1946 European Athletics Championships – Men's discus throw

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The men's discus throw at the 1946 European Athletics Championships was held in Oslo, Norway, at Bislett Stadion on 24 August 1946.[1]

Medalists[edit]

Gold Adolfo Consolini
 Italy
Silver Giuseppe Tosi
 Italy
Bronze Veikko Nyqvist
 Finland

Results[edit]

Final[edit]

24 August

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Adolfo Consolini  Italy 53.23
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Giuseppe Tosi  Italy 50.39
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Veikko Nyqvist  Finland 48.14
4 Nikolaos Syllas  Greece 47.96
5 Stein Johnson  Norway 46.77
6 Erik Westlin  Sweden 45.65
7 Bengt Wikner  Sweden 44.57
8 Raymond Tissot  France 44.11

Qualification[edit]

24 August

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1 Adolfo Consolini  Italy 53.29 CR, Q
2 Giuseppe Tosi  Italy 50.03 Q
3 Nikolaos Syllas  Greece 47.67 Q
4 Veikko Nyqvist  Finland 46.98 Q
5 Bengt Wikner  Sweden 46.96 Q
6 Erik Westlin  Sweden 46.47 Q
7 Stein Johnson  Norway 45.61 Q
8 Raymond Tissot  France 44.90 Q
9 René Bazennerie  France 44.72
10 Danilo Žerjal  Yugoslavia 44.31
11 Jaroslav Knotek  Czechoslovakia 44.23
12 Johan Nordby  Norway 43.33
13 Jón Ólafsson  Iceland 42.40
14 Gunnar Huseby  Iceland 41.74
15 Roger Verhas  Belgium 40.88
16 Oskar Ospelt  Liechtenstein 38.35

Participation[edit]

According to an unofficial count, 16 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.

References[edit]

  1. ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 367–372, retrieved 13 August 2014