54.42 60.34 p
9 Silvano Simeon Italy B 59.78 58.38 59.78 p
10 Tim Vollmer United States A 59.60 59.60 p p
11 Namakoro Niaré Mali A 59.38 59.38 p p
12 Detlef Thorith East Germany A 59.36 59.36 p p
13 John Powell United States B 59.30 54.94 59.30 p
14 Les Mills New Zealand A 59.22 59.22 p p
15 Klaus-Peter Hennig West Germany A 58.64 55.32 x 58.64
16 Dirk Wippermann West Germany B 58.10 56.42 58.10 57.96
17 Hein-Direck Neu West Germany A 58.10 56.36 58.10 x
18 Zdravko Pečar Yugoslavia B 57.84 x 57.84 53.52
19 Bill Tancred Great Britain B 57.24 x 55.86 57.24
20 Robin Tait New Zealand B 56.60 56.60 55.88 x
21 Ain Roost Canada A 56.58 56.58 55.48 x
22 Hartmut Losch East Germany B 56.64 56.64 x 56.28
23 Erlendur Valdimarsson Iceland B 55.38 55.38 55.16 53.26
24 John Watts Great Britain A 53.86 53.48 x 53.86
25 Kaj Andersen Denmark A 53.52 x 51.60 53.52
26 Praveen Kumar India B 53.12 52.58 53.12 51.58
27 Heimo Reinitzer Austria B 52.56 x 52.32 52.56
28 Said Farouk Al-Turki Saudi Arabia A 33.78 x 33.78 x
- Armando de Vincentis Italy A NM x x x
- Stoyan Slavkov Bulgaria A DNS
- Joussef Nagui Assad Egypt B DNS
- Noel Matouba Congo B DNS

Final

Rank Name Nationality Mark 1st throw 2nd throw 3rd throw 4th throw 5th throw 6th throw
1st Ludvík Daněk Czechoslovakia 64.40 58.12 60.38 62.38 62.54 61.70 64.40
2nd Jay Silvester United States 63.50 62.12 x 63.50 x x 62.86
3rdRicky Bruch Sweden 63.40 59.12 x 61.52 62.76 63.40 62.60
4John Powell United States 62.82 61.92 62.82 60.44 x 61.38 x
5 Géza Fejér Hungary 62.62 62.50 62.56 x x 61.50 62.62
6Detlef Thorith East Germany 62.42 61.74 62.42 61.06 x 59.88 x
7 Ferenc Tégla Hungary 60.60 58.38 59.66 57.40 x 58.16 60.60
8Tim Vollmer United States 60.24 59.26 60.24 x x x 58.54
9 Pentti Kahma Finland 59.66 57.20 58.92 59.66
10Silvano Simeon Italy 59.34 58.80 59.34 58.36
11Jorma Rinne Finland 59.22 57.30 56.88 59.22
12 János Murányi Hungary 57.92 57.92 57.16 x
13 Namakoro Niaré Mali 56.48 56.48 55.10 x
14Les Mills New Zealand 55.86 x 54.48 55.86

Key: p = pass; x = fault; NM = no mark; DNS = did not start

References

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