1971 European Athletics Championships – Men's discus throw

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Men's discus throw
at the European Athletics Championships

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]

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Medalists

Gold Ludvík Daněk
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia
Silver Lothar Milde
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
Bronze Géza Fejér
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary

Results

Final

15 August

RankNameNationalityResultNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Ludvík Daněk Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 63.90CR
Silver medal icon.svg Lothar Milde Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 61.62
Bronze medal icon.svg Géza Fejér Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 61.54
4 Dirk Wippermann Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 61.36
5 Hartmut Losch Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 60.86
6 Pentti Kahma Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 60.64
7 Ferenc Tégla Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 59.24
8 Jorma Rinne Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 59.22
9 Ricky Bruch Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 59.08
10 Heimo Reinitzer Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 58.30
11 Klaus-Peter Hennig Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 56.36
12 Risto Myyrä Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 54.16

Qualification

14 August

RankNameNationalityResultNotes
1 Hartmut Losch Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 62.16CR Q
2 Dirk Wippermann Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 60.98Q
3 Géza Fejér Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 60.86Q
4 Lothar Milde Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 60.62Q
5 Ricky Bruch Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 60.50Q
6 Ferenc Tégla Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 60.04Q
7 Ludvík Daněk Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 59.44Q
8 Pentti Kahma Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 59.24Q
9 Klaus-Peter Hennig Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 59.06Q
10 Heimo Reinitzer Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 59.02Q
11 Risto Myyrä Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 58.38Q
12 Jorma Rinne Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 58.02Q
13 Hein-Direck Neu Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 57.64
14 Iosif Nagy Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 57.58
15 Kenneth Åkesson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 56.92
16 Ernst Soudek Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 56.64
17 Leszek Gajdziński Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 56.50
18 Kaj Andersen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 55.56
19 János Faragó Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 55.56
20 John Watts Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 55.52
21 Armando De Vicentis Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 55.48
22 Vladimir Lyakhov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 55.44
23 Tormod Lislerud Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 55.36
24 Zdravko Pečar Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia 55.32
Silvano Simeon Flag of Italy.svg  Italy NM
Erlendur Valdimarsson Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland NM

Participation

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

References

  1. European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 412–420, retrieved 13 August 2014