1969 European Athletics Championships – Men's discus throw

The men's discus throw at the 1969 European Athletics Championships was held in Athens, Greece, at Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium on 16 and 18 September 1969.[1]

Medalists

GoldHartmut Losch
 East Germany
SilverRicky Bruch
 Sweden
BronzeLothar Milde
 East Germany

Results

Final

18 September

RankNameNationalityResultNotes
Hartmut Losch  East Germany61.82CR
Ricky Bruch  Sweden61.08
Lothar Milde  East Germany59.34
4Ludvík Daněk  Czechoslovakia59.30
5Vladimir Lyakhov  Soviet Union59.10
6Ferenc Tégla  Hungary58.18
7Günter Schaumburg  East Germany57.88
8Kaj Andersen  Denmark56.26
9Jaroslav Vidrna  Czechoslovakia55.70
10Géza Fejér  Hungary55.64
11Edy Hubacher   Switzerland54.12
12Edmund Piątkowski  Poland53.64
13Jouko Montonen  Finland53.46

Qualification

16 September

RankNameNationalityResultNotes
1Hartmut Losch  East Germany59.86CR Q
2Ferenc Tégla  Hungary58.42Q
3Lothar Milde  East Germany58.40Q
4Ludvík Daněk  Czechoslovakia58.14Q
5Ricky Bruch  Sweden58.00Q
6Vladimir Lyakhov  Soviet Union57.66Q
7Edmund Piątkowski  Poland56.70Q
8Kaj Andersen  Denmark55.46Q
9Günter Schaumburg  East Germany55.36Q
10Jaroslav Vidrna  Czechoslovakia54.54Q
11Edy Hubacher   Switzerland53.88Q
12Géza Fejér  Hungary53.44Q
13Jouko Montonen  Finland53.38Q
14Bill Tancred  Great Britain53.30
15Zbigniew Gryżboń  Poland50.70
16Erlendur Valdimarsson  Iceland49.84
17János Murányi  Hungary49.76
18Pete Tancred  Great Britain48.24
Pentti Kahma  FinlandNM
Nikolaos Tsiaras  GreeceNM

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 20 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.

References