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Discus Throw, Men

Date	2 August 1948
Status	Olympic
Location	Empire Stadium, Wembley, London
Participants	28 from 18 countries

Italy’s Adolfo Consolini held the world record from 1941-46 and was the 1946 European Champion. He was the favorite in London, with his teammate, Giuseppe Tosi, runner-up at the 1946 Europeans, thought to be his biggest challenger. They did not disappoint, winning the gold and silver medals. Tosi led with his best mark in round one, 51.78 (169-10¾), while Consolini moved ahead of him in the second round to settle the gold medal. America’s Fortune Gordien was AAU Champion in 1947-48 and won the 1948 US Olympic Trials. His bronze medal meant that the top three throwers on the year list finished in that order at the Olympics.

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Qualifying	Final
1	532	Adolfo Consolini	ITA	51.08 (1)	52.78 (1)	Gold	OR
2	534	Giuseppe Tosi	ITA	50.56 (2)	51.78 (2)	Silver
3	550	Fortune Gordien	USA	48.40 (3)	50.77 (3)	Bronze
4	538	Ivar Ramstad	NOR	47.34 (5)	49.21 (4)
5	531	Ferenc Klics	HUN	46.65 (7)	48.21 (5)
6	523	Veikko Nyqvist	FIN	47.75 (4)	47.33 (6)
7	529	Nikolaos Syllas	GRE	47.03 (6)	47.25 (7)
8	537	Stein Johnson	NOR	46.54 (8)	46.54 (8)
9	522	Arvo Huutoniemi	FIN	44.77 (12)	45.28 (9)
10	547	Uno Fransson	SWE	45.99 (9)	45.25 (10)
11	518	Hermann Tunner	AUT	45.92 (10)	44.43 (11)
12	541	Eduardo Julve	PER	45.86 (11)	44.05 (12)
13 r1/2	548	Bill Burton	USA	43.78 (13)	–
14 r1/2	546	Félix Erauzquin	ESP	43.66 (14)	–
15 r1/2	533	Giorgio Oberweger	ITA	43.13 (15)	–
16 r1/2	551	Danilo Žerjal	YUG	43.07 (16)	–
17 r1/2	542	Manuel Consiglieri	PER	43.01 (17)	–
18 r1/2	517	Emilio Malchiodi	ARG	42.98 (18)	–
19 r1/2	527	Jim Nesbitt	GBR	42.09 (19)	–
20 r1/2	549	Vic Frank	USA	42.00 (20)	–
21 r1/2	526	Jack Brewer	GBR	41.95 (21)	–
22 r1/2	521	Cummin Clancy	IRL	40.73 (22)	–
23 r1/2	520	Eric Coy	CAN	39.53 (23)	–
24 r1/2	519	Roger Verhaes	BEL	39.14 (24)	–
25 r1/2	528	Laurence Reavell-Carter	GBR	38.04 (25)	–
=26 r1/2	540	Nazar Muhammad Khan Malik	PAK	36.23 (=26)	–
=26 r1/2	539	Ahmed Zahur Khan	PAK	36.23 (=26)	–
AC r1/2	535	An Yeong-Han	KOR	– (NM)	–
DNS	530	Aad de Bruyn	NED	– (DNS)	–
DNS	545	José Carvajal	ESP	– (DNS)	–
DNS	525	Raymond Kirstetter	FRA	– (DNS)	–
DNS	544	José Luis Torres	ESP	– (DNS)	–
DNS	524	Ignace Heinrich	FRA	– (DNS)	–
DNS	536	Gin Gang-Hwan	KOR	– (DNS)	–
DNS	543	Mieczysław Łomowski	POL	– (DNS)	–

Qualifying Round (2 August 1948 — 11:00)

Top 12 and ties and all those reaching 46.00 metres advanced to the final.

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Distance	R1	R2	R3
1	532	Adolfo Consolini	ITA	51.08	51.08	-	-	QOR
2	534	Giuseppe Tosi	ITA	50.56	50.56	-	-	Q
3	13	Fortune Gordien	USA	48.40	–	–	–	Q
4	8	Veikko Nyqvist	FIN	47.75	–	–	–	Q
5	10	Ivar Ramstad	NOR	47.34	–	–	–	Q
6	12	Nikolaos Syllas	GRE	47.03	–	–	–	Q
7	3	Ferenc Klics	HUN	46.65	–	–	–	Q
8	17	Stein Johnson	NOR	46.54	–	–	–	Q
9	12	Uno Fransson	SWE	45.99	–	–	–	q
10	15	Hermann Tunner	AUT	45.92	–	–	–	q
11	18	Eduardo Julve	PER	45.86	–	–	–	q
12	15	Arvo Huutoniemi	FIN	44.77	–	–	–	q
13	4	Bill Burton	USA	43.78	–	–	–
14	10	Félix Erauzquin	ESP	43.66	–	–	–
15	9	Giorgio Oberweger	ITA	43.13	–	–	–
16	17	Danilo Žerjal	YUG	43.07	–	–	–
17	7	Manuel Consiglieri	PER	43.01	–	–	–
18	5	Emilio Malchiodi	ARG	42.98	–	–	–
19	7	Jim Nesbitt	GBR	42.09	–	–	–
20	549	Vic Frank	USA	42.00	×	42.00	×
21	2	Jack Brewer	GBR	41.95	–	–	–
22	6	Cummin Clancy	IRL	40.73	–	–	–
23	9	Eric Coy	CAN	39.53	–	–	–
24	16	Roger Verhaes	BEL	39.14	–	–	–
25	11	Laurence Reavell-Carter	GBR	38.04	–	–	–
=26	6	Nazar Muhammad Khan Malik	PAK	36.23	–	–	–
=26	1	Ahmed Zahur Khan	PAK	36.23	–	–	–
NM	535	An Yeong-Han	KOR	–	×	×	×
DNS	3	Aad de Bruyn	NED	–	–	–	–
DNS	5	José Carvajal	ESP	–	–	–	–
DNS	2	Raymond Kirstetter	FRA	–	–	–	–
DNS	13	José Luis Torres	ESP	–	–	–	–
DNS	14	Ignace Heinrich	FRA	–	–	–	–
DNS	16	Gin Gang-Hwan	KOR	–	–	–	–
DNS	4	Mieczysław Łomowski	POL	–	–	–	–

Final Round (2 August 1948 — 15:30)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Distance	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6
1	1	Adolfo Consolini	ITA	52.78	49.67	52.78	47.94	×	50.51	50.43	OR
2	11	Giuseppe Tosi	ITA	51.78	51.78	48.81	50.11	50.09	×	51.18
3	3	Fortune Gordien	USA	50.77	47.95	49.20	50.77	×	48.74	×
4	9	Ivar Ramstad	NOR	49.21	–	–	–	–	–	–
5	7	Ferenc Klics	HUN	48.21	–	–	–	–	–	–
6	8	Veikko Nyqvist	FIN	47.33	–	–	–	–	–	–
7	10	Nikolaos Syllas	GRE	47.25	–	–	–	–	–	–
8	5	Stein Johnson	NOR	46.54	–	–	–	–	–	–
9	4	Arvo Huutoniemi	FIN	45.28	–	–	–	–	–	–
10	2	Uno Fransson	SWE	45.25	–	–	–	–	–	–
11	12	Hermann Tunner	AUT	44.43	–	–	–	–	–	–
12	6	Eduardo Julve	PER	44.05	–	–	–	–	–	–