1974 European Athletics Championships – Men's discus throw

The men's discus throw at the 1974 European Athletics Championships was held in Rome, Italy, at Stadio Olimpico on 3 and 4 September 1974.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Pentti Kahma Finland
Silver	Ludvík Daněk Czechoslovakia
Bronze	Ricky Bruch Sweden

4 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result
	Pentti Kahma	Finland	63.62
	Ludvík Daněk	Czechoslovakia	62.76
	Ricky Bruch	Sweden	62.00
4	Siegfried Pachale	East Germany	61.20
5	Velko Velev	Bulgaria	61.00
6	Viktor Penzikov	Soviet Union	60.86
7	Armando De Vincentiis	Italy	59.68
8	Wolfgang Schmidt	East Germany	59.56
9	Géza Fejér	Hungary	59.46
10	Ferenc Tégla	Hungary	58.92
11	Leszek Gajdziński	Poland	58.88
12	Hein-Direck Neu	West Germany	58.80
13	Gunnar Müller	East Germany	58.32
14	Silvano Simeon	Italy	56.14
15	Juhani Tuomola	Finland	55.58

3 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Ludvík Daněk	Czechoslovakia	61.60	Q
2	Pentti Kahma	Finland	61.06	Q
3	Géza Fejér	Hungary	60.08	Q
4	Velko Velev	Bulgaria	59.72	Q
5	Viktor Penzikov	Soviet Union	59.50	Q
6	Gunnar Müller	East Germany	59.46	Q
7	Leszek Gajdziński	Poland	59.42	Q
8	Armando De Vincentiis	Italy	59.04	Q
9	Wolfgang Schmidt	East Germany	58.90	Q
10	Hein-Direck Neu	West Germany	58.80	Q
11	Ricky Bruch	Sweden	58.40	Q
12	Siegfried Pachale	East Germany	58.28	Q
13	Silvano Simeon	Italy	58.22	Q
14	Ferenc Tégla	Hungary	58.16	Q
15	Juhani Tuomola	Finland	58.00	Q
16	Markku Tuokko	Finland	57.82
17	Viktor Zhurba	Soviet Union	57.62
18	Bill Tancred	Great Britain	57.36
19	János Murányi	Hungary	57.36
20	Stanisław Wołodko	Poland	57.24
21	Josef Šilhavý	Czechoslovakia	57.04
22	John Hillier	Great Britain	55.58

According to an unofficial count, 22 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.