Athletics at the 1959 Pan American Games – Men's discus throw

Men's discus throw at the Pan American Games
Athletics at the
1959 Pan American Games
Track events
60 mwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmen
800 mmen
1500 mmen
5000 mmen
10,000 mmen
80 m hurdleswomen
110 m hurdlesmen
400 m hurdlesmen
3000 m
steeplechase		men
4×100 m relaymenwomen
4×400 m relaymen
Road events
Marathonmen
Field events
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmen
Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmen
Shot putmenwomen
Discus throwmenwomen
Hammer throwmen
Javelin throwmenwomen
Combined events
Decathlonmen

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]

Results

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Al Oerter  United States 58.12
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Dick Cochran  United States 54.44
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Parry O'Brien  United States 51.84
4 Lambertus Rebel-Bout  Netherlands Antilles 48.07
5 Hernán Haddad  Chile 46.45
6 Enrique Horst  Argentina 45.70
7 John Pavelich  Canada 44.64
8 Daniel Cereali  Venezuela 44.07
9 Rodolfo Sedas  Mexico 42.90
10 Stan Raike  Canada 41.95
11 Mauricio Rodríguez  Venezuela 40.87
12 Carlos Rivera  Puerto Rico 40.20
13 Omar Fierro  Mexico 39.01
Isolino Tabordo  Brazil DNS
Alcides Dambros  Brazil DNS
George Stulac  Canada DNS
Ramón Rosario  Puerto Rico DNS

References

  1. ^ Full results
  2. ^ "Track and Field Statistics". trackfield.brinkster.net. Retrieved 25 August 2020.