Athletics at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games – Men's discus throw

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Men's discus throw
Venue Perry Lakes Stadium
Date 26 November 1962 (1962-11-26)
Competitors 14 from 7 nations
Winning distance Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). GR
Medalists
gold medal  Warwick Selvey   Australia
silver medal  Mike Lindsay   Scotland
bronze medal  John Sheldrick   England
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Athletics at the
1962 British Empire and
Commonwealth Games
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Track events
100 yd   men   women
220 yd men women
440 yd men
880 yd men women
1 mile men
3 miles men
6 miles men
80 m hurdles women
120 yd hurdles men
440 yd hurdles men
3000 m
steeplechase		 men
4×110 yd relay men women
4×440 yd relay men
Road events
Marathon men
Field events
High jump men women
Pole vault men
Long jump men women
Triple jump men
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Discus throw men women
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The men's discus throw at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games as part of the athletics programme was held at the Perry Lakes Stadium on Monday 26 November 1962.

The event was won by Australian Warwick Selvey with a throw of Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value)., setting a new Games and Australian record. Selvey won by Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). ahead of Scotsman Mike Lindsay and England's John Sheldrick who won the bronze medal.[1]

Records

World record  Al Oerter (USA) Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). Chicago, Illinois, United States 1 July 1962
Games record  Fanie du Plessis (SAF) Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). Cardiff, Wales 22 July 1958 [2]
Commonwealth record '

Final

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Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1st Warwick Selvey Australia Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). GR, NR
2nd Mike Lindsay Scotland 172 ft 6 in (52.58 m)
3rd John Sheldrick England 166 ft 3 in (50.67 m)
4 Robin Tait New Zealand Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value).
5 Les Mills New Zealand 162 ft 0 in (49.38 m)
6 Len Vlahov Australia 158 ft 5 in (48.29 m)
7 Roy Hollingsworth England Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value).
8 Len Chinnery Australia 157 ft 3 in (47.93 m)
9 Alan Waugh Australia 152 ft 3 in (46.41 m)
10 Muhammad Ayub Pakistan 147 ft 8 in (45.01 m)
11 Martyn Lucking England Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value).
12 Imbert Roberts Saint Lucia Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value).
Guerrino Moro Canada DNS
Howard Payne England DNS

References

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