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Discus Throw, Men – Final Round

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Distance	Round #1 Distance	Round #2 Distance	Round #3 Distance	Round #4 Distance	Round #5 Distance	Round #6 Distance
1	9	Al Oerter	USA	56.36	56.36	53.81	53.22	55.08	53.28	54.93		OR
2	6	Fortune Gordien	USA	54.81	54.75	49.18	51.40	53.84	52.75	54.81
3	15	Des Koch	USA	54.40	50.53	x	53.55	53.64	54.40	54.03
4	10	Mark Pharaoh	GBR	54.27	52.52	x	52.36	49.85	54.27	53.16
5	16	Oto Grigalka	URS	52.37	51.25	50.09	52.37	49.44	x	50.13
6	1	Adolfo Consolini	ITA	52.21	51.92	52.21	52.13	x	51.29	52.01
7	5	Ferenc Klics	HUN	51.82	51.75	51.82	51.61	–	–	–
8	12	Dako Radošević	YUG	51.69	50.99	51.26	51.69	–	–	–
9	11	Boris Matveyev	URS	51.38	50.59	49.63	51.38	–	–	–
10	7	Gerry Carr	GBR	50.72	48.03	50.72	48.98	–	–	–
11	3	Günther Kruse	ARG	49.89	49.12	45.92	49.89	–	–	–
12	8	Kim Bukhantsov	URS	48.58	48.58	47.75	46.86	–	–	–
13	14	Fanie du Plessis	RSA	48.49	48.49	46.23	43.31	–	–	–
14	2	Erik Uddebom	SWE	48.28	48.28	47.89	44.72	–	–	–
15	13	Mesulame Rakuro	FIJ	47.24	46.45	47.24	44.60	–	–	–
16	4	Hernán Haddad	CHI	46.00	x	46.00	x	–	–	–