Men's Discus throw - Athletics |  | ||||
 Men's Discus throw 1956
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| Final | |||||||||
 | Al Oerter |  | USA | 56,36 | OR | ||||
 | Fortune Gordien | | USA | 54,81 | |||||
 | Desmond Koch | | USA | 54,40 | |||||
| 4. | Mark Pharaoh |  | GBR | 54,27 | |||||
| 5. | Otto Grigalka |  | URS | 52,37 | |||||
| 6. | Adolfo Consolini |  | ITA | 52,21 | |||||
| 7. | Ferenc Klics |  | HUN | 51,82 | |||||
| 8. | Rado Radosevic |  | YUG | 51,69 | |||||
| 9. | Boris Matveyev | | URS | 51,38 | |||||
| 10. | Gerald Carr | | GBR | 50,72 | |||||
| 11. | Günther Kruse |  | ARG | 49,89 | |||||
| 12. | Kim Bukhantsev | | URS | 48,58 | |||||
| 13. | Stephanus du Plessis |  | RSA | 48,49 | |||||
| 14. | Erik Uddebom |  | SWE | 48,28 | |||||
| 15. | Mesulame Rakuro |  | FIJ | 47,24 | |||||
| 16. | Hernan Haddad |  | CHI | 46,00 | |||||
| Qualification | |||||||||
| 1. | Al Oerter | | USA | 51,19 | Q | ||||
| 2. | Stephanus du Plessis | | RSA | 50,69 | Q | ||||
| 3. | Adolfo Consolini | | ITA | 49,93 | Q | ||||
| 4. | Kim Bukhantsev | | URS | 49,65 | Q | ||||
| 5. | Mark Pharaoh | | GBR | 48,98 | Q | ||||
| 6. | Boris Matveyev | | URS | 48,97 | Q | ||||
| 7. | Erik Uddebom | | SWE | 48,44 | Q | ||||
| 8. | Mesulame Rakuro | | FIJ | 48,21 | Q | ||||
| 9. | Otto Grigalka | | URS | 48,11 | Q | ||||
| 10. | Rado Radosevic | | YUG | 47,93 | Q | ||||
| 11. | Günther Kruse | | ARG | 47,87 | Q | ||||
| 12. | Fortune Gordien | | USA | 47,67 | Q | ||||
| 13. | Hernan Haddad | | CHI | 47,48 | Q | ||||
| 14. | Ferenc Klics | | HUN | 47,31 | Q | ||||
| 15. | Gerald Carr | | GBR | 47,15 | Q | ||||
| 16. | Desmond Koch | | USA | 47,14 | Q | ||||
| 17. | Tadeusz Rut |  | POL | 46,62 | |||||
| 18. | Pierre Alard |  | FRA | 46,18 | |||||
| 19. | Muhammad Ayub |  | PAK | 44,88 | |||||
| 20. | Vesmonis Balodis |  | AUS | 44,24 | |||||
Men's Discus throw - Athletics - Melbourne 1956 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 Melbourne Cricket Ground and 20 athletes participated in the event. |
| These results for Men's Discus throw - Melbourne 1956 Summer Olympics - are based on the official Olympic reports and the Olympian Database |
