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Discus Throw, Men

Date	6 – 7 September 1960
Status	Olympic
Location	Stadio Olimpico, Roma
Participants	35 from 22 countries

Rink Babka won the US Olympic Trials but Al Oerter was a slight favorite. He had been AAU Champion in 1957, 1959, and 1960, and had not lost in two years prior to the Trials. However, in August Babka broke the world record with 59.91 (196-6¾). In round one, Babka led with 58.02 and Oerter was second with 57.64 (189-1¼). For Babka that was it – he would not improve that mark. Oerter could not get ahead either, until the fifth round. Finally, he then produced a 59.18 (194-2) toss which won him his second gold medal. In third, Dick Cochran completed another US sweep.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Qualifying	Final
1	439	Al Oerter	USA	58.43 (1)	59.18 (1)	Gold	OR
2	437	Rink Babka	USA	54.48 (4)	58.02 (2)	Silver
3	438	Dick Cochran	USA	53.79 (7)	57.16 (3)	Bronze
4	207	József Szécsényi	HUN	55.52 (2)	55.79 (4)
5	540	Edmund Piątkowski	POL	54.41 (5)	55.12 (5)
6	585	Viktor Kompaneyets	URS	52.66 (18)	55.06 (6)
7	617	Carmelo Rado	ITA	52.98 (15)	54.00 (7)
8	584	Kim Bukhantsov	URS	53.08 (12)	53.61 (8)
9	510	Pentti Repo	FIN	54.84 (3)	53.44 (9)
10	208	Ferenc Klics	HUN	53.34 (10)	53.37 (10)
11	688	Stein Haugen	NOR	52.75 (16)	53.36 (11)
12	304	Lothar Milde	GER	53.04 (13)	53.33 (12)
13	160	Zdeněk Čihák	TCH	53.42 (9)	53.29 (13)
14	541	Zenon Begier	POL	53.03 (14)	53.18 (14)
15	586	Vladimir Trusenyov	URS	54.31 (6)	52.93 (15)
16	305	Manfred Grieser	GER	52.20 (21)	52.69 (16)
17	616	Adolfo Consolini	ITA	52.38 (20)	52.44 (17)
18	340	Antonios Kounadis	GRE	52.49 (19)	52.42 (18)
19	159	Zdeněk Němec	TCH	52.68 (17)	52.14 (19)
20	166	Todor Artarski	BUL	53.33 (11)	52.12 (20)
21	19	Warwick Selvey	AUS	52.07 (22)	49.34 (21)
22	190	Cees Koch	NED	53.48 (8)	49.21 (22)
23 r1/2	113	Fanie du Plessis	RSA	51.86 (23)	–
24 r1/2	356	Östen Edlund	SWE	51.76 (24)	–
25 r1/2	511	Carol Lindroos	FIN	51.07 (25)	–
26 r1/2	486	Pierre Alard	FRA	51.02 (26)	–
27 r1/2	355	Erik Uddebom	SWE	50.87 (27)	–
28 r1/2	87	Les Mills	NZL	50.76 (28)	–
29 r1/2	618	Franco Grossi	ITA	50.43 (29)	–
30 r1/2	303	Fritz Kühl	GER	50.40 (30)	–
31 r1/2	654	Mike Lindsay	GBR	50.15 (31)	–
32 r1/2	115	Mesulame Rakuro	FIJ	47.18 (32)	–
33 r1/2	125	Haider Khan	PAK	46.57 (33)	–
34 r1/2	29	Nayef Hameed	IRQ	39.37 (34)	–
AC r1/2	458	Miguel de la Quadra-Salcedo	ESP	– (NM)	–
DNS	94	Herbert Egermann	AUT	– (DNS)	–
DNS	674	Gideon Ariel	ISR	– (DNS)	–
DNS	261	Salem El-Jisr	LBN	– (DNS)	–

Qualifying Round

Date	6 September 1960
Format	All those reaching 52.00 metres advanced to the final.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Distance
1	439	Al Oerter	USA	58.43	QOR
2	207	József Szécsényi	HUN	55.52	Q
3	510	Pentti Repo	FIN	54.84	Q
4	437	Rink Babka	USA	54.48	Q
5	540	Edmund Piątkowski	POL	54.41	Q
6	586	Vladimir Trusenyov	URS	54.31	Q
7	438	Dick Cochran	USA	53.79	Q
8	190	Cees Koch	NED	53.48	Q
9	160	Zdeněk Čihák	TCH	53.42	Q
10	208	Ferenc Klics	HUN	53.34	Q
11	166	Todor Artarski	BUL	53.33	Q
12	584	Kim Bukhantsov	URS	53.08	Q
13	304	Lothar Milde	GER	53.04	Q
14	541	Zenon Begier	POL	53.03	Q
15	617	Carmelo Rado	ITA	52.98	Q
16	688	Stein Haugen	NOR	52.75	Q
17	159	Zdeněk Němec	TCH	52.68	Q
18	585	Viktor Kompaneyets	URS	52.66	Q
19	340	Antonios Kounadis	GRE	52.49	Q
20	616	Adolfo Consolini	ITA	52.38	Q
21	305	Manfred Grieser	GER	52.20	Q
22	19	Warwick Selvey	AUS	52.07	Q
23	113	Fanie du Plessis	RSA	51.86
24	356	Östen Edlund	SWE	51.76
25	511	Carol Lindroos	FIN	51.07
26	486	Pierre Alard	FRA	51.02
27	355	Erik Uddebom	SWE	50.87
28	87	Les Mills	NZL	50.76
29	618	Franco Grossi	ITA	50.43
30	303	Fritz Kühl	GER	50.40
31	654	Mike Lindsay	GBR	50.15
32	115	Mesulame Rakuro	FIJ	47.18
33	125	Haider Khan	PAK	46.57
34	29	Nayef Hameed	IRQ	39.37
NM	458	Miguel de la Quadra-Salcedo	ESP	–
DNS	94	Herbert Egermann	AUT	–
DNS	674	Gideon Ariel	ISR	–
DNS	261	Salem El-Jisr	LBN	–

Group A

Date	6 September 1960 — 9:00

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Distance	Round #1 Distance	Round #2 Distance	Round #3 Distance
1	437	Rink Babka	USA	54.48	54.48	-	-
2	438	Dick Cochran	USA	53.79	53.79	-	-
3	208	Ferenc Klics	HUN	53.34	53.34	-	-
4	688	Stein Haugen	NOR	52.75	52.75	-	-
5	585	Viktor Kompaneyets	URS	52.66	50.67	52.66	-
6	340	Antonios Kounadis	GRE	52.49	52.49	-	-
7	19	Warwick Selvey	AUS	52.07	52.07	x	x
8	113	Fanie du Plessis	RSA	51.86	x	49.84	51.86
9	511	Carol Lindroos	FIN	51.07	x	51.07	x
10	486	Pierre Alard	FRA	51.02	51.02	48.89	50.32
11	355	Erik Uddebom	SWE	50.87	50.04	50.87	50.83
12	87	Les Mills	NZL	50.76	49.69	50.76	44.75
13	303	Fritz Kühl	GER	50.40	x	50.40	x
14	125	Haider Khan	PAK	46.57	45.75	46.57	41.57
15	29	Nayef Hameed	IRQ	39.37	38.13	38.50	39.37
NM	458	Miguel de la Quadra-Salcedo	ESP	–	x	x	x
DNS	94	Herbert Egermann	AUT	–	–	–	–
DNS	674	Gideon Ariel	ISR	–	–	–	–
DNS	261	Salem El-Jisr	LBN	–	–	–	–

Group B

Date	6 September 1960 — 10:00

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Distance	Round #1 Distance	Round #2 Distance	Round #3 Distance
1	439	Al Oerter	USA	58.43	46.33	58.43	-	OR
2	207	József Szécsényi	HUN	55.52	55.52	-	-
3	510	Pentti Repo	FIN	54.84	54.84	-	-
4	540	Edmund Piątkowski	POL	54.41	54.41	-	-
5	586	Vladimir Trusenyov	URS	54.31	54.31	-	-
6	190	Cees Koch	NED	53.48	53.48	-	-
7	160	Zdeněk Čihák	TCH	53.42	49.79	51.83	53.42
8	166	Todor Artarski	BUL	53.33	x	53.33	-
9	584	Kim Bukhantsov	URS	53.08	53.08	-	-
10	304	Lothar Milde	GER	53.04	53.04	-	-
11	541	Zenon Begier	POL	53.03	53.03	-	-
12	617	Carmelo Rado	ITA	52.98	52.98	-	-
13	159	Zdeněk Němec	TCH	52.68	52.68	-	-
14	616	Adolfo Consolini	ITA	52.38	52.38	-	-
15	305	Manfred Grieser	GER	52.20	50.22	52.20	-
16	356	Östen Edlund	SWE	51.76	51.76	49.15	49.70
17	618	Franco Grossi	ITA	50.43	48.76	48.64	50.43
18	654	Mike Lindsay	GBR	50.15	49.07	x	50.15
19	115	Mesulame Rakuro	FIJ	47.18	44.73	47.06	47.18

Final Round

Date	7 September 1960 — 15:00

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	439	Al Oerter	USA	59.18	57.64	56.73	56.53	56.73	59.18	57.19	OR
2	437	Rink Babka	USA	58.02	58.02	55.33	56.14	54.93	57.52	57.41
3	438	Dick Cochran	USA	57.16	x	54.75	48.71	54.51	57.16	54.49
4	207	József Szécsényi	HUN	55.79	54.58	x	54.86	55.22	55.79	55.61
5	540	Edmund Piątkowski	POL	55.12	54.06	51.52	54.29	x	55.12	x
6	585	Viktor Kompaneyets	URS	55.06	55.06	53.38	x	53.52	x	51.08
7	617	Carmelo Rado	ITA	54.00	51.10	52.65	54.00	–	–	–
8	584	Kim Bukhantsov	URS	53.61	48.32	52.59	53.61	–	–	–
9	510	Pentti Repo	FIN	53.44	53.44	52.81	51.08	–	–	–
10	208	Ferenc Klics	HUN	53.37	50.10	51.61	53.37	–	–	–
11	688	Stein Haugen	NOR	53.36	x	x	53.36	–	–	–
12	304	Lothar Milde	GER	53.33	52.22	51.26	53.33	–	–	–
13	160	Zdeněk Čihák	TCH	53.29	52.75	53.29	51.51	–	–	–
14	541	Zenon Begier	POL	53.18	51.67	50.93	53.18	–	–	–
15	586	Vladimir Trusenyov	URS	52.93	52.16	51.98	52.93	–	–	–
16	305	Manfred Grieser	GER	52.69	52.17	52.11	52.69	–	–	–
17	616	Adolfo Consolini	ITA	52.44	50.84	52.44	51.08	–	–	–
18	340	Antonios Kounadis	GRE	52.42	52.42	x	50.56	–	–	–
19	159	Zdeněk Němec	TCH	52.14	52.05	49.44	52.14	–	–	–
20	166	Todor Artarski	BUL	52.12	49.14	52.12	x	–	–	–
21	19	Warwick Selvey	AUS	49.34	x	49.34	x	–	–	–
22	190	Cees Koch	NED	49.21	x	49.21	x	–	–	–