| Men's discus throw at the Pan American Games |
|---|
| Athletics at the 1959 Pan American Games | ||
|---|---|---|
| Track events | ||
| 60 m | women | |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | |
| 800 m | men | |
| 1500 m | men | |
| 5000 m | men | |
| 10,000 m | men | |
| 80 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 | |
| Road events | ||
| Marathon | 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 | ||
| Decathlon | men | |
The men's discus throw event at the 1959 Pan American Games was held at the Soldier Field in Chicago on 31 August. [1] [2]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Oerter | 58.12 | |||
| Dick Cochran | 54.44 | |||
| Parry O'Brien | 51.84 | |||
| 4 | Lambertus Rebel-Bout | 48.07 | ||
| 5 | Hernán Haddad | 46.45 | ||
| 6 | Enrique Horst | 45.70 | ||
| 7 | John Pavelich | 44.64 | ||
| 8 | Daniel Cereali | 44.07 | ||
| 9 | Rodolfo Sedas | 42.90 | ||
| 10 | Stan Raike | 41.95 | ||
| 11 | Mauricio Rodríguez | 40.87 | ||
| 12 | Carlos Rivera | 40.20 | ||
| 13 | Omar Fierro | 39.01 | ||
| Isolino Tabordo | DNS | |||
| Alcides Dambros | DNS | |||
| George Stulac | DNS | |||
| Ramón Rosario | DNS |