1946 European Athletics Championships – Men's discus throw

The men's discus throw at the 1946 European Athletics Championships was held in Oslo, Norway, at Bislett Stadion on 24 August 1946.[1]

Medalists edit

Gold Adolfo Consolini
  Italy
Silver Giuseppe Tosi
  Italy
Bronze Veikko Nyqvist
  Finland

Results edit

Final edit

24 August

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
  Adolfo Consolini   Italy 53.23
  Giuseppe Tosi   Italy 50.39
  Veikko Nyqvist   Finland 48.14
4 Nikolaos Syllas   Greece 47.96
5 Stein Johnson   Norway 46.77
6 Erik Westlin   Sweden 45.65
7 Bengt Wikner   Sweden 44.57
8 Raymond Tissot   France 44.11

Qualification edit

24 August

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1 Adolfo Consolini   Italy 53.29 CR, Q
2 Giuseppe Tosi   Italy 50.03 Q
3 Nikolaos Syllas   Greece 47.67 Q
4 Veikko Nyqvist   Finland 46.98 Q
5 Bengt Wikner   Sweden 46.96 Q
6 Erik Westlin   Sweden 46.47 Q
7 Stein Johnson   Norway 45.61 Q
8 Raymond Tissot   France 44.90 Q
9 René Bazennerie   France 44.72
10 Danilo Žerjal   Yugoslavia 44.31
11 Jaroslav Knotek   Czechoslovakia 44.23
12 Johan Nordby   Norway 43.33
13 Jón Ólafsson   Iceland 42.40
14 Gunnar Huseby   Iceland 41.74
15 Roger Verhas   Belgium 40.88
16 Oskar Ospelt   Liechtenstein 38.35

Participation edit

According to an unofficial count, 16 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.

References edit

  1. ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 367–372, retrieved 13 August 2014