1974 European Athletics Championships – Men's discus throw

Men's discus throw
at the European Athletics Championships

The men's discus throw at the 1974 European Athletics Championships was held in Rome, Italy, at Stadio Olimpico on 3 and 4 September 1974.[1]

Medalists

Gold Pentti Kahma
 Finland
Silver Ludvík Daněk
 Czechoslovakia
Bronze Ricky Bruch
 Sweden

Results

Final

4 September

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Pentti Kahma  Finland 63.62
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ludvík Daněk  Czechoslovakia 62.76
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ricky Bruch  Sweden 62.00
4 Siegfried Pachale  East Germany 61.20
5 Velko Velev  Bulgaria 61.00
6 Viktor Penzikov  Soviet Union 60.86
7 Armando De Vincentiis  Italy 59.68
8 Wolfgang Schmidt  East Germany 59.56
9 Géza Fejér  Hungary 59.46
10 Ferenc Tégla  Hungary 58.92
11 Leszek Gajdziński  Poland 58.88
12 Hein-Direck Neu  West Germany 58.80
13 Gunnar Müller  East Germany 58.32
14 Silvano Simeon  Italy 56.14
15 Juhani Tuomola  Finland 55.58

Qualification

3 September

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1 Ludvík Daněk  Czechoslovakia 61.60 Q
2 Pentti Kahma  Finland 61.06 Q
3 Géza Fejér  Hungary 60.08 Q
4 Velko Velev  Bulgaria 59.72 Q
5 Viktor Penzikov  Soviet Union 59.50 Q
6 Gunnar Müller  East Germany 59.46 Q
7 Leszek Gajdziński  Poland 59.42 Q
8 Armando De Vincentiis  Italy 59.04 Q
9 Wolfgang Schmidt  East Germany 58.90 Q
10 Hein-Direck Neu  West Germany 58.80 Q
11 Ricky Bruch  Sweden 58.40 Q
12 Siegfried Pachale  East Germany 58.28 Q
13 Silvano Simeon  Italy 58.22 Q
14 Ferenc Tégla  Hungary 58.16 Q
15 Juhani Tuomola  Finland 58.00 Q
16 Markku Tuokko  Finland 57.82
17 Viktor Zhurba  Soviet Union 57.62
18 Bill Tancred  Great Britain 57.36
19 János Murányi  Hungary 57.36
20 Stanisław Wołodko  Poland 57.24
21 Josef Šilhavý  Czechoslovakia 57.04
22 John Hillier  Great Britain 55.58

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 22 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.

References

  1. ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 420–427, retrieved 13 August 2014