1958 European Athletics Championships – Men's discus throw

Men's discus throw at the European Athletics Championships

The men's discus throw at the 1958 European Athletics Championships was held in Stockholm, Sweden, at Stockholms Olympiastadion on 20 and 22 August 1958.

Medalists

Gold	Edmund Piątkowski Poland
Silver	Todor Artarski Bulgaria
Bronze	Vladimir Trusenyev Soviet Union

Results

Final

22 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Edmund Piątkowski	Poland	53.92	CR
	Todor Artarski	Bulgaria	53.82
	Vladimir Trusenyev	Soviet Union	53.74
4	Kim Bukhantsev	Soviet Union	53.44
5	Ferenc Klics	Hungary	53.08
6	Adolfo Consolini	Italy	53.05
7	Carol Lindroos	Finland	51.95
8	József Szécsényi	Hungary	51.43
9	Pentti Repo	Finland	51.09
10	Cees Koch	Netherlands	50.97
11	Gerry Carr	Great Britain	50.31
12	Dako Radošević	Yugoslavia	50.00
13	Fritz Kühl	East Germany	49.44
14	Lars Arvidson	Sweden	49.27
15	Otto Koppenhöfer	West Germany	48.42
16	Serge Grisoni	France	47.13

Qualification

20 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Edmund Piątkowski	Poland	52.78	Q
2	Kim Bukhantsev	Soviet Union	50.82	Q
3	József Szécsényi	Hungary	50.79	Q
4	Vladimir Trusenyev	Soviet Union	50.70	Q
5	Ferenc Klics	Hungary	50.28	Q
6	Lars Arvidson	Sweden	50.12	Q
7	Pentti Repo	Finland	49.63	Q
8	Otto Koppenhöfer	West Germany	49.17	Q
9	Cees Koch	Netherlands	49.12	Q
10	Todor Artarski	Bulgaria	49.09	Q
11	Adolfo Consolini	Italy	48.91	Q
12	Dako Radošević	Yugoslavia	48.80	Q
13	Carol Lindroos	Finland	48.66	Q
14	Serge Grisoni	France	48.24	Q
15	Gerry Carr	Great Britain	48.16	Q
16	Fritz Kühl	East Germany	48.02	Q
17	Östen Edlund	Sweden	47.52
18	Stein Haugen	Norway	46.98
19	Eugeniusz Wachowski	Poland	46.96
20	Pierre Alard	France	45.94
21	Hallgrímur Jónsson	Iceland	45.47

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 21 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.

• Bulgaria (1)
• East Germany (1)
• Finland (2)
• France (2)
• Hungary (2)
• Iceland (1)
• Italy (1)
• Netherlands (1)
• Norway (1)
• Poland (2)
• Soviet Union (2)
• Sweden (2)
• Great Britain (1)
• West Germany (1)
• Yugoslavia (1)