| Date | 6 – 7 September 1960 |
|---|---|
| Status | Olympic |
| Location | Stadio Olimpico, Roma |
| Participants | 35 from 22 countries |
Rink Babka won the US Olympic Trials but Al Oerter was a slight favorite. He had been AAU Champion in 1957, 1959, and 1960, and had not lost in two years prior to the Trials. However, in August Babka broke the world record with 59.91 (196-6¾). In round one, Babka led with 58.02 and Oerter was second with 57.64 (189-1¼). For Babka that was it – he would not improve that mark. Oerter could not get ahead either, until the fifth round. Finally, he then produced a 59.18 (194-2) toss which won him his second gold medal. In third, Dick Cochran completed another US sweep.
| Pos | Number | Competitor | NOC | Qualifying | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 439 | Al Oerter |  USA | 58.43 (1) | 59.18 (1) | Gold | ||
| 2 | 437 | Rink Babka | USA | 54.48 (4) | 58.02 (2) | Silver | ||
| 3 | 438 | Dick Cochran | USA | 53.79 (7) | 57.16 (3) | Bronze | ||
| 4 | 207 | József Szécsényi |  HUN | 55.52 (2) | 55.79 (4) | |||
| 5 | 540 | Edmund Piątkowski |  POL | 54.41 (5) | 55.12 (5) | |||
| 6 | 585 | Viktor Kompaneyets |  URS | 52.66 (18) | 55.06 (6) | |||
| 7 | 617 | Carmelo Rado |  ITA | 52.98 (15) | 54.00 (7) | |||
| 8 | 584 | Kim Bukhantsov | URS | 53.08 (12) | 53.61 (8) | |||
| 9 | 510 | Pentti Repo |  FIN | 54.84 (3) | 53.44 (9) | |||
| 10 | 208 | Ferenc Klics | HUN | 53.34 (10) | 53.37 (10) | |||
| 11 | 688 | Stein Haugen |  NOR | 52.75 (16) | 53.36 (11) | |||
| 12 | 304 | Lothar Milde |  GER | 53.04 (13) | 53.33 (12) | |||
| 13 | 160 | Zdeněk Čihák |  TCH | 53.42 (9) | 53.29 (13) | |||
| 14 | 541 | Zenon Begier | POL | 53.03 (14) | 53.18 (14) | |||
| 15 | 586 | Vladimir Trusenyov | URS | 54.31 (6) | 52.93 (15) | |||
| 16 | 305 | Manfred Grieser | GER | 52.20 (21) | 52.69 (16) | |||
| 17 | 616 | Adolfo Consolini | ITA | 52.38 (20) | 52.44 (17) | |||
| 18 | 340 | Antonios Kounadis |  GRE | 52.49 (19) | 52.42 (18) | |||
| 19 | 159 | Zdeněk Němec | TCH | 52.68 (17) | 52.14 (19) | |||
| 20 | 166 | Todor Artarski |  BUL | 53.33 (11) | 52.12 (20) | |||
| 21 | 19 | Warwick Selvey |  AUS | 52.07 (22) | 49.34 (21) | |||
| 22 | 190 | Cees Koch |  NED | 53.48 (8) | 49.21 (22) | |||
| 23 r1/2 | 113 | Fanie du Plessis |  RSA | 51.86 (23) | – | |||
| 24 r1/2 | 356 | Östen Edlund |  SWE | 51.76 (24) | – | |||
| 25 r1/2 | 511 | Carol Lindroos | FIN | 51.07 (25) | – | |||
| 26 r1/2 | 486 | Pierre Alard |  FRA | 51.02 (26) | – | |||
| 27 r1/2 | 355 | Erik Uddebom | SWE | 50.87 (27) | – | |||
| 28 r1/2 | 87 | Les Mills |  NZL | 50.76 (28) | – | |||
| 29 r1/2 | 618 | Franco Grossi | ITA | 50.43 (29) | – | |||
| 30 r1/2 | 303 | Fritz Kühl | GER | 50.40 (30) | – | |||
| 31 r1/2 | 654 | Mike Lindsay |  GBR | 50.15 (31) | – | |||
| 32 r1/2 | 115 | Mesulame Rakuro |  FIJ | 47.18 (32) | – | |||
| 33 r1/2 | 125 | Haider Khan |  PAK | 46.57 (33) | – | |||
| 34 r1/2 | 29 | Nayef Hameed |  IRQ | 39.37 (34) | – | |||
| AC r1/2 | 458 | Miguel de la Quadra-Salcedo |  ESP | – ( | – | |||
| 94 | Herbert Egermann |  AUT | – ( | – | ||||
| 674 | Gideon Ariel |  ISR | – ( | – | ||||
| 261 | Salem El-Jisr |  LBN | – ( | – |
| Date | 6 September 1960 |
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| Format | All those reaching 52.00 metres advanced to the final. |
| Date | 6 September 1960 — 9:00 |
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| Pos | Start Order | Competitor | NOC | Distance | Round #1 Distance | Round #2 Distance | Round #3 Distance | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 16 | Rink Babka | USA | 54.48 | 54.48 | - | - | ||
| 2 | 15 | Dick Cochran | USA | 53.79 | 53.79 | - | - | ||
| 3 | 12 | Ferenc Klics | HUN | 53.34 | 53.34 | - | - | ||
| 4 | 18 | Stein Haugen | NOR | 52.75 | 52.75 | - | - | ||
| 5 | 2 | Viktor Kompaneyets | URS | 52.66 | 50.67 | 52.66 | - | ||
| 6 | 6 | Antonios Kounadis | GRE | 52.49 | 52.49 | - | - | ||
| 7 | 11 | Warwick Selvey | AUS | 52.07 | 52.07 | x | x | ||
| 8 | 9 | Fanie du Plessis | RSA | 51.86 | x | 49.84 | 51.86 | ||
| 9 | 7 | Carol Lindroos | FIN | 51.07 | x | 51.07 | x | ||
| 10 | 5 | Pierre Alard | FRA | 51.02 | 51.02 | 48.89 | 50.32 | ||
| 11 | 19 | Erik Uddebom | SWE | 50.87 | 50.04 | 50.87 | 50.83 | ||
| 12 | 4 | Les Mills | NZL | 50.76 | 49.69 | 50.76 | 44.75 | ||
| 13 | 1 | Fritz Kühl | GER | 50.40 | x | 50.40 | x | ||
| 14 | 13 | Haider Khan | PAK | 46.57 | 45.75 | 46.57 | 41.57 | ||
| 15 | 14 | Nayef Hameed | IRQ | 39.37 | 38.13 | 38.50 | 39.37 | ||
| 10 | Miguel de la Quadra-Salcedo | ESP | – | x | x | x | |||
| 17 | Herbert Egermann | AUT | – | – | – | – | |||
| 8 | Gideon Ariel | ISR | – | – | – | – | |||
| 3 | Salem El-Jisr | LBN | – | – | – | – |
| Date | 6 September 1960 — 10:00 |
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| Pos | Start Order | Competitor | NOC | Distance | Round #1 Distance | Round #2 Distance | Round #3 Distance | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Al Oerter | USA | 58.43 | 46.33 | 58.43 | - | ||
| 2 | 9 | József Szécsényi | HUN | 55.52 | 55.52 | - | - | ||
| 3 | 11 | Pentti Repo | FIN | 54.84 | 54.84 | - | - | ||
| 4 | 3 | Edmund Piątkowski | POL | 54.41 | 54.41 | - | - | ||
| 5 | 13 | Vladimir Trusenyov | URS | 54.31 | 54.31 | - | - | ||
| 6 | 1 | Cees Koch | NED | 53.48 | 53.48 | - | - | ||
| 7 | 7 | Zdeněk Čihák | TCH | 53.42 | 49.79 | 51.83 | 53.42 | ||
| 8 | 10 | Todor Artarski | BUL | 53.33 | x | 53.33 | - | ||
| 9 | 18 | Kim Bukhantsov | URS | 53.08 | 53.08 | - | - | ||
| 10 | 17 | Lothar Milde | GER | 53.04 | 53.04 | - | - | ||
| 11 | 15 | Zenon Begier | POL | 53.03 | 53.03 | - | - | ||
| 12 | 5 | Carmelo Rado | ITA | 52.98 | 52.98 | - | - | ||
| 13 | 2 | Zdeněk Němec | TCH | 52.68 | 52.68 | - | - | ||
| 14 | 19 | Adolfo Consolini | ITA | 52.38 | 52.38 | - | - | ||
| 15 | 12 | Manfred Grieser | GER | 52.20 | 50.22 | 52.20 | - | ||
| 16 | 8 | Östen Edlund | SWE | 51.76 | 51.76 | 49.15 | 49.70 | ||
| 17 | 16 | Franco Grossi | ITA | 50.43 | 48.76 | 48.64 | 50.43 | ||
| 18 | 14 | Mike Lindsay | GBR | 50.15 | 49.07 | x | 50.15 | ||
| 19 | 6 | Mesulame Rakuro | FIJ | 47.18 | 44.73 | 47.06 | 47.18 |
| Date | 7 September 1960 — 15:00 |
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| Pos | Start Order | Competitor | NOC | Distance | Round #1 Distance | Round #2 Distance | Round #3 Distance | Round #4 Distance | Round #5 Distance | Round #6 Distance | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 | Al Oerter | USA | 59.18 | 57.64 | 56.73 | 56.53 | 56.73 | 59.18 | 57.19 | ||
| 2 | 6 | Rink Babka | USA | 58.02 | 58.02 | 55.33 | 56.14 | 54.93 | 57.52 | 57.41 | ||
| 3 | 5 | Dick Cochran | USA | 57.16 | x | 54.75 | 48.71 | 54.51 | 57.16 | 54.49 | ||
| 4 | 14 | József Szécsényi | HUN | 55.79 | 54.58 | x | 54.86 | 55.22 | 55.79 | 55.61 | ||
| 5 | 10 | Edmund Piątkowski | POL | 55.12 | 54.06 | 51.52 | 54.29 | x | 55.12 | x | ||
| 6 | 1 | Viktor Kompaneyets | URS | 55.06 | 55.06 | 53.38 | x | 53.52 | x | 51.08 | ||
| 7 | 12 | Carmelo Rado | ITA | 54.00 | 51.10 | 52.65 | 54.00 | – | – | – | ||
| 8 | 21 | Kim Bukhantsov | URS | 53.61 | 48.32 | 52.59 | 53.61 | – | – | – | ||
| 9 | 16 | Pentti Repo | FIN | 53.44 | 53.44 | 52.81 | 51.08 | – | – | – | ||
| 10 | 4 | Ferenc Klics | HUN | 53.37 | 50.10 | 51.61 | 53.37 | – | – | – | ||
| 11 | 7 | Stein Haugen | NOR | 53.36 | x | x | 53.36 | – | – | – | ||
| 12 | 20 | Lothar Milde | GER | 53.33 | 52.22 | 51.26 | 53.33 | – | – | – | ||
| 13 | 13 | Zdeněk Čihák | TCH | 53.29 | 52.75 | 53.29 | 51.51 | – | – | – | ||
| 14 | 19 | Zenon Begier | POL | 53.18 | 51.67 | 50.93 | 53.18 | – | – | – | ||
| 15 | 18 | Vladimir Trusenyov | URS | 52.93 | 52.16 | 51.98 | 52.93 | – | – | – | ||
| 16 | 17 | Manfred Grieser | GER | 52.69 | 52.17 | 52.11 | 52.69 | – | – | – | ||
| 17 | 22 | Adolfo Consolini | ITA | 52.44 | 50.84 | 52.44 | 51.08 | – | – | – | ||
| 18 | 2 | Antonios Kounadis | GRE | 52.42 | 52.42 | x | 50.56 | – | – | – | ||
| 19 | 9 | Zdeněk Němec | TCH | 52.14 | 52.05 | 49.44 | 52.14 | – | – | – | ||
| 20 | 15 | Todor Artarski | BUL | 52.12 | 49.14 | 52.12 | x | – | – | – | ||
| 21 | 3 | Warwick Selvey | AUS | 49.34 | x | 49.34 | x | – | – | – | ||
| 22 | 8 | Cees Koch | NED | 49.21 | x | 49.21 | x | – | – | – |
