1950 European Athletics Championships – Men's discus throw
# 1950 European Athletics Championships – Men's discus throw

The men's discus throw at the 1950 European Athletics Championships was held in Brussels, Belgium, at Heysel Stadium on 24 and 26 August 1950.

## Medalists

| Gold | Adolfo Consolini Italy |
| - | - |
| Silver | Giuseppe Tosi Italy |
| Bronze | Olli Partanen Finland |

## Results

### Final

26 August

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Adolfo Consolini | Italy | 53.75 | CR |
| | Giuseppe Tosi | Italy | 52.31 | |
| | Olli Partanen | Finland | 48.69 | |
| 4 | Stein Johnson | Norway | 48.55 | |
| 5 | Arne Hellberg | Sweden | 47.37 | |
| 6 | Alojz Kormúth | Czechoslovakia | 46.17 | |
| 7 | Nikolaos Syllas | Greece | 46.14 | |
| 8 | Jørgen Munk Plum | Denmark | 45.93 | |
| 9 | Danilo Žerjal | Yugoslavia | 45.92 | |

### Qualification

24 August

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Adolfo Consolini | Italy | 49.63 | Q |
| 2 | Giuseppe Tosi | Italy | 47.99 | Q |
| 3 | Stein Johnson | Norway | 47.62 | Q |
| 4 | Nikolaos Syllas | Greece | 45.60 | Q |
| 5 | Danilo Žerjal | Yugoslavia | 45.27 | Q |
| 6 | Arne Hellberg | Sweden | 44.78 | Q |
| 7 | Alojz Kormúth | Czechoslovakia | 44.64 | Q |
| 8 | Olli Partanen | Finland | 44.33 | Q |
| 9 | Jørgen Munk Plum | Denmark | 44.14 | Q |
| 10 | Hermann Tunner | Austria | 43.90 | |
| 11 | Gunnar Huseby | Iceland | 43.78 | |
| 12 | Oskar Hafliger | Switzerland | 43.39 | |
| 13 | Clément Mertens | Belgium | 42.60 | |
| 14 | Raymond Kintziger | Belgium | 42.46 | |
| 15 | Tauno Karlsson | Finland | 42.46 | |
| 16 | Jean Darot | France | 41.85 | |
| 17 | Serge Grisoni | France | 41.26 | |
| 18 | José Luis Torres | Spain | 38.92 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 18 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.

* Austria (1)
* Belgium (2)
* Czechoslovakia (1)
* Denmark (1)
* Finland (2)
* France (2)
* Greece (1)
* Iceland (1)
* Italy (2)
* Norway (1)
* Spain (1)
* Sweden (1)
* Switzerland (1)
* Yugoslavia (1)
