Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's discus throw

The Men's Discus Throw event at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada had an entrylist of 30 competitors, with two qualifying groups (30 jumpers) before the final (15) took place on Sunday July 25, 1976. The top twelve and ties, and all those reaching 60.00 metres advanced to the final. The qualification round was held in Saturday July 24, 1976.

Medalists

Gold	Mac Wilkins  United States
Silver	Wolfgang Schmidt  East Germany
Bronze	John Powell  United States

Abbreviations

• All results shown are in metres

Q	automatic qualification
q	qualification by rank
DNS	did not start
NM	no mark
OR	olympic record
WR	world record
AR	area record
NR	national record
PB	personal best
SB	season best

Records

Standing records prior to the 1976 Summer Olympics
World Record	Mac Wilkins (USA)	70.86 m	May 1, 1976	San Jose, California, United States
Olympic Record	Al Oerter (USA)	64.78 m	October 15, 1968	Mexico City, Mexico

Qualification

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Result	Note
			1	2	3
1	1	Mac Wilkins (USA)	68.28	—	—	68.28 m	OR
2	2	Velko Velev (BUL)	63.54	—	—	63.54 m
3	3	Wolfgang Schmidt (GDR)	63.14	—	—	63.14 m
4	5	Pentti Kahma (FIN)	62.10	—	—	62.10 m
5	6	Jay Silvester (USA)	X	62.06	—	62.06 m
6	7	Hein-Direck Neu (FRG)	X	58.90	61.88	61.88 m
7	9	John Powell (USA)	X	61.48	—	61.48 m
8	11	Norbert Thiede (GDR)	61.14	—	—	61.14 m
9	13	Siegfried Pachale (GDR)	X	60.64	—	60.64 m
10	14	Ludvík Daněk (TCH)	60.44	—	—	60.44 m
11	17	Markku Tuokko (FIN)	59.80	59.26	57.18	59.80 m
12	19	Silvano Simeon (ITA)	58.76	59.06	X	59.06 m
13	20	Ricky Bruch (SWE)	56.98	X	58.06	58.06 m
14	21	Nikolay Vikhor (URS)	X	57.50	54.52	57.50 m
—	—	Bishop Dolegiewicz (CAN)	X	X	X	NM

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Result	Note
			1	2	3
1	4	Armando De Vincentiis (ITA)	62.26	—	—	62.26 m
2	8	Ferenc Tégla (HUN)	57.00	61.66	—	61.66 m
3	10	Knut Hjeltnes (NOR)	X	61.30	—	61.30 m
4	12	Josef Šilhavý (TCH)	60.82	—	—	60.82 m
5	15	János Faragó (HUN)	59.30	60.06	—	60.06 m
6	16	Julián Morrinson (CUB)	59.92	56.66	58.50	59.92 m
7	18	Stanisław Wołodko (POL)	57.56	57.84	59.42	59.42 m
8	22	Iosif Naghi (ROM)	X	X	57.28	57.28 m
9	23	Ain Roost (CAN)	56.56	X	X	56.56 m
10	24	Borys Chambul (CAN)	X	55.86	X	55.86 m
11	25	Pete Tancred (GBR)	55.20	X	55.50	55.50 m
12	26	Jos Schroeder (BEL)	X	54.04	54.80	54.80 m
13	27	Ibrahima Guèye (SEN)	52.82	X	52.76	52.82 m
14	28	Salman Hessem (IRI)	52.40	50.40	X	52.40 m
15	29	Mahmoud Al-Zubramawi (KSA)	31.80	35.30	35.94	35.94 m

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Result	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Mac Wilkins (USA)	61.78	67.50	63.44	63.52	X	66.14	67.50 m
	Wolfgang Schmidt (GDR)	63.68	X	65.16	X	63.96	66.22	66.22 m
	John Powell (USA)	62.48	64.24	65.70	60.48	60.20	64.24	65.70 m
4	Norbert Thiede (GDR)	62.40	61.66	61.98	63.02	64.30	63.04	64.30 m
5	Siegfried Pachale (GDR)	59.62	64.04	60.02	61.08	59.62	64.24	64.24 m
6	Pentti Kahma (FIN)	63.12	61.22	X	X	X	61.94	63.12 m
7	Knut Hjeltnes (NOR)	60.26	62.02	61.60	61.26	61.24	63.06	63.06 m
8	Jay Silvester (USA)	61.60	X	X	X	61.98	X	61.98 m
9	Ludvík Daněk (TCH)	60.12	61.28	59.62				61.28 m
10	Velko Velev (BUL)	60.94	60.68	X				60.94 m
11	Ferenc Tégla (HUN)	57.44	57.00	60.54				60.54 m
12	Hein-Direck Neu (FRG)	59.44	60.26	60.46				60.46 m
13	Josef Šilhavý (TCH)	57.62	58.42	X				58.42 m
14	János Faragó (HUN)	57.48	57.30	X				57.48 m
15	Armando De Vincentiis (ITA)	55.86	X	X				55.68 m

References

• Template:En icon Results