Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's discus throw


The men's discus throw event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1948 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on August 2. The final was won by Adolfo Consolini of Italy.

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.
World record54.93 mMinneapolis, United States8 June 1946
Olympic record50.48 mBerlin, Germany5 August 1936

The following new Olympic record was set during this competition:
DateEventAthleteHeightNotes
2 AugustFinal52.78 mOR

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time
DateTimeRound
Monday, 2 August 194811:00Qualifications
Monday, 2 August 194815:30Finals

Results

Qualifying Round

Qual. rule: qualification standard 46.00m or at least best 12 qualified.
RankNameNationalityResultNotes
1Adolfo Consolini51.08 OR
2Giuseppe Tosi50.56
3Fortune Gordien48.40
4Veikko Nyqvist47.75
5Ivar Ramstad47.34
6Nikolaos Syllas47.03
7Ferenc Klics46.65
8Stein Johnson46.54
9Uno Fransson45.99
10Hermann Tunner45.92
11Eduardo Julve45.86
12Arvo Huutoniemi44.77
13Bill Burton43.78
14Félix Erauzquin43.66
15Giorgio Oberweger43.13
16Danilo Žerjal43.07
17Manuel Consiglieri43.01
18Emilio Malchiodi42.98
19James Nesbitt42.09
20Vic Frank42.00
21Jack Brewer41.95
22Cummin Clancy40.73
23Eric Coy39.53
24Roger Verhaes39.14
25Laurence Reavell-Carter38.04
26Nazar Muhammad Khan Malik36.23
27Ahmed Zahur Khan36.23
28An Yeong-han

Final

RankAthleteNationality123456ResultNotes
Adolfo Consolini49.6752.7847.9450.5150.4352.78OR
Giuseppe Tosi51.7848.8150.1150.0951.1851.78
Fortune Gordien47.9549.2050.7748.7450.77
4Ivar Ramstad49.21
5Ferenc Klics48.21
6Veikko Nyqvist47.33
7Nikolaos Syllas47.25
8Stein Johnson46.54
9Arvo Huutoniemi45.28
10Uno Fransson45.25
11Hermann Tunner44.43
12Eduardo Julve44.05

Key: OR = Olympic record