Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's discus throw
The men's discus throw throwing event at the 1960 Olympic Games took place on September 6 & September 7.
Results
All throwers reaching 52.00 metres advanced to the finals. All distances are listen in metres.Qualifying
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Mark | Notes |
| 1 | Al Oerter | 58.43 | OR | |
| 2 | József Szécsényi | 55.52 | ||
| 3 | Pentti Repo | 54.84 | ||
| 4 | Rink Babka | 54.48 | ||
| 5 | Edmund Piątkowski | 54.41 | ||
| 6 | Vladimir Trusenyov | 54.31 | ||
| 7 | Dick Cochran | 53.79 | ||
| 8 | Cees Koch | 53.48 | ||
| 9 | Zdeněk Čihák | 53.42 | ||
| 10 | Ferenc Klics | 53.34 | ||
| 11 | Todor Artarski | 53.33 | ||
| 12 | Kim Bukhantsov | 53.08 | ||
| 13 | Lothar Milde | 53.04 | ||
| 14 | Zenon Begier | 53.03 | ||
| 15 | Carmelo Rado | 52.98 | ||
| 16 | Stein Haugen | 52.75 | ||
| 17 | Zdeněk Němec | 52.68 | ||
| 18 | Viktor Kompaniyets | 52.66 | ||
| 19 | Antonios Kounadis | 52.49 | ||
| 20 | Adolfo Consolini | 52.38 | ||
| 21 | Manfred Grieser | 52.20 | ||
| 22 | Warwick Selvey | 52.07 | ||
| 23 | Fanie du Plessis | 51.86 | ||
| 24 | Östen Edlund | 51.76 | ||
| 25 | Carol Lindroos | 51.07 | ||
| 26 | Pierre Alard | 51.02 | ||
| 27 | Erik Uddebom | 50.87 | ||
| 28 | Les Mills | 50.76 | ||
| 29 | Franco Grossi | 50.43 | ||
| 30 | Fritz Kühl | 50.40 | ||
| 31 | Mike Lindsay | 50.15 | ||
| 32 | Mesulame Rakuro | 47.18 | ||
| 33 | Haider Khan | 46.57 | ||
| 34 | Nayef Mohamed Hameed | 39.37 | ||
| - | Miguel de la Quadra-Salcedo | NM |
Final
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Mark | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Notes |
| Al Oerter | 59.18 | 57.64 | 56.73 | 56.53 | 56.73 | 59.18 OR | 57.19 | OR | ||
| Rink Babka | 58.02 | 58.02 | 58.02 | 56.14 | 54.93 | 57.52 | 57.41 | |||
| Dick Cochran | 57.16 | foul | 54.75 | 48.71 | 54.51 | 57.16 | 54.49 | |||
| 4 | József Szécsényi | 55.79 | 54.58 | foul | 54.86 | 55.22 | 55.79 | 55.61 | ||
| 5 | Edmund Piątkowski | 55.12 | 54.06 | 51.52 | 54.29 | foul | 55.12 | foul | ||
| 6 | Viktor Kompaniyets | 55.06 | 55.06 | 53.38 | foul | 53.52 | foul | 51.08 | ||
| 7 | Carmelo Rado | 54.00 | 51.10 | 52.65 | 54.00 | - | - | - | - | |
| 8 | Kim Bukhantsov | 53.61 | 52.42 | 52.59 | 53.61 | - | - | - | - | |
| 9 | Pentti Repo | 53.44 | 53.44 | 52.81 | 51.08 | - | - | - | - | |
| 10 | Ferenc Klics | 53.37 | 50.10 | 51.61 | 53.37 | - | - | - | - | |
| 11 | Stein Haugen | 53.36 | foul | foul | 53.36 | - | - | - | - | |
| 12 | Lothar Milde | 53.33 | 52.22 | 51.26 | 53.33 | - | - | - | - | |
| 13 | Zdeněk Čihák | 53.29 | 52.75 | 53.29 | 51.51 | - | - | - | - | |
| 14 | Zenon Begier | 53.18 | 51.67 | 50.93 | 53.18 | - | - | - | - | |
| 15 | Vladimir Trusenyov | 52.93 | 52.16 | 51.98 | 52.93 | - | - | - | - | |
| 16 | Manfred Grieser | 52.69 | 52.17 | 52.11 | 52.69 | - | - | - | - | |
| 17 | Adolfo Consolini | 52.44 | 50.84 | 52.44 | 51.08 | - | - | - | - | |
| 18 | Antonios Kounadis | 52.42 | 52.42 | foul | 50.56 | - | - | - | - | |
| 19 | Zdeněk Němec | 52.14 | 52.05 | 49.44 | 52.14 | - | - | - | - | |
| 20 | Todor Artarski | 52.12 | 49.14 | 52.12 | foul | - | - | - | - | |
| 21 | Warwick Selvey | 49.34 | foul | 49.34 | foul | - | - | - | - | |
| 22 | Cees Koch | 49.21 | foul | 49.21 | foul | - | - | - | - |
Key: OR = Olympic record