Athletics at the 1959 Summer Universiade – Men's discus throw

The men's discus throw event at the 1959 Summer Universiade was held at the Stadio Comunale di Torino in Turin on 4 and 5 September 1959.^[1]^[2]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Antonios Kounadis Greece	Vladimir Lyakhov Soviet Union	Eugeniusz Wachowski Poland

Qualification mark: 44.00 metres

Rank	Group	Athlete	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	?	Vladimir Lyakhov	Soviet Union	51.40	Q
2	?	Dako Radošević	Yugoslavia	51.05	Q
3	?	Czesław Śnieżyński	Poland	50.65	Q
4	?	Martin Bührle	West Germany	48.01	Q
5	?	Jean Darot	France	47.72	Q^[3]
6	?	Antonios Kounadis	Greece	47.23	Q
7	?	Georgi Gurov	Bulgaria	47.03	Q
8	?	Sohei Kaneko	Japan	46.66	Q
9	?	Georgios Tsakanikas	Greece	46.62	Q
10	?	Eugeniusz Wachowski	Poland	45.92	Q
11	?	Miguel de la Quadra-Salcedo	Spain	45.51	Q
12	?	Anton Pflieger	West Germany	44.41	Q
13	?	Luciano Paccagnella	Italy	43.66
14	?	Zsigmond Nagy	Hungary	43.06
15	?	Jean-Pierre Lassau	France	42.99	^[3]
16	?	Martyn Lucking	Great Britain	42.06
17	?	Henk van Aarst	Netherlands	41.15
18	?	David Harrison	Great Britain	40.34

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Antonios Kounadis	Greece	53.07
	Vladimir Lyakhov	Soviet Union	52.79
	Eugeniusz Wachowski	Poland	52.22
4	Dako Radošević	Yugoslavia	51.78
5	Czesław Śnieżyński	Poland	51.22
6	Martin Bührle	West Germany	50.39
7	Anton Pflieger	West Germany	48.48
8	Sohei Kaneko	Japan	48.16
9	Georgios Tsakanikas	Greece	47.04
10	Georgi Gurov	Bulgaria	45.45
11	Jean Darot	France	45.43	^[3]
	Miguel de la Quadra-Salcedo	Spain	DNS

^ "Resultados Universiada - 1959" (PDF). Atletismo (in Spanish). November 1959: 8, 10. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
^ Results at Tilastopaja
^ ^a ^b ^c French results
^ Boccacini, Gigi (6 September 1959). "Oggi chiusura ai mondiali goliardici" (in Italian). La Stampa. p. 8. Retrieved 26 February 2021.