1971 European Athletics Championships – Men's discus throw

Events at the
1971 European
Athletics Championships

Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
5000 m men
10,000 m men
100 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 women
Road events
Marathon men
20 km walk men
50 km walk men
Field events
High jump men women
Pole vault men
Long jump men women
Triple jump men
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Hammer throw men
Javelin throw men women
Combined events
Pentathlon women
Decathlon men

The men's discus throw at the 1971 European Athletics Championships was held in Helsinki, Finland, at Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 14 and 15 August 1971.[1]

Medalists

Gold Ludvík Daněk
 Czechoslovakia
Silver Lothar Milde
 East Germany
Bronze Géza Fejér
 Hungary

Results

Final

15 August

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) Ludvík Daněk  Czechoslovakia 63.90 CR
2nd, silver medalist(s) Lothar Milde  East Germany 61.62
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Géza Fejér  Hungary 61.54
4 Dirk Wippermann  West Germany 61.36
5 Hartmut Losch  East Germany 60.86
6 Pentti Kahma  Finland 60.64
7 Ferenc Tégla  Hungary 59.24
8 Jorma Rinne  Finland 59.22
9 Ricky Bruch  Sweden 59.08
10 Heimo Reinitzer  Austria 58.30
11 Klaus-Peter Hennig  West Germany 56.36
12 Risto Myyrä  Finland 54.16

Qualification

14 August

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1 Hartmut Losch  East Germany 62.16 CR Q
2 Dirk Wippermann  West Germany 60.98 Q
3 Géza Fejér  Hungary 60.86 Q
4 Lothar Milde  East Germany 60.62 Q
5 Ricky Bruch  Sweden 60.50 Q
6 Ferenc Tégla  Hungary 60.04 Q
7 Ludvík Daněk  Czechoslovakia 59.44 Q
8 Pentti Kahma  Finland 59.24 Q
9 Klaus-Peter Hennig  West Germany 59.06 Q
10 Heimo Reinitzer  Austria 59.02 Q
11 Risto Myyrä  Finland 58.38 Q
12 Jorma Rinne  Finland 58.02 Q
13 Hein-Direck Neu  West Germany 57.64
14 Iosif Nagy  Romania 57.58
15 Kenneth Åkesson  Sweden 56.92
16 Ernst Soudek  Austria 56.64
17 Leszek Gajdziński  Poland 56.50
18 Kaj Andersen  Denmark 55.56
19 János Faragó  Hungary 55.56
20 John Watts  United Kingdom 55.52
21 Armando De Vicentis  Italy 55.48
22 Vladimir Lyakhov  Soviet Union 55.44
23 Tormod Lislerud  Norway 55.36
24 Zdravko Pečar  Yugoslavia 55.32
25 Silvano Simeon  Italy NM
26 Erlendur Valdimarsson  Iceland NM

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 26 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event.

References

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