Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's discus throw

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Men's discus throw
at the Games of the XV Olympiad
Venue Helsinki Olympic Stadium
Date22 July 1952 (qualifying and final)
Competitors32 from 20 nations
Winning distance55.03 OR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Sim Iness
US flag 48 stars.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg Adolfo Consolini
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Bronze medal icon.svg James Dillion
US flag 48 stars.svg  United States
  1948
1956  

The men's discus throw event at the 1952 Summer Olympics took place on 22 July at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium. [1] Thirty-two athletes from 20 nations competed. [2] The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The event was won by Sim Iness of the United States, the nation's eighth victory in the men's discus throw. Defending champion Adolfo Consolini of Italy took silver, becoming the fourth man to win two medals in the event. American James Dillion won bronze.

Background

This was the 12th appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. Eight of the top nine finishers from the 1948 Games returned: gold medalist Adolfo Consolini and silver medalist Giuseppe Tosi of Italy, bronze medalist Fortune Gordien of the United States, fifth-place finisher Ferenc Klics of Hungary, sixth-place finisher Veikko Nyqvist and ninth-place finisher Arvo Huutoniemi of Finland, seventh-place finisher (and 1936 finalist) Nikolaos Syllas of Greece, and eighth-place finisher Stein Johnson of Norway. Consolini, also the 1950 European champion, was favored to repeat. The American team was also strong, as usual, with Gordien holding the world record and Sim Iness winning the U.S. Olympic trials. [2]

Australia, Iceland, Israel, and the Soviet Union each made their debut in the men's discus throw. The United States made its 12th appearance, having competed in every edition of the Olympic men's discus throw to date.

Competition format

The competition used the two-round format introduced in 1936, with the qualifying round completely separate from the divided final. In qualifying, each athlete received three attempts; those recording a mark of at least 46.00 metres advanced to the final. If fewer than 12 athletes achieved that distance, the top 12 would advance. The results of the qualifying round were then ignored. Finalists received three throws each, with the top six competitors receiving an additional three attempts. The best distance among those six throws counted. [2] [3]

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World recordFlag of the United States.svg  Fortune Gordien  (USA)56.97 Hämeenlinna, Finland 14 August 1949
Olympic recordFlag of Italy.svg  Adolfo Consolini  (ITA)52.78 London, United Kingdom 2 August 1948

The three medalists (Sim Iness, Adolfo Consolini, and James Dillion) all bettered the old Olympic record. Iness was the first to do so, throwing 53.47 metres in the first set of throws in the final. Iness improved on his new record with 54.60 metres in the second set and 55.03 metres in the third.

Schedule

All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+3)

DateTimeRound
Tuesday, 22 July 195210:00
16:00
Qualifying
Final

Results

Qualifying round

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 46.00 advance to the final.

RankGroupAthleteNation123DistanceNotes
1A Adolfo Consolini Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 51.8951.89Q
2A Fortune Gordien US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 38.8445.6150.3450.34Q
3A Oto Grigalka Flag of the Soviet Union (1936-1955).svg  Soviet Union 43.2148.9348.93Q
4A Sim Iness US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 48.9048.90Q
5A James Dillion US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 47.9247.92Q
6B Nikolaos Syllas Flag of Greece (1828-1978).svg  Greece 47.8447.84Q
7A Ferenc Klics Flag of Hungary (1949-1956).svg  Hungary 44.6147.6347.63Q
8B Roland Nilsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 47.1847.18Q
9B Per Stavem Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 46.7446.74Q
10B Giuseppe Tosi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 46.5946.59Q
11B Roy Pella Flag of Canada (1921-1957).svg  Canada 46.5846.58Q
B Jørgen Munk Plum Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 46.5846.58Q
13B Jean Maissant Flag of France.svg  France 45.45X46.4746.47Q
14A Boris Butenko Flag of the Soviet Union (1936-1955).svg  Soviet Union 46.4346.43Q
15B Veikko Nyqvist Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 46.4146.41Q
16B Boris Matveyev Flag of the Soviet Union (1936-1955).svg  Soviet Union 42.1846.3146.31Q
17B Konstantinos Giataganas Flag of Greece (1828-1978).svg  Greece 44.8846.0546.05Q
18B Olli Partanen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 45.71X45.3345.71
19B Mark Pharaoh Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 43.9945.0545.2445.24
20A Stein Johnson Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 40.3645.1145.1945.19
21B Ian Reed Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 41.5145.1244.2445.12
22A Friðrik Guðmundsson Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 45.00X43.3845.00
23A Oskar Häfliger Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 38.90X44.7344.73
24B Þorsteinn Löve Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 44.27X44.2844.28
25A Lucien Guillier Flag of France.svg  France 43.88XX43.88
26A Kristian Johansen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 41.7643.46X43.46
27A Josef Hipp Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 39.62X43.3843.38
28A Hernán Haddad Flag of Chile.svg  Chile X42.8941.4742.89
29A Arvo Huutoniemi Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 40.0742.7942.5142.79
30A Raymond Kintziger Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 40.6341.4637.4941.46
31B Nuri Turan Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 38.3141.4539.5241.45
32A Uri Gallin Flag of Israel.svg  Israel X40.7640.3640.76
A Bob Adams Flag of Canada (1921-1957).svg  Canada DNS
A Cummin Clancy Flag of Ireland (3-2).svg  Ireland DNS
BMihai RaicaFlag of Romania (1948-1952).svg  Romania DNS
B Georgios Roubanis Flag of Greece (1828-1978).svg  Greece DNS
BJosé Luis TorresFlag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spain DNS
B Hermann Tunner Flag of Austria.svg  Austria DNS

Final

RankAthleteNation123456DistanceNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Sim Iness US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 53.47 OR 54.60 OR 55.03 OR 53.4954.1352.8255.03 OR
Silver medal icon.svg Adolfo Consolini Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 51.6953.7853.4550.6350.0851.2053.78
Bronze medal icon.svg James Dillion US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 52.4748.0651.7653.28X52.2853.28
4 Fortune Gordien US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 52.5252.6651.7151.48X49.9352.66
5 Ferenc Klics Flag of Hungary (1949-1956).svg  Hungary 48.7449.0751.13X49.79X51.13
6 Oto Grigalka Flag of the Soviet Union (1936-1955).svg  Soviet Union 50.71X47.84XXX50.71
7 Roland Nilsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden X48.9050.06Did not advance50.06
8 Giuseppe Tosi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 45.8549.0348.97Did not advance49.03
9 Nikolaos Syllas Flag of Greece (1828-1978).svg  Greece 48.9948.3647.17Did not advance48.99
10 Boris Matveyev Flag of the Soviet Union (1936-1955).svg  Soviet Union 47.2744.4748.70Did not advance48.70
11 Boris Butenko Flag of the Soviet Union (1936-1955).svg  Soviet Union X43.6648.15Did not advance48.15
12 Veikko Nyqvist Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 47.7245.9946.63Did not advance47.72
13 Jørgen Munk Plum Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 38.7345.2047.26Did not advance47.26
14 Roy Pella Flag of Canada (1921-1957).svg  Canada X46.6345.47Did not advance46.63
15 Konstantinos Giataganas Flag of Greece (1828-1978).svg  Greece 42.4046.23XDid not advance46.23
16 Per Stavem Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 39.78X46.00Did not advance46.00
17 Jean Maissant Flag of France.svg  France 43.4042.1135.82Did not advance43.40

References

  1. "Athletics at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games: Men's Discus Throw". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 "Discus Throw, Men". Olympedia. Archived from the original on 27 August 2021. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  3. Official Report, p. 318.