Discus throw M - Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich

Men's Discus throw - Athletics
Munich 1972 Summer Olympics


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Men's Discus throw 1972



Final

	Ludvik Danek	TCH	64,40


	Jay Silvester	USA	63,50


	Ricky Bruch	SWE	63,40


4.	John Powell	USA	62,82


5.	Geza Fejer	HUN	62,62


6.	Detlef Thorith	GDR	62,42


7.	Ferenc Tegla	HUN	60,60


8.	Tim Vollmer	USA	60,24


9.	Pentti Kahma	FIN	59,66


10.	Silvano Simeon	ITA	59,34


11.	Jorma Rinne	FIN	59,22


12.	Janos Muranyi	HUN	57,92


13.	Namakoro Niare	MLI	56,48


14.	Leslie Mills	NZL	55,86




Qualification

1.	Pentti Kahma	FIN	61,24	q


2.	Ricky Bruch	SWE	61,24	q


3.	Jay Silvester	USA	61,10	q


4.	Ferenc Tegla	HUN	60,60	q


5.	Tim Vollmer	USA	59,60	q


6.	Namakoro Niare	MLI	59,38	q


7.	Detlef Thorith	GDR	59,36	q


8.	Leslie Mills	NZL	59,22	q


9.	Klaus-Peter Hennig	FRG	58,64


10.	Hein-Direck Neu	FRG	58,10


11.	Ain Roost	CAN	56,58


12.	John Watts	GBR	53,86


13.	Kaj Andersen	DEN	53,52


14.	Said Al Turki	KSA	33,79


	Armando De Vincentis	ITA	nm



Qualification

1.	Ludvik Danek	TCH	64,32	q


2.	Jorma Rinne	FIN	62,02	q


3.	Geza Fejer	HUN	61,58	q


4.	Janos Muranyi	HUN	60,34	q


5.	Silvano Simeon	ITA	59,78	q


6.	John Powell	USA	59,30	q


7.	Dirk Wippermann	FRG	58,10


8.	Zdravko Pecar	YUG	57,84


9.	William Tancred	GBR	57,24


10.	Robin Tait	NZL	56,60


11.	Hartmut Losch	GDR	56,54


12.	Erlendur Valdimarsson	ISL	55,38


13.	Praveen Kumar	IND	53,12


14.	Heimo Reinitzer	AUT	52,56

Men's Discus throw - Athletics - Munich 1972 Summer Olympics

Event Format: Athletes competed in a qualifying round followed by the final. Top twelve and ties in the qualifying round and all those reaching the announced qualification limit advanced to the final. In the final all finalists were given three tries. The top eight were then given three more.

Event facts: Men's Discus throw competition was held at the Olympiastadion, Olympiapark and 29 athletes participated in the event.

These results for Men's Discus throw - Munich 1972 Summer Olympics - are based on the official Olympic reports and the Olympian Database





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