1962 European Athletics Championships – Men's discus throw

The men's discus throw at the 1962 European Athletics Championships was held in Belgrade, then Yugoslavia, at JNA Stadium on 12 and 13 September 1962.[1]

Medalists edit

Gold Vladimir Trusenyev
  Soviet Union
Silver Cees Koch
  Netherlands
Bronze Lothar Milde
  East Germany

Results edit

Final edit

13 September

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
  Vladimir Trusenyev   Soviet Union 57.11 CR
  Cees Koch   Netherlands 55.96
  Lothar Milde   East Germany 55.47
4 Edmund Piątkowski   Poland 55.13
5 Viktor Kompaniyets   Soviet Union 54.74
6 József Szécsényi   Hungary 54.66
7 Fritz Kühl   East Germany 53.86
8 Carmelo Rado   Italy 52.82
9 Ludvík Daněk   Czechoslovakia 52.12
10 Todor Artarski   Bulgaria 51.01
11 Lars Haglund   Sweden 50.48
12 Đorđe Rakić   Yugoslavia 49.80

Qualification edit

12 September

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1 Edmund Piątkowski   Poland 55.79 CR Q
2 Cees Koch   Netherlands 54.72 Q
3 Viktor Kompaniyets   Soviet Union 53.96 Q
4 Vladimir Trusenyev   Soviet Union 53.88 Q
5 József Szécsényi   Hungary 53.38 Q
6 Lars Haglund   Sweden 53.28 Q
7 Đorđe Rakić   Yugoslavia 53.19 Q
8 Todor Artarski   Bulgaria 53.16 Q
9 Lothar Milde   East Germany 53.11 Q
10 Ludvík Daněk   Czechoslovakia 53.00 Q
11 Fritz Kühl   East Germany 52.86 Q
12 Carmelo Rado   Italy 52.77 Q
13 Dako Radošević   Yugoslavia 52.56
14 Stein Haugen   Norway 52.52
15 Zenon Begier   Poland 52.39
16 Carol Lindroos   Finland 51.96
17 Pentti Repo   Finland 51.83
18 Josef Klik   West Germany 50.95
19 Gaetano dalla Pria   Italy 50.71
20 Ladislav Petrovic   Czechoslovakia 50.28
21 Pierre Alard   France 49.96
22 Ferenc Klics   Hungary 49.49
23 Georgios Tsakanikas   Greece 48.96
24 Mathias Mehr    Switzerland 47.82
25 Eric Cleaver   Great Britain 47.08
Antonios Kounadis   Greece NM
Franco Grossi   Italy NM

Participation edit

According to an unofficial count, 27 athletes from 17 countries participated in the event.

References edit

  1. ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 391–397, retrieved 13 August 2014