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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	Nr	Athlete	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 (6 September 1960)

All those reaching 52.00 metres advanced to the final.

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

Qualifying Round, Group A (6 September 1960 — 9:00)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Distance	Group A Round One	Group A Round Two	Group A Round Three
1	16	Rink Babka	USA	54.48	54.48	-	-
2	15	Dick Cochran	USA	53.79	53.79	-	-
3	12	Ferenc Klics	HUN	53.34	53.34	-	-
4	18	Stein Haugen	NOR	52.75	52.75	-	-
5	2	Viktor Kompaneyets	URS	52.66	50.67	52.66	-
6	6	Antonios Kounadis	GRE	52.49	52.49	-	-
7	11	Warwick Selvey	AUS	52.07	52.07	×	×
8	9	Fanie du Plessis	RSA	51.86	×	49.84	51.86
9	7	Carol Lindroos	FIN	51.07	×	51.07	×
10	5	Pierre Alard	FRA	51.02	51.02	48.89	50.32
11	19	Erik Uddebom	SWE	50.87	50.04	50.87	50.83
12	4	Les Mills	NZL	50.76	49.69	50.76	44.75
13	1	Fritz Kühl	GER	50.40	×	50.40	×
14	13	Haider Khan	PAK	46.57	45.75	46.57	41.57
15	14	Nayef Hameed	IRQ	39.37	38.13	38.50	39.37
NM	10	Miguel de la Quadra-Salcedo	ESP	–	×	×	×
DNS	17	Herbert Egermann	AUT	–	–	–	–
DNS	8	Gideon Ariel	ISR	–	–	–	–
DNS	3	Salem El-Jisr	LBN	–	–	–	–

Qualifying Round, Group B (6 September 1960 — 10:00)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Distance	Group B Round One	Group B Round Two	Group B Round Three
1	4	Al Oerter	USA	58.43	46.33	58.43	-	OR
2	9	József Szécsényi	HUN	55.52	55.52	-	-
3	11	Pentti Repo	FIN	54.84	54.84	-	-
4	3	Edmund Piątkowski	POL	54.41	54.41	-	-
5	13	Vladimir Trusenyov	URS	54.31	54.31	-	-
6	1	Cees Koch	NED	53.48	53.48	-	-
7	7	Zdeněk Čihák	TCH	53.42	49.79	51.83	53.42
8	10	Todor Artarski	BUL	53.33	×	53.33	-
9	18	Kim Bukhantsov	URS	53.08	53.08	-	-
10	17	Lothar Milde	GER	53.04	53.04	-	-
11	15	Zenon Begier	POL	53.03	53.03	-	-
12	5	Carmelo Rado	ITA	52.98	52.98	-	-
13	2	Zdeněk Němec	TCH	52.68	52.68	-	-
14	19	Adolfo Consolini	ITA	52.38	52.38	-	-
15	12	Manfred Grieser	GER	52.20	50.22	52.20	-
16	8	Östen Edlund	SWE	51.76	51.76	49.15	49.70
17	16	Franco Grossi	ITA	50.43	48.76	48.64	50.43
18	14	Mike Lindsay	GBR	50.15	49.07	×	50.15
19	6	Mesulame Rakuro	FIJ	47.18	44.73	47.06	47.18

Final Round (7 September 1960 — 15:00)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Distance	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6
1	11	Al Oerter	USA	59.18	57.64	56.73	56.53	56.73	59.18	57.19	OR
2	6	Rink Babka	USA	58.02	58.02	55.33	56.14	54.93	57.52	57.41
3	5	Dick Cochran	USA	57.16	×	54.75	48.71	54.51	57.16	54.49
4	14	József Szécsényi	HUN	55.79	54.58	×	54.86	55.22	55.79	55.61
5	10	Edmund Piątkowski	POL	55.12	54.06	51.52	54.29	×	55.12	×
6	1	Viktor Kompaneyets	URS	55.06	55.06	53.38	×	53.52	×	51.08
7	12	Carmelo Rado	ITA	54.00	51.10	52.65	54.00	–	–	–
8	21	Kim Bukhantsov	URS	53.61	48.32	52.59	53.61	–	–	–
9	16	Pentti Repo	FIN	53.44	53.44	52.81	51.08	–	–	–
10	4	Ferenc Klics	HUN	53.37	50.10	51.61	53.37	–	–	–
11	7	Stein Haugen	NOR	53.36	×	×	53.36	–	–	–
12	20	Lothar Milde	GER	53.33	52.22	51.26	53.33	–	–	–
13	13	Zdeněk Čihák	TCH	53.29	52.75	53.29	51.51	–	–	–
14	19	Zenon Begier	POL	53.18	51.67	50.93	53.18	–	–	–
15	18	Vladimir Trusenyov	URS	52.93	52.16	51.98	52.93	–	–	–
16	17	Manfred Grieser	GER	52.69	52.17	52.11	52.69	–	–	–
17	22	Adolfo Consolini	ITA	52.44	50.84	52.44	51.08	–	–	–
18	2	Antonios Kounadis	GRE	52.42	52.42	×	50.56	–	–	–
19	9	Zdeněk Němec	TCH	52.14	52.05	49.44	52.14	–	–	–
20	15	Todor Artarski	BUL	52.12	49.14	52.12	×	–	–	–
21	3	Warwick Selvey	AUS	49.34	×	49.34	×	–	–	–
22	8	Cees Koch	NED	49.21	×	49.21	×	–	–	–