1971 European Athletics Championships – Men's discus throw

Events at the 1971 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men
100 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		women
Road events
Marathon		men
20 km walk		men
50 km walk		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
Pentathlon				women
Decathlon		men

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

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

Results

Final

15 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
01 !	Ludvík Daněk	Czechoslovakia	63.90	CR
02 !	Lothar Milde	East Germany	61.62
03 !	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

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	United Kingdom	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
25	Silvano Simeon	Italy	NM
26	Erlendur Valdimarsson	Iceland	NM

Participation

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

References