The men's discus throw event at the 1957 World University Games was held at the Stadium Charlety in Paris on 5 September 1957. [1] [2]
The men's discus throw event at the 1957 World University Games was held at the Stadium Charlety in Paris on 5 September 1957. [1] [2]
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
Viktor Kompaniyets  Soviet Union | József Szécsényi  Hungary | Eugeniusz Wachowski  Poland |
| Rank | Group | Athlete | Nationality | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | ? | Peter Isbester |  Great Britain | 43.83 | [3] |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Viktor Kompaniyets | Soviet Union | 51.31 | 47.33 | 53.11 | x | 51.67 | 53.38 | 53.38 | |
 | József Szécsényi | Hungary | 50.23 | 51.57 | 47.23 | 49.86 | 49.04 | 51.03 | 51.57 | |
 | Eugeniusz Wachowski | Poland | x | 48.49 | 45.49 | 47.30 | 48.82 | 49.59 | 49.59 | |
| 4 | Peter Isbester | Great Britain | x | 47.39 | 48.03 | x | x | 49.54 | 49.54 | |
| 5 | Dako Radošević |  Yugoslavia | 44.75 | 48.56 | 47.53 | x | 47.95 | 48.26 | 48.56 | |
| 6 | Martin Bührle |  West Germany | x | 47.51 | 46.11 | 48.37 | 47.46 | 47.91 | 48.37 | |
| 7 | Todor Artarski |  Bulgaria | 47.31 | |||||||
| 8 | Miloš Velkoborský |  Czechoslovakia | 46.99 | |||||||
| 9 | Andrzej Biliński | Poland | 46.96 | |||||||
| 10 | Josef Klik | West Germany | 45.50 | |||||||
| 11 | Luitpold Maier | West Germany | 45.42 | |||||||
| 12 | Jean Darot |  France | 44.96 | |||||||
| 13 | Miguel de la Quadra-Salcedo |  Spain | 44.65 | |||||||
| 14 | Luis Ortiz Urbina | Spain | 39.77 |
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