Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's discus throw
The Men's Discus Throw event at the 1952 Summer Olympics took place on 22 July at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium.Medalists
Records
Results
Qualifying round
Qualification: Qualifying Performance 46.00 advance to the Final.
| Rank | Group | Athlete | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| 1 | A | Adolfo Consolini | | 51.89 | |
| 2 | A | Fortune Gordien | | 50.34 | |
| 3 | A | Oto Grigalka | | 48.93 | |
| 4 | A | Sim Iness | | 48.90 | |
| 5 | A | James Dillion | | 47.92 | |
| 6 | B | Nikolaos Syllas | | 47.84 | |
| 7 | A | Ferenc Klics | | 47.63 | |
| 8 | B | Roland Nilsson | | 47.18 | |
| 9 | B | Per Stavem | | 46.74 | |
| 10 | B | Giuseppe Tosi | | 46.59 | |
| 11 | B | Roy Pella | | 46.58 | |
| 12 | B | Jørgen Munk Plum | | 46.58 | |
| 13 | B | Jean Maissant | | 46.47 | |
| 14 | A | Boris Butenko | | 46.43 | |
| 15 | B | Veikko Nyqvist | | 46.41 | |
| 16 | B | Boris Matveyev | | 46.31 | |
| 17 | B | Konstantinos Giataganas | | 46.05 | |
| 18 | B | Olli Partanen | | 45.24 | |
| 19 | B | Mark Pharaoh | | 45.19 | |
| 20 | A | Stein Johnson | | 45.12 | |
| 21 | B | Ian Reed | | 45.00 | |
| 22 | A | Friðrik Guðmundsson | | 44.73 | |
| 23 | A | Oskar Häfliger | | 44.73 | |
| 24 | B | Þorsteinn Löve | | 44.28 | |
| 25 | A | Lucien Guillier | | 43.88 | |
| 26 | A | Kristian Johansen | | 43.46 | |
| 27 | A | Josef Hipp | | 43.38 | |
| 28 | A | Hernán Haddad | | 42.89 | |
| 29 | A | Arvo Huutoniemi | | 42.79 | |
| 30 | A | Raymond Kintziger | | 41.46 | |
| 31 | B | Nuri Turan | | 41.45 | |
| 32 | A | Uri Gallin | | 40.76 | |
Final
