Roma (Rome) 1960 - Athletics - Men: Discus Throw

Date: 6 September 1960 / 7 September 1960

Rank	Name	Nation	Distance
1	Al Oerter	USA	59.18m [194' 2"]
2	Richard "Rink" Babka	USA	58.02m [190' 4 ¼"]
3	Richard Cochran	USA	57.16m [187' 6 ½"]
4	Jozsef Szecsenyi	HUN	55.79m [183' ½"]
5	Edmund Piatkowski	POL	55.12m [180' 10"]
6	Viktor Kompaneyets	URS	55.06m [180' 7 ¾"]
7	Carmelo Rado	ITA	54.00m [177' 2"]
8	Kim Bukhantsev	URS	53.61m [175' 10 ¾"]
9	Pentti Repo	FIN	53.44m [175' 4"]
10	Ferenc Klics	HUN	53.37m [175' 1 ¼"]
11	Stein Haugen	NOR	53.36m [175' ¾"]
12	Lothar Milde	GER	53.33m [174' 11 ½"]
13	Zdenek Cihak	TCH	53.29m [174' 10"]
14	Zenon Begier	POL	53.18m [174' 5 ¾"]
15	Vladimir Trusenyev	URS	52.93m [173' 7 ¾"]
16	Manfred Grieser	GER	52.69m [172' 10 ½"]
17	Adolfo Consolini	ITA	52.44m [172' ½"]
18	Antonios Kounadis	GRE	52.42m [171' 11 ¾"]
19	Zdenek Nemec	TCH	52.14m [171' ¾"]
20	Todor Artarski	BUL	52.12m [171' 0"]
21	Warwick Selvey	AUS	49.34m [161' 10 ½"]
22	Cornelis Koch	NED	49.21m [161' 5 ½"]
Qualifying
23	Stephanus du Plessis	RSA	51.86m [170' 1 ¾"]
24	Osten Edlund	SWE	51.76m [169' 9 ¾"]
25	Carol Lindroos	FIN	51.07m [167' 6 ¾"]
26	Pierre Alard	FRA	51.02m [167' 4 ¾"]
27	Erik Uddebom	SWE	50.87m [166' 10 ¾"]
28	Leslie Mills	NZL	50.76m [166' 6 ½"]
29	Franco Grossi	ITA	50.43m [165' 5 ½"]
30	Fritz Kuhl	GER	50.40m [165' 4 ¼"]
31	Michael Lindsay	GBR	50.15m [164' 6 ½"]
32	Mesulame Rakuro	FIJ	47.18m [154' 9 ½"]
33	Haider Khan	PAK	46.57m [152' 9 ½"]
34	Naif Hamid	IRQ	39.37m [129' 2"]
Did not qualify for final (No mark set)
	Manuel de la Quadra	ESP

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