Men Discus Throw European Championships 1946 Oslo, Norway - Saturday 24th August - Gold Medal: Adolfo Consolini, Italy

Men Discus Throw European Championships 1946 Oslo, Norway - Saturday 24th August - Gold Medal: Adolfo Consolini, Italy

Final 18:20		Distance		1.	2.	3.	4.	5.	6.	birth
1. Adolfo Consolini	Italy	53.23m		52.5	53.21+	X	53m	45m	51m	05.01.17
2. Giuseppe Tosi	Italy	50.39m		49m	43m	X	45m	50.39	49m	25.05.16
3. Veikko Nyqvist	Finland	48.14m	PB	45.5	45m	48.14	47m	45m	46m	09.08.16
4. Nikolaos Syllas	Greece	47.96m	PB							30.11.14
5. Stein Johnson	Norway	46.77m								20.10.21
6. Erik Westlin	Sweden	45.65m								23.02.13
7. Bengt Wikner	Sweden	44.57m								21.03.23
8. Raymond Tissot	France	44.11m								02.08.19

History Men Discus Throw. 16 Competitors from 11 Nations. Venue: Bislett Stadion.

World Record: Robert Ficht, United States 54.96m Minneapolis, United States 8th June 1946

European Record and Season Best: Consolini, Italy 54.23m Milano, Italy 14th April 1946

Championship Record: Harald Andersson, Torino, Italy 8th September 1934

Qualification - Saturday, 24th August 11:00

Ranking		Distance		Birth
1. Adolfo Consolini	Italy	53.29m	CR, Q	1917
2. Giuseppe Tosi	Italy	50.03m	Q	1916
3. Nikolaos Syllas	Greece	47.67m	Q	1914
4. Veikko Nyqvist	Finland	46.98m	Q	1916
5. Bengt Wikner	Sweden	46.96m	Q, PB	1923
6. Erik Westlin	Sweden	46.47m	Q, PB	1913
7. Stein Johnson	Norway	45.61m	Q	1921
8. Raymond Tissot	France	44.90m	Q	1919
eliminated
9. René Bazennerie	France	44.72m		1913
10.Danilo Žerjal	Yugoslavia	44.31m		1919
11.Jaroslav Knotek	Czechia	44.23m		1922
12.Johan Nordby	Norway	43.33m		1913
13.Jón Ólafsson	Iceland	42.40m
14.Gunnar Huseby	Iceland	41.74m		1923
15.Roger Verhas	Belgium	40.88m		1920
16.Oskar Ospelt	Liechtenstain	38.35m		1906
-. Witold Gerruto	Poland	DNS
-. Oscar Haefliger	Switzerland	DNS

Pre-Oslo 1946 Ranking		Distance
1. Adolfo Consolini	Italy	54.23m
2. Giuseppe Tosi	Italy	52.33m
3. Nikolaos Syllas	Greece	49.77m
4. Danilo Žerjal	Yugoslavia	48.59m
5. Bengt Wikner	Sweden	49.00m
6. Johan Nordby	Norway	48.25m
7. Veikko Nyqvist	Finland	47.86m
8. Erik Westlin	Sweden	47.69m
9. U. Fransson	Sweden	47.68m

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