Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's discus throw

The men's discus throw event was part of the track and field athletics programme

Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics

At the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, 33 athletics events were contested, 24 for men and 9 for women. Three events made their Olympic debut at these Games: women's 200 metres, women's long jump and women's shot put...

at the 1948 Summer Olympics

1948 Summer Olympics

The 1948 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XIV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was held in London, England, United Kingdom. After a 12-year hiatus because of World War II, these were the first Summer Olympics since the 1936 Games in Berlin...

. The competition was held on August 2. The final was won by Italian

Italian people

The Italian people are an ethnic group that share a common Italian culture, ancestry and speak the Italian language as a mother tongue. Within Italy, Italians are defined by citizenship, regardless of ancestry or country of residence , and are distinguished from people...

Adolfo Consolini.

Final

Rank	Athlete	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result	Notes
	Adolfo Consolini Adolfo Consolini Adolfo Consolini was an Italian athlete who mainly competed in the discus throw....	49.67	52.78	47.94		50.51	50.43	52.78	OR
	Giuseppe Tosi Giuseppe Tosi Giuseppe Tosi was an Italian athlete, who mainly competed in the discus throw....	51.78	48.81	50.11	50.09		51.18	51.78
	Fortune Gordien Fortune Gordien Fortune Everett Gordien was an American athlete who competed mainly in the discus throw.Born in Spokane, Washington he competed for the United States in the 1948 Summer Olympics held in London, Great Britain in the discus throw where he won the bronze medal behind two Italians, Adolfo Consolini...	47.95	49.20	50.77		48.74		50.77
4	Ivar Ramstad Ivar Ramstad Ivar Ramstad was a Norwegian discus thrower.He worked as a farmer at the farm Nygjerdet, between Røra and Straumen, and also had a career in Gjensidige. His brother Jon Ramstad was mayor of Levanger....							49.21
5	Ferenc Klics							48.21
6	Veikko Nyqvist							47.33
7	Nikolaos Syllas							47.25
8	Stein Johnson Stein Johnson Sten Jean Johnson is a former Norwegian speed skating trainer and athlete. He was born in Bergen and is the nephew of Sonja Johnsson....							46.54
9	Arvo Huutoniemi							45.28
10	Uno Fransson							45.25
11	Hermann Tunner							44.43
12	Eduardo Julve							44.05

Key: OR = Olympic record

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