1954 European Athletics Championships – Men's discus throw

The men's discus throw at the 1954 European Athletics Championships was held in Bern, Switzerland, at Stadion Neufeld on 26 and 28 August 1954.[1]

Medalists edit

Gold Adolfo Consolini
  Italy
Silver Giuseppe Tosi
  Italy
Bronze József Szécsényi
  Hungary

Results edit

Final edit

28 August

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
  Adolfo Consolini   Italy 53.44
  Giuseppe Tosi   Italy 52.34
  József Szécsényi   Hungary 51.58
4 Ferenc Klics   Hungary 51.43
5 Roland Nilsson   Sweden 50.97
6 Oto Grigalka   Soviet Union 50.60
7 Vitomir Krivokapić   Yugoslavia 48.79
8 Jan Vrabel   Czechoslovakia 48.76
9 Karl Oweger   West Germany 48.23
10 Mark Pharaoh   Great Britain 47.79
11 Carol Lindroos   Finland 46.21
12 Heino Heinaste   Soviet Union 46.09
13 Günther Noack   West Germany 44.94

Qualification edit

26 August

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1 Adolfo Consolini   Italy 50.93 Q
2 Roland Nilsson   Sweden 50.50 Q
3 József Szécsényi   Hungary 50.15 Q
4 Oto Grigalka   Soviet Union 49.23 Q
5 Heino Heinaste   Soviet Union 48.78 Q
6 Giuseppe Tosi   Italy 48.40 Q
7 Jan Vrabel   Czechoslovakia 47.91 Q
8 Vitomir Krivokapić   Yugoslavia 47.74 Q
9 Ferenc Klics   Hungary 47.38 Q
10 Karl Oweger   West Germany 46.93 Q
11 Mark Pharaoh   Great Britain 46.32 Q
12 Günther Noack   West Germany 46.25 Q
13 Carol Lindroos   Finland 45.05 Q
14 Jean Darot   France 44.49
15 Konstantinos Giataganas   Greece 44.31
16 Oskar Hafliger    Switzerland 43.85
17 Joop Fikkert   Netherlands 43.52
18 Manuel Silva   Portugal 42.99
19 Hallgrímur Jónsson   Iceland 42.90
20 Antonios Kounadis   Greece 42.79
21 Nuri Turan   Turkey 42.05
22 Mathias Mehr    Switzerland 41.14
23 Oskar Ospelt   Liechtenstein 33.14

Participation edit

According to an unofficial count, 23 athletes from 17 countries participated in the event.

References edit

  1. ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 377–384, retrieved 13 August 2014