Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's discus throw

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Men's discus throw
at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad
Olympic Stadium
Date15 October
Competitors29 from 21 nations
Winning distance61.00 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Al Oerter
 United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Ludvik Danek
 Czechoslovakia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Dave Weill
 United States
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The men's

Ludvik Danek of Czechoslovakia took silver to break up the Americans' two-Games dominance of the discus podium; no non-American had won a medal since 1952. Dave Weill
earned bronze to make this the fourth straight Games that the United States had won at least two medals in the event.

Background

This was the 15th appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. Returning finalists from the 1960 Games were two-time gold medalist

Ludvik Danek of Czechoslovakia took the world record shortly before the Games, however, breaking 63 and 64 meters (and 210 feet). Oerter lost the U.S. trials to Jay Silvester, and entered the Games hampered by injuries.[2]

Iran, the Ivory Coast, and Puerto Rico each made their debut in the men's discus throw. The United States made its 15th appearance, having competed in every edition of the Olympic men's discus throw to date.

Competition format

The competition used the two-round format introduced in 1936, with the qualifying round completely separate from the divided final. In qualifying, each athlete received three attempts; those recording a mark of at least 55.00 metres advanced to the final. If fewer than 12 athletes achieved that distance, the top 12 would advance. The results of the qualifying round were then ignored. Finalists received three throws each, with the top six competitors receiving an additional three attempts. The best distance among those six throws counted.[2][3]

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record  
Ludvik Danek
 (TCH)		 64.55 Turnov, Czechoslovakia 2 August 1964
Olympic record  Al Oerter (USA) 59.18 Rome, Italy 7 September 1960

Ludvik Danek, throwing later, beat the old record but not Oerter's new record. In the final, Danek (three times), Dave Weill (once), and Jay Silvester
(once) all topped the old record but could not beat the new one. Oerter himself managed only one throw past the old record—but it was the best throw of the whole competition, giving Oerter the gold medal and another new Olympic record of 61.00 metres.

Schedule

All times are

UTC+9
)

Date Time Round
Thursday, 15 October 1964 10:00
14:30		 Qualifying
Final

Results

Qualifying

The qualification standard was 55.00 metres. Each thrower had three attempts to reach that standard. Since only 10 throwers made the mark, the next two furthest also advanced to meet the minimum 12 in the final. The table shows the results of the three qualifying rounds.[4]

Rank Athlete Nation 1 2 3 Distance Notes
1 Al Oerter  United States 60.54 — — 60.54 Q, OR
2
Ludvik Danek
  Czechoslovakia 58.88 — — 58.88 Q
3 Jay Silvester  United States X 57.81 — 57.81 Q
4 Viktor Kompaniyets  Soviet Union 57.40 — — 57.40 Q
5 Dave Weill  United States 56.95 — — 56.95 Q
6 Hartmut Losch  United Team of Germany 56.46 — — 56.46 Q
7 Zenon Begier  Poland 56.31 — — 56.31 Q
8 Roy Hollingsworth  Great Britain 52.60 55.08 55.96 55.96 Q
9 Edmund Piątkowski  Poland 55.22 — — 55.22 Q
10 József Szécsényi  Hungary 55.04 — — 55.04 Q
11
Kim Bukhantsev
  Soviet Union 54.94 X X 54.94 q
12 Vladimir Trusenyov  Soviet Union 53.81 51.94 52.25 53.81 q
13 Fritz Kühl  United Team of Germany 53.53 53.04 X 53.53
14 Lothar Milde  United Team of Germany 53.39 50.83 X 53.39
15 Pentti Repo  Finland 52.93 X 50.60 52.93
16 Dako Radošević  Yugoslavia 51.22 52.71 51.37 52.71
17
Kees Koch
  Netherlands 51.20 52.57 51.08 52.57
18 Jiří Žemba  Czechoslovakia X 52.13 51.80 52.13
19 Warwick Selvey  Australia 50.83 X 51.96 51.96
20 Ernst Soudek  Austria X 51.78 50.96 51.78
21 Les Mills  New Zealand 44.18 51.70 51.22 51.70
22 Georgios Tsakanikas  Greece 50.76 51.03 48.07 51.03
23 Shohei Kaneko  Japan 44.63 43.31 46.46 46.46
24
Segui Denis Kragbe
  Ivory Coast 44.07 46.43 44.03 46.43
25 Ignacio Reinosa  Puerto Rico 46.36 45.96 X 46.36
26 Gideon Ariel  Israel 45.10 44.26 46.12 46.12
27 Sayed Mirza Molimadail  Iran X 45.24 44.96 45.24
28 Kim Byeong-gi  South Korea 42.73 X X 42.73
— Lars Haglund  Sweden X X X No mark
— Valko Kostov  Bulgaria DNS

Finals

The scores from the qualification round were erased and each thrower was given three throws. The six best in those three received another three throws, keeping all six.


Rank Athlete Nation 1 2 3 4 5 6 Distance Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Al Oerter  United States 57.65 58.34 55.11 54.37 61.00 OR X 61.00 OR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ludvik Danek  Czechoslovakia 59.73 58.83 X 60.52 58.38 57.17 60.52
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Dave Weill  United States X 59.49 56.15 56.15 55.94 52.45 59.49
4 Jay Silvester  United States 56.99 X 57.54 57.46 59.09 X 59.09
5 József Szécsényi  Hungary 54.34 52.14 56.97 57.23 X 54.66 57.23
6 Zenon Begier  Poland 57.06 52.45 55.83 X X 56.68 57.06
7 Edmund Piatkowski  Poland 52.94 55.81 53.87 Did not advance 55.81
8 Vladimir Trusenev  Soviet Union 53.70 54.78 52.98 Did not advance 54.78
9 Kim Bukhantsev  Soviet Union X 50.15 54.38 Did not advance 54.38
10 Roy Anselm Hollingsworth  Great Britain 53.74 53.87 X Did not advance 53.87
11 Hartmut Losch  United Team of Germany 51.44 52.08 X Did not advance 52.08
12 Viktor Kompaniyets  Soviet Union X 51.96 X Did not advance 51.96

References

  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games: Men's Discus Throw". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Discus Throw, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
  3. ^ Official Report, vol. 2, p. 53.
  4. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Athletics at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games: Men's Discus Throw Qualifying Round". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
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