Athletics at the 1968 Summer Paralympics – Men's discus throw A
Appearance
Men's Discus Throw A at the III Paralympic Games | |||||||||||||
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Competitors | 33 from 16 nations | ||||||||||||
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The Men's Discus Throw A was one of the events held in Athletics at the 1968 Summer Paralympics in Tel Aviv.
There were 33 competitors in the heat; 6 made it into the final.
Australia's Vic Renalson achieved a throw of 22.34 metres, taking the gold medal and a setting a world record in the process.[1]
Results
[edit]Heats
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Throw |
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1 | Vic Renalson (AUS) | 21.90 |
2 | Daniel Erasmus (RSA) | 21.32 |
3 | Leo Close (NZL) | 19.31 |
4 | Antonio Arizzi (ITA) | 19.20 |
5 | Len Campbell (NZL) | 18.44 |
6 | Britton (GBR) | 18.07 |
7 | Josef Jager (AUT) | 17.96 |
8 | Goll (AUT) | 17.90 |
9 | C. Sandglass (USA) | 17.57 |
10 | Honorio Romero (ARG) | 17.34 |
11 | Graeme Marett (NZL) | 16.89 |
12 | Dale Moe (CAN) | 16.43 |
13 | Ben Reimer (CAN) | 15.95 |
14 | Long (JAM) | 15.88 |
15 | Engelbert Rangger (AUT) | 15.82 |
16 | Joe Arcese (USA) | 15.45 |
17 | Rossini (USA) | 15.34 |
18 | Sommer (FRG) | 15.30 |
19 | Fritz Krimmel (FRG) | 15.17 |
20 | Robert Hawkes (USA) | 14.99 |
21 | Gustaaf Dua (BEL) | 14.90 |
22 | Patterson (CAN) | 14.10 |
22 | Jeff Simmonds (AUS) | 13.93 |
24 | Helvio Aresca (ARG) | 13.58 |
25 | Klein (FRG) | 13.54 |
26 | Boileaux (BEL) | 12.85 |
27 | Dick Thompson (GBR) | 12.69 |
28 | Iguzi (JPN) | 12.69 |
29 | Finucci (BEL) | 12.32 |
30 | Winfried Brauner (AUT) | 11.96 |
31 | Juan Luis Costantini (ARG) | 11.45 |
32 | Bellon (ESP) | 8.20 |
33 | Sharav (ISR) | 7.22 |
Final
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Throw |
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Vic Renalson (AUS) | 22.34 m (WR) | |
Daniel Erasmus (RSA) | 21.32 | |
Antonio Arizzi (ITA) | 20.40 | |
4 | Leo Close (NZL) | 19.31 |
5 | Len Campbell (NZL) | 18.83 |
6 | Josef Jager (AUT) | 17.99 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Österreichisches Paralympisches Committee" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-08-05. Retrieved 2016-06-07.