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Athletics at the 1976 Montréal Summer Games:

Men's Discus Throw Qualifying Round

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Host City: Montréal, Canada
Location: Olympic Stadium
Date Started: July 24, 1976
Date Finished: July 24, 1976
Format: Top 12 and ties and all those reaching 60.00 metres advanced to the final.

Gold:USA Mac Wilkins
Silver:GDR Wolfgang Schmidt
Bronze:USA John Powell

Qualifying Round

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE
Rank Athlete Age Team NOC D
1 Mac Wilkins 25 United States USA 68.28 QU/OR
2 Velko Velev 28 Bulgaria BUL 63.54 QU
3 Wolfgang Schmidt 22 East Germany GDR 63.14 QU
4 Armando De Vincentis 32 Italy ITA 62.26 QU
5 Pentti Kahma 32 Finland FIN 62.10 QU
6 Jay Silvester 38 United States USA 62.06 QU
7 Hein-Direck Neu 32 West Germany FRG 61.88 QU
8 Ferenc Tégla 29 Hungary HUN 61.66 QU
9 John Powell 29 United States USA 61.48 QU
10 Knut Hjeltnes 24 Norway NOR 61.30 QU
11 Norbert Thiede 27 East Germany GDR 61.14 QU
12 Josef Šilhavý 29 Czechoslovakia TCH 60.82 QU
13 Siegfried Pachale 26 East Germany GDR 60.64 QU
14 Ludvík Daněk 39 Czechoslovakia TCH 60.44 QU
15 János Faragó 30 Hungary HUN 60.06 QU
16 Julián Morrinson 24 Cuba CUB 59.92
17 Markku Tuokko 25 Finland FIN 59.80
18 Stanisław Wołodko 26 Poland POL 59.42
19 Silvano Simeon 30 Italy ITA 59.06
20 Ricky Bruch 30 Sweden SWE 58.06
21 Nikolay Vikhor 22 Soviet Union URS 57.50
22 Iosif Naghi 29 Romania ROU 57.28
23 Ain Roost 30 Canada CAN 56.56
24 Borys Chambul 23 Canada CAN 55.86
25 Peter Tancred 26 Great Britain GBR 55.50
26 Jos Schroeder 26 Belgium BEL 54.80
27 Ibrahima Guèye 34 Senegal SEN 52.82
28 Salman Hessam 28 Iran IRI 52.40
29 Mahmoud Al-Zabramawi 28 Saudi Arabia KSA 35.94
AC Bishop Dolegiewicz 23 Canada CAN NM

Qualifying Round Group A

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE
Rank Athlete Age Team NOC D
1 Mac Wilkins 25 United States USA 68.28 OR
2 Velko Velev 28 Bulgaria BUL 63.54
3 Wolfgang Schmidt 22 East Germany GDR 63.14
4 Pentti Kahma 32 Finland FIN 62.10
5 Jay Silvester 38 United States USA 62.06
6 Hein-Direck Neu 32 West Germany FRG 61.88
7 John Powell 29 United States USA 61.48
8 Norbert Thiede 27 East Germany GDR 61.14
9 Siegfried Pachale 26 East Germany GDR 60.64
10 Ludvík Daněk 39 Czechoslovakia TCH 60.44
11 Markku Tuokko 25 Finland FIN 59.80
12 Silvano Simeon 30 Italy ITA 59.06
13 Ricky Bruch 30 Sweden SWE 58.06
14 Nikolay Vikhor 22 Soviet Union URS 57.50
AC Bishop Dolegiewicz 23 Canada CAN NM

Qualifying Round Group B

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE
Rank Athlete Age Team NOC D
1 Armando De Vincentis 32 Italy ITA 62.26
2 Ferenc Tégla 29 Hungary HUN 61.66
3 Knut Hjeltnes 24 Norway NOR 61.30
4 Josef Šilhavý 29 Czechoslovakia TCH 60.82
5 János Faragó 30 Hungary HUN 60.06
6 Julián Morrinson 24 Cuba CUB 59.92
7 Stanisław Wołodko 26 Poland POL 59.42
8 Iosif Naghi 29 Romania ROU 57.28
9 Ain Roost 30 Canada CAN 56.56
10 Borys Chambul 23 Canada CAN 55.86
11 Peter Tancred 26 Great Britain GBR 55.50
12 Jos Schroeder 26 Belgium BEL 54.80
13 Ibrahima Guèye 34 Senegal SEN 52.82
14 Salman Hessam 28 Iran IRI 52.40
15 Mahmoud Al-Zabramawi 28 Saudi Arabia KSA 35.94