1971 European Athletics Championships – Men's discus throw

The men's discus throw at the 1971 European Athletics Championships was held in Helsinki, Finland, at Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 14 and 15 August 1971.[1]

Medalists edit

Gold Ludvík Daněk
  Czechoslovakia
Silver Lothar Milde
  East Germany
Bronze Géza Fejér
  Hungary

Results edit

Final edit

15 August

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
  Ludvík Daněk   Czechoslovakia 63.90 CR
  Lothar Milde   East Germany 61.62
  Géza Fejér   Hungary 61.54
4 Dirk Wippermann   West Germany 61.36
5 Hartmut Losch   East Germany 60.86
6 Pentti Kahma   Finland 60.64
7 Ferenc Tégla   Hungary 59.24
8 Jorma Rinne   Finland 59.22
9 Ricky Bruch   Sweden 59.08
10 Heimo Reinitzer   Austria 58.30
11 Klaus-Peter Hennig   West Germany 56.36
12 Risto Myyrä   Finland 54.16

Qualification edit

14 August

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1 Hartmut Losch   East Germany 62.16 CR Q
2 Dirk Wippermann   West Germany 60.98 Q
3 Géza Fejér   Hungary 60.86 Q
4 Lothar Milde   East Germany 60.62 Q
5 Ricky Bruch   Sweden 60.50 Q
6 Ferenc Tégla   Hungary 60.04 Q
7 Ludvík Daněk   Czechoslovakia 59.44 Q
8 Pentti Kahma   Finland 59.24 Q
9 Klaus-Peter Hennig   West Germany 59.06 Q
10 Heimo Reinitzer   Austria 59.02 Q
11 Risto Myyrä   Finland 58.38 Q
12 Jorma Rinne   Finland 58.02 Q
13 Hein-Direck Neu   West Germany 57.64
14 Iosif Nagy   Romania 57.58
15 Kenneth Åkesson   Sweden 56.92
16 Ernst Soudek   Austria 56.64
17 Leszek Gajdziński   Poland 56.50
18 Kaj Andersen   Denmark 55.56
19 János Faragó   Hungary 55.56
20 John Watts   Great Britain 55.52
21 Armando De Vicentis   Italy 55.48
22 Vladimir Lyakhov   Soviet Union 55.44
23 Tormod Lislerud   Norway 55.36
24 Zdravko Pečar   Yugoslavia 55.32
Silvano Simeon   Italy NM
Erlendur Valdimarsson   Iceland NM

Participation edit

According to an unofficial count, 26 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event.

References edit

  1. ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 412–420, retrieved 13 August 2014