1954 European Athletics Championships – Men's discus throw

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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
1st place, gold medalist(s) Adolfo Consolini  Italy 53.44
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Giuseppe Tosi  Italy 52.34
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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