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Discus Throw, Men

Date	22 July 1952
Status	Olympic
Location	Helsingin Olympiastadion, Helsinki
Participants	32 from 20 countries

Defending champion Adolfo Consolini (ITA) had won the 1946 and 1950 European Championships and was a slight favorite. Fortune Gordien was the best American and the world record holder, but Sim Iness had won the US Olympic Trials. Consolini led the qualifying but in the final, Iness led after rounds 1-3, improving in each round to his gold medal winning amrk of 55.03 (180-6½) in round three. Gordien was below par and did not medal.

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Qualifying	Final
1	1032	Sim Iness	USA	48.90 (4)	55.03 (1)	Gold	OR
2	259	Adolfo Consolini	ITA	51.89 (1)	53.78 (2)	Silver
3	1031	Jim Dillion	USA	47.92 (5)	53.28 (3)	Bronze
4	1030	Fortune Gordien	USA	50.34 (2)	52.66 (4)
5	954	Ferenc Klics	HUN	47.63 (7)	51.13 (5)
6	460	Oto Grigalka	URS	48.93 (3)	50.71 (6)
7	706	Roland Nilsson	SWE	47.18 (8)	50.06 (7)
8	260	Giuseppe Tosi	ITA	46.59 (10)	49.03 (8)
9	385	Nikolaos Syllas	GRE	47.84 (6)	48.99 (9)
10	461	Boris Matveyev	URS	46.31 (16)	48.70 (10)
11	459	Boris Butenko	URS	46.43 (14)	48.15 (11)
12	815	Veikko Nyqvist	FIN	46.41 (15)	47.72 (12)
13	880	Jørgen Munk Plum	DEN	46.58 (=11)	47.26 (13)
14	360	Roy Pella	CAN	46.58 (=11)	46.63 (14)
15	386	Konstantinos Giataganas	GRE	46.05 (17)	46.23 (15)
16	520	Per Stavem	NOR	46.74 (9)	46.00 (16)
17	631	Jean Maissant	FRA	46.47 (13)	43.40 (17)
18 r1/2	817	Olli Partanen	FIN	45.71 (18)	–
19 r1/2	209	Mark Pharaoh	GBR	45.24 (19)	–
20 r1/2	518	Stein Johnson	NOR	45.19 (20)	–
21 r1/2	29	Ian Reed	AUS	45.12 (21)	–
22 r1/2	163	Friðrik Guðmundsson	ISL	45.00 (22)	–
23 r1/2	863	Oskar Häfliger	SUI	44.73 (23)	–
24 r1/2	162	Þorsteinn Löve	ISL	44.28 (24)	–
25 r1/2	632	Lucien Guillier	FRA	43.88 (25)	–
26 r1/2	519	Kristian Johansen	NOR	43.46 (26)	–
27 r1/2	749	Sepp Hipp	GER	43.38 (27)	–
28 r1/2	83	Hernán Haddad	CHI	42.89 (28)	–
29 r1/2	816	Arvo Huutoniemi	FIN	42.79 (29)	–
30 r1/2	53	Raymond Kintziger	BEL	41.46 (30)	–
31 r1/2	927	Nuri Turan	TUR	41.45 (31)	–
32 r1/2	235	Uri Gallin	ISR	40.76 (32)	–
DNS	661	Mihai Raica	ROU	– (DNS)	–
DNS	103	José Luis Torres	ESP	– (DNS)	–
DNS	282	Hermann Tunner	AUT	– (DNS)	–
DNS	359	Bob Adams	CAN	– (DNS)	–
DNS	383	Georgios Roumpanis	GRE	– (DNS)	–
DNS	152	Cummin Clancy	IRL	– (DNS)	–

Qualifying Round (22 July 1952 — 10:00)

All those reaching 46.00 metres advanced to the final.

Pos	Athlete	NOC	Distance	2nd Best
1	Adolfo Consolini	ITA	51.89	–	Q
2	Fortune Gordien	USA	50.34	–	Q
3	Oto Grigalka	URS	48.93	–	Q
4	Sim Iness	USA	48.90	–	Q
5	Jim Dillion	USA	47.92	–	Q
6	Nikolaos Syllas	GRE	47.84	–	Q
7	Ferenc Klics	HUN	47.63	–	Q
8	Roland Nilsson	SWE	47.18	–	Q
9	Per Stavem	NOR	46.74	–	Q
10	Giuseppe Tosi	ITA	46.59	–	Q
=11	Roy Pella	CAN	46.58	–	Q
=11	Jørgen Munk Plum	DEN	46.58	–	Q
13	Jean Maissant	FRA	46.47	–	Q
14	Boris Butenko	URS	46.43	–	Q
15	Veikko Nyqvist	FIN	46.41	–	Q
16	Boris Matveyev	URS	46.31	–	Q
17	Konstantinos Giataganas	GRE	46.05	–	Q
18	Olli Partanen	FIN	45.71	–
19	Mark Pharaoh	GBR	45.24	–
20	Stein Johnson	NOR	45.19	–		1
21	Ian Reed	AUS	45.12	–
22	Friðrik Guðmundsson	ISL	45.00	–
23	Oskar Häfliger	SUI	44.73	–
24	Þorsteinn Löve	ISL	44.28	–
25	Lucien Guillier	FRA	43.88	–
26	Kristian Johansen	NOR	43.46	–
27	Sepp Hipp	GER	43.38	–
28	Hernán Haddad	CHI	42.89	–
29	Arvo Huutoniemi	FIN	42.79	–
30	Raymond Kintziger	BEL	41.46	–
31	Nuri Turan	TUR	41.45	–
32	Uri Gallin	ISR	40.76	–
DNS	Bob Adams	CAN	–	–
DNS	Cummin Clancy	IRL	–	–
DNS	Mihai Raica	ROU	–	–
DNS	José Luis Torres	ESP	–	–
DNS	Hermann Tunner	AUT	–	–
DNS	Georgios Roumpanis	GRE	–	–

Qualifying Round, Group A (22 July 1952)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Distance	Group A Round 1	Group A Round 2	Group A Round 3
1	4	Adolfo Consolini	ITA	51.89	51.89	51.89	-
2	7	Fortune Gordien	USA	50.34	38.84	45.61	50.34
3	8	Oto Grigalka	URS	48.93	43.21	48.93	-
4	15	Sim Iness	USA	48.90	48.90	48.90	-
5	5	Jim Dillion	USA	47.92	47.92	47.92	-
6	19	Ferenc Klics	HUN	47.63	44.61	47.63	-
7	2	Boris Butenko	URS	46.43	46.43	46.43	-
8	17	Stein Johnson	NOR	45.19	40.36	45.11	45.19	2
9	9	Friðrik Guðmundsson	ISL	45.00	45.00	45.00	43.38
10	14	Oskar Häfliger	SUI	44.73	38.90	38.90	44.73
11	10	Lucien Guillier	FRA	43.88	43.88	43.88	×
12	16	Kristian Johansen	NOR	43.46	41.76	43.46	×
13	12	Sepp Hipp	GER	43.38	39.62	39.62	43.38
14	11	Hernán Haddad	CHI	42.89	×	42.89	41.47
15	13	Arvo Huutoniemi	FIN	42.79	40.07	42.79	42.51
16	18	Raymond Kintziger	BEL	41.46	40.63	41.46	37.49
17	6	Uri Gallin	ISR	40.76	×	40.76	40.36
DNS	1	Bob Adams	CAN	–	–	–	–
DNS	3	Cummin Clancy	IRL	–	–	–	–

Qualifying Round, Group B (22 July 1952)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Distance	Group B Round 1	Group B Round 2	Group B Round 3
1	14	Nikolaos Syllas	GRE	47.84	47.84	47.84	-
2	4	Roland Nilsson	SWE	47.18	47.18	47.18	-
3	13	Per Stavem	NOR	46.74	46.74	46.74	-
4	16	Giuseppe Tosi	ITA	46.59	46.59	46.59	-
=5	7	Roy Pella	CAN	46.58	46.58	46.58	-
=5	9	Jørgen Munk Plum	DEN	46.58	46.58	46.58	-
7	2	Jean Maissant	FRA	46.47	45.45	45.45	46.47
8	5	Veikko Nyqvist	FIN	46.41	46.41	46.41	-
9	3	Boris Matveyev	URS	46.31	42.18	46.31	-
10	19	Konstantinos Giataganas	GRE	46.05	44.88	46.05	-
11	6	Olli Partanen	FIN	45.71	45.71	45.71	45.33
12	8	Mark Pharaoh	GBR	45.24	43.99	45.05	45.24
13	11	Ian Reed	AUS	45.12	41.51	45.12	44.24
14	1	Þorsteinn Löve	ISL	44.28	44.27	44.27	44.28
15	18	Nuri Turan	TUR	41.45	38.31	41.45	39.52
DNS	10	Mihai Raica	ROU	–	–	–	–
DNS	15	José Luis Torres	ESP	–	–	–	–
DNS	17	Hermann Tunner	AUT	–	–	–	–
DNS	12	Georgios Roumpanis	GRE	–	–	–	–

Final Round (22 July 1952 — 16:00)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Distance	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6
1	13	Sim Iness	USA	55.03	53.47	54.60	55.03	53.49	54.13	52.83	OR
2	14	Adolfo Consolini	ITA	53.78	51.69	53.78	53.45	50.63	50.08	51.20
3	4	Jim Dillion	USA	53.28	52.47	48.06	51.76	53.28	×	52.28
4	15	Fortune Gordien	USA	52.66	52.52	52.66	51.71	51.48	×	49.93
5	16	Ferenc Klics	HUN	51.13	48.74	49.07	51.13	×	49.79	×
6	5	Oto Grigalka	URS	50.71	50.71	×	47.84	×	×	×
7	17	Roland Nilsson	SWE	50.06	×	48.90	50.06	–	–	–
8	9	Giuseppe Tosi	ITA	49.03	45.85	49.03	48.97	–	–	–
9	7	Nikolaos Syllas	GRE	48.99	48.99	48.36	47.17	–	–	–
10	12	Boris Matveyev	URS	48.70	47.27	44.47	48.70	–	–	–
11	11	Boris Butenko	URS	48.15	×	43.66	48.15	–	–	–
12	8	Veikko Nyqvist	FIN	47.72	47.72	45.99	46.63	–	–	–
13	2	Jørgen Munk Plum	DEN	47.26	38.73	45.20	47.26	–	–	–
14	1	Roy Pella	CAN	46.63	×	46.63	45.47	–	–	–
15	6	Konstantinos Giataganas	GRE	46.23	42.40	46.23	×	–	–	–
16	10	Per Stavem	NOR	46.00	39.78	×	46.00	–	–	–
17	3	Jean Maissant	FRA	43.40	43.40	42.11	35.82	–	–	–