Athletics at the 1972 München Summer Games:

Men's Decathlon Discus throw

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Events:

Host City: München, West Germany
Venue(s): Olympic Stadium, Olympic Park, München
Date Started: September 8, 1972
Date Finished: September 8, 1972

Gold:	Mykola Avilov
Silver:	Leonid Lytvynenko
Bronze:	Ryszard Katus

Discus throw

Rank	Athlete	Age	Team	NOC	D	P(1962T)	P(1985T)
1	József Bakai	30	Hungary	HUN	51.46	897	901	OB
2	Leonid Lytvynenko	23	Soviet Union	URS	47.84	833	826
3	Freddy Herbrand	28	Belgium	BEL	47.12	820	811
4	Mykola Avilov	24	Soviet Union	URS	46.98	818	808
5	Barry King	27	Great Britain	GBR	46.06	801	789
6	Peter Gabbett	30	Great Britain	GBR	45.58	792	779
7	Régis Ghesquière	23	Belgium	BEL	45.56	792	778
8	Tadeusz Janczenko	26	Poland	POL	45.26	786	772
9	Vijay Singh Chauhan	23	India	IND	45.18	785	771
10	Stefan Schreyer	25	East Germany	GDR	45.08	783	768
11	Steen Smidt-Jensen	27	Denmark	DEN	44.80	778	763
12	Yves Le Roy	21	France	FRA	44.04	763	747
13	Ryszard Katus	25	Poland	POL	43.00	744	726
14	Bruce Jenner	22	United States	USA	42.24	729	710
15	Jeff Bannister	26	United States	USA	42.00	724	705
16	Boris Ivanov	24	Soviet Union	URS	41.58	716	697
17	Jean-Pierre Schoebel	23	France	FRA	41.14	708	688
18	Sepp Zeilbauer	19	Austria	AUT	40.84	702	682
19	Radu Gavrilaş	20	Romania	ROU	40.52	696	675
20	Heinz Born	24	Switzerland	SUI	39.34	672	651
21	Wilfred Mwalawanda	27	Malawi	MAW	38.82	662	641
22	Roger Lespagnard	25	Belgium	BEL	37.86	643	621
23	Ruedi Mangisch	19	Switzerland	SUI	36.92	623	602
24	Jeff Bennett	23	United States	USA	36.58	616	595
25	Luis Flores	24	Guatemala	GUA	35.64	597	577
26	Clifford Brooks	28	Barbados	BAR	33.90	560	542
27	Ryszard Skowronek	23	Poland	POL	33.66	555	537

Discus throw Round One

Rank	Athlete	Age	Team	NOC	D
NP	József Bakai	30	Hungary	HUN	48.40
NP	Leonid Lytvynenko	23	Soviet Union	URS	47.84
NP	Freddy Herbrand	28	Belgium	BEL	47.12
NP	Mykola Avilov	24	Soviet Union	URS	46.98
NP	Régis Ghesquière	23	Belgium	BEL	45.56
NP	Tadeusz Janczenko	26	Poland	POL	45.26
NP	Vijay Singh Chauhan	23	India	IND	45.18
NP	Stefan Schreyer	25	East Germany	GDR	45.08
NP	Peter Gabbett	30	Great Britain	GBR	42.36
NP	Yves Le Roy	21	France	FRA	41.92
NP	Jeff Bannister	26	United States	USA	41.32
NP	Steen Smidt-Jensen	27	Denmark	DEN	41.32
NP	Radu Gavrilaş	20	Romania	ROU	40.52
NP	Jean-Pierre Schoebel	23	France	FRA	40.12
NP	Ryszard Katus	25	Poland	POL	39.00
NP	Wilfred Mwalawanda	27	Malawi	MAW	38.82
NP	Roger Lespagnard	25	Belgium	BEL	36.78
NP	Heinz Born	24	Switzerland	SUI	36.50
NP	Ryszard Skowronek	23	Poland	POL	33.66
NP	Clifford Brooks	28	Barbados	BAR	33.22
NP	Jeff Bennett	23	United States	USA	foul
NP	Luis Flores	24	Guatemala	GUA	foul
NP	Boris Ivanov	24	Soviet Union	URS	foul
NP	Bruce Jenner	22	United States	USA	foul
NP	Barry King	27	Great Britain	GBR	foul
NP	Ruedi Mangisch	19	Switzerland	SUI	foul
NP	Sepp Zeilbauer	19	Austria	AUT	foul

Discus throw Round Two

Rank	Athlete	Age	Team	NOC	D
NP	József Bakai	30	Hungary	HUN	51.20
NP	Steen Smidt-Jensen	27	Denmark	DEN	44.80
NP	Stefan Schreyer	25	East Germany	GDR	44.68
NP	Régis Ghesquière	23	Belgium	BEL	44.10
NP	Yves Le Roy	21	France	FRA	44.04
NP	Vijay Singh Chauhan	23	India	IND	43.92
NP	Mykola Avilov	24	Soviet Union	URS	43.18
NP	Tadeusz Janczenko	26	Poland	POL	43.14
NP	Ryszard Katus	25	Poland	POL	41.98
NP	Boris Ivanov	24	Soviet Union	URS	41.50
NP	Sepp Zeilbauer	19	Austria	AUT	40.84
NP	Jean-Pierre Schoebel	23	France	FRA	40.26
NP	Radu Gavrilaş	20	Romania	ROU	39.90
NP	Heinz Born	24	Switzerland	SUI	39.34
NP	Jeff Bannister	26	United States	USA	39.28
NP	Peter Gabbett	30	Great Britain	GBR	39.18
NP	Wilfred Mwalawanda	27	Malawi	MAW	38.36
NP	Roger Lespagnard	25	Belgium	BEL	37.86
NP	Ruedi Mangisch	19	Switzerland	SUI	36.92
NP	Jeff Bennett	23	United States	USA	36.58
NP	Clifford Brooks	28	Barbados	BAR	33.90
NP	Luis Flores	24	Guatemala	GUA	33.34
NP	Freddy Herbrand	28	Belgium	BEL	foul
NP	Bruce Jenner	22	United States	USA	foul
NP	Barry King	27	Great Britain	GBR	foul
NP	Leonid Lytvynenko	23	Soviet Union	URS	foul
NP	Ryszard Skowronek	23	Poland	POL	foul

Discus throw Round Three

Rank	Athlete	Age	Team	NOC	D
NP	József Bakai	30	Hungary	HUN	51.46
NP	Mykola Avilov	24	Soviet Union	URS	46.40
NP	Barry King	27	Great Britain	GBR	46.06
NP	Peter Gabbett	30	Great Britain	GBR	45.58
NP	Leonid Lytvynenko	23	Soviet Union	URS	44.10
NP	Ryszard Katus	25	Poland	POL	43.00
NP	Yves Le Roy	21	France	FRA	43.00
NP	Steen Smidt-Jensen	27	Denmark	DEN	42.70
NP	Bruce Jenner	22	United States	USA	42.24
NP	Jeff Bannister	26	United States	USA	42.00
NP	Vijay Singh Chauhan	23	India	IND	41.92
NP	Boris Ivanov	24	Soviet Union	URS	41.58
NP	Jean-Pierre Schoebel	23	France	FRA	41.14
NP	Radu Gavrilaş	20	Romania	ROU	40.18
NP	Sepp Zeilbauer	19	Austria	AUT	40.16
NP	Roger Lespagnard	25	Belgium	BEL	36.64
NP	Jeff Bennett	23	United States	USA	36.52
NP	Luis Flores	24	Guatemala	GUA	35.64
NP	Heinz Born	24	Switzerland	SUI	foul
NP	Clifford Brooks	28	Barbados	BAR	foul
NP	Régis Ghesquière	23	Belgium	BEL	foul
NP	Freddy Herbrand	28	Belgium	BEL	foul
NP	Tadeusz Janczenko	26	Poland	POL	foul
NP	Ruedi Mangisch	19	Switzerland	SUI	foul
NP	Wilfred Mwalawanda	27	Malawi	MAW	foul
NP	Stefan Schreyer	25	East Germany	GDR	foul
NP	Ryszard Skowronek	23	Poland	POL	foul

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