Athletics at the 1959 Summer Universiade – Men's discus throw
# Athletics at the 1959 Summer Universiade – Men's discus throw

The men's discus throw event at the 1959 Summer Universiade was held at the Stadio Comunale di Torino in Turin on 4 and 5 September 1959.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Antonios Kounadis Greece | Vladimir Lyakhov Soviet Union | Eugeniusz Wachowski Poland |

## Results

### Qualification

Qualification mark: 44.00 metres

| Rank | Group | Athlete | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | ? | Vladimir Lyakhov | Soviet Union | 51.40 | Q |
| 2 | ? | Dako Radošević | Yugoslavia | 51.05 | Q |
| 3 | ? | Czesław Śnieżyński | Poland | 50.65 | Q |
| 4 | ? | Martin Bührle | West Germany | 48.01 | Q |
| 5 | ? | Jean Darot | France | 47.72 | Q |
| 6 | ? | Antonios Kounadis | Greece | 47.23 | Q |
| 7 | ? | Georgi Gurov | Bulgaria | 47.03 | Q |
| 8 | ? | Sohei Kaneko | Japan | 46.66 | Q |
| 9 | ? | Georgios Tsakanikas | Greece | 46.62 | Q |
| 10 | ? | Eugeniusz Wachowski | Poland | 45.92 | Q |
| 11 | ? | Miguel de la Quadra-Salcedo | Spain | 45.51 | Q |
| 12 | ? | Anton Pflieger | West Germany | 44.41 | Q |
| 13 | ? | Luciano Paccagnella | Italy | 43.66 | |
| 14 | ? | Zsigmond Nagy | Hungary | 43.06 | |
| 15 | ? | Jean-Pierre Lassau | France | 42.99 | |
| 16 | ? | Martyn Lucking | Great Britain | 42.06 | |
| 17 | ? | Henk van Aarst | Netherlands | 41.15 | |
| 18 | ? | David Harrison | Great Britain | 40.34 | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Antonios Kounadis | Greece | 53.07 |
| | Vladimir Lyakhov | Soviet Union | 52.79 |
| | Eugeniusz Wachowski | Poland | 52.22 |
| 4 | Dako Radošević | Yugoslavia | 51.78 |
| 5 | Czesław Śnieżyński | Poland | 51.22 |
| 6 | Martin Bührle | West Germany | 50.39 |
| 7 | Anton Pflieger | West Germany | 48.48 |
| 8 | Sohei Kaneko | Japan | 48.16 |
| 9 | Georgios Tsakanikas | Greece | 47.04 |
| 10 | Georgi Gurov | Bulgaria | 45.45 |
| 11 | Jean Darot | France | 45.43 |
| | Miguel de la Quadra-Salcedo | Spain | DNS |
