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México (Mexico City) 1968 - Athletics - Men: Discus Throw

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Date: 14 October 1968 / 15 October 1968

Rank Name Nation Distance
1 Al Oerter USA 64.78m [212' 6 ½"]
2 Lothar Milde GDR 63.08m [206' 11 ½"]
3 Ludvik Danek TCH 62.92m [206' 5 ¼"]
4 Manfred Losch GDR 62.12m [203' 9 ¾"]
5 Jay Silvester USA 61.78m [202' 8 ¼"]
6 Gary Carlsen USA 59.46m [195' 1"]
7 Edmund Piatkowski POL 59.40m [194' 10 ½"]
8 Bjorn Bruch SWE 59.28m [194' 5 ¾"]
9 Hein-Direk Neu FRG 58.66m [192' 5 ½"]
10 Gunter Schaumberg GDR 58.62m [192' 3 ¾"]
11 Ferenc Tegla HUN 58.36m [191' 5 ¾"]
12 Robin Tait NZL 57.68m [189' 2 ¾"]
Qualifying
13 Guram Gudashvili URS 57.48m [188' 7"]
14 George Puce CAN 57.34m [188' 1 ½"]
15 Namakoro Niare MLI 56.60m [185' 8 ¼"]
16 Janos Farago HUN 56.00m [183' 8 ¾"]
17 Segui Kragbe CIV 55.24m [181' 2 ¾"]
18 Lech Gajdzinski POL 54.92m [180' 2 ¼"]
19 Jens Reimers FRG 54.02m [177' 2 ¾"]
20 Jalal Keshmiri IRI 53.96m [177' ½"]
21 Klaus-Peter Hennig FRG 53.80m [176' 6"]
22 Heimo Reinitzer AUT 53.52m [175' 7"]
23 Modesto Mederos CUB 52.30m [171' 7"]
24 William Tancred GBR 51.74m [169' 9"]
25 Edy Hubacher SUI 51.70m [169' 7 ½"]
26 Rolando Mendoza NCA 39.62m [129' 11 ¾"]
27 Mauricio Jubis ESA 36.18m [118' 8 ½"]
Did not start
Silvano Simeon ITA
Samsam Akka MAR
Praveen Kumar IND
Sidhu Nashatar MAS
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Original data entry by Michael Churchill (GBR)
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