Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's discus throw
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Men's discus throw at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
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Venue | Estadio Olímpico Universitario | ||||||||||||
Date | October 14–15 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 27 from 19 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning distance | 64.78 OR | ||||||||||||
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Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics ![]() |
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Track events | ||||
100 m | men | women | ||
200 m | men | women | ||
400 m | men | women | ||
800 m | men | women | ||
1500 m | men | |||
5000 m | men | |||
10,000 m | men | |||
80 m hurdles | women | |||
110 m hurdles | men | |||
400 m hurdles | men | |||
3000 m steeplechase |
men | |||
4×100 m relay | men | women | ||
4×400 m relay | men | |||
Road events | ||||
Marathon | men | |||
20 km walk | men | |||
50 km walk | men | |||
Field events | ||||
Long jump | men | women | ||
Triple jump | men | |||
High jump | men | women | ||
Pole vault | men | |||
Shot put | men | women | ||
Discus throw | men | women | ||
Javelin throw | men | women | ||
Hammer throw | men | |||
Combined events | ||||
Pentathlon | women | |||
Decathlon | men |
The Men's discus throw competition at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico took place on October 14–15.
Competition format
The competition consisted of two rounds, qualification and final. Each athlete receives three throws in the qualifying round. All who achieve the qualifying distance progress to the final. If less than twelve athletes achieve this mark, then the twelve furthest throwing athletes reach the final. Each finalist is allowed three throws in last round, with the top eight athletes after that point being given three further attempts.
Records
Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | ![]() |
68.40 m | Reno, United States | September 18, 1968 |
Olympic record | ![]() |
61.00 m | Tokyo, Japan | October 15, 1964 |
Results
Qualifying round
Qual. rule: qualification standard 58.00m (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q).
Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | Result | Notes |
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1 | A | Jay Silvester | ![]() |
63.34 | – | – | 63.34 | |
2 | A | Hartmut Losch | ![]() |
60.40 | – | – | 60.40 | |
3 | A | Gary Carlsen | ![]() |
60.36 | – | – | 60.36 | |
3 | A | Lothar Milde | ![]() |
60.36 | – | – | 60.36 | |
5 | A | Günter Schaumburg | ![]() |
60.14 | – | – | 60.14 | |
6 | A | Al Oerter | ![]() |
59.36 | – | – | 59.36 | |
7 | A | Ludvík Daněk | ![]() |
59.36 | 58.10 | 56.42 | 59.36 | |
8 | A | Ricky Bruch | ![]() |
59.08 | – | – | 59.08 | |
9 | B | Robin Tait | ![]() |
58.88 | – | – | 58.88 | |
10 | A | Hein-Direck Neu | ![]() |
X | 55.26 | 58.56 | 58.56 | |
11 | A | Ferenc Tégla | ![]() |
57.18 | 58.50 | – | 58.50 | |
12 | A | Edmund Piątkowski | ![]() |
58.24 | – | – | 58.24 | |
13 | A | Guram Gudashvili | ![]() |
57.48 | 55.84 | X | 57.48 | |
14 | A | George Puce | ![]() |
57.34 | X | X | 57.34 | |
15 | B | Namakoro Niaré | ![]() |
X | 54.92 | 56.60 | 56.60 | |
16 | B | János Faragó | ![]() |
54.98 | 56.00 | X | 56.00 | |
17 | B | Denis Ségui Kragbé | ![]() |
55.24 | 54.24 | X | 55.24 | |
18 | B | Lech Gajdziński | ![]() |
54.92 | X | X | 54.92 | |
19 | A | Jens Reimers | ![]() |
53.18 | X | 54.02 | 54.02 | |
20 | B | Joe Kashmiri | ![]() |
53.00 | 53.96 | 53.30 | 53.96 | |
21 | B | Klaus-Peter Hennig | ![]() |
53.80 | X | X | 53.80 | |
22 | B | Heimo Reinitzer | ![]() |
51.90 | 52.00 | 53.52 | 53.52 | |
23 | B | Modesto Mederos | ![]() |
52.30 | X | 49.42 | 52.30 | |
24 | B | Bill Tancred | ![]() |
X | 48.86 | 51.74 | 51.74 | |
25 | B | Edy Hubacher | ![]() |
X | 49.80 | 51.70 | 51.70 | |
26 | B | Rolando Mendoza | ![]() |
39.62 | 36.46 | 38.78 | 39.62 | |
27 | B | Mauricio Jubis | ![]() |
33.62 | 35.94 | 36.18 | 36.18 |
Final
Rank | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Notes |
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Al Oerter | ![]() |
61.78 | X | 64.78 | 62.42 | 64.74 | 64.04 | 64.78 | OR |
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Lothar Milde | ![]() |
62.44 | 63.08 | 62.58 | 59.98 | 60.24 | 58.00 | 63.08 | |
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Ludvík Daněk | ![]() |
60.62 | X | 62.92 | X | 61.28 | 61.34 | 62.92 | |
4 | Hartmut Losch | ![]() |
62.12 | 61.68 | 60.34 | 59.48 | 58.94 | 59.50 | 62.12 | |
5 | Jay Silvester | ![]() |
61.10 | 61.78 | X | X | X | 60.44 | 61.78 | |
6 | Gary Carlsen | ![]() |
58.62 | 59.26 | 59.46 | 59.30 | 52.60 | 58.54 | 59.46 | |
7 | Edmund Piątkowski | ![]() |
59.40 | 58.46 | 57.66 | 57.52 | X | 58.72 | 59.40 | |
8 | Ricky Bruch | ![]() |
58.94 | 58.02 | 58.12 | 59.28 | 58.50 | 58.34 | 59.28 | |
9 | Hein-Direck Neu | ![]() |
55.96 | X | 58.66 | N/A | 58.66 | |||
10 | Günter Schaumburg | ![]() |
56.64 | 57.70 | 58.62 | N/A | 58.62 | |||
11 | Ferenc Tégla | ![]() |
56.74 | 58.36 | 57.78 | N/A | 58.36 | |||
12 | Robin Tait | ![]() |
56.52 | 57.68 | 56.84 | N/A | 57.68 |
References
- Official Olympic Report, la84foundation.org. Retrieved August 13, 2012.