Athletics at the 1961 Summer Universiade – Men's discus throw

The men's discus throw event at the 1961 Summer Universiade was held at the Vasil Levski National Stadium in Sofia, Bulgaria, on 31 August 1961.

Results

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Edmund Piątkowski	Poland	59.15
	Kaupo Metsur	Soviet Union	54.20
	Virgil Manolescu	Romania	52.52
4	Ladislav Petrovic	Czechoslovakia	52.31
5	Vasil Iliev	Bulgaria	50.69
6	Dieter Urbach	West Germany	50.35
7	Herbert Egermann	Austria	48.52
8	Eugeniusz Wachowski	Poland	48.38
9	Georgi Gyurov	Bulgaria	48.37
10	John Sheldrick	Great Britain	46.51
11	David Harrison	Great Britain	45.67
12	Ramazan Driza	Albania	40.22