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

Men's discus throw at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Venue	Perry Lakes Stadium
Date	26 November 1962
Competitors	14 from 7 nations
Winning distance	185 ft 3 ^1⁄2 in (56.48 m) GR
Medalists
Warwick Selvey   Australia   Mike Lindsay   Scotland   John Sheldrick   England

Athletics at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
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
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Javelin throw		men		women

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 185 ft 3 ¹⁄₂ in (56.48 m), setting a new Games and Australian record. Selvey won by 12 ft 9 ¹⁄₂ in (3.90 m) ahead of Scotsman Mike Lindsay and England's John Sheldrick who won the bronze medal.^[1]

Records

World record	Al Oerter (USA)	204 ft 10 ^1⁄2 in (62.45 m)	Chicago, Illinois, United States	1 July 1962
Games record	Fanie du Plessis (SAF)	183 ft 6 ^1⁄2 in (55.94 m)	Cardiff, Wales	22 July 1958	[2]
Commonwealth record		'

Final

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Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Selvey, WarwickWarwick Selvey	Australia	185 ft 3 ^1⁄2 in (56.48 m)	GR, NR
	Lindsay, MikeMike Lindsay	Scotland	172 ft 6 in (52.58 m)
	Sheldrick, JohnJohn Sheldrick	England	166 ft 3 in (50.67 m)
4	Tait, RobinRobin Tait	New Zealand	165 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in (50.51 m)
5	Mills, LesLes Mills	New Zealand	162 ft 0 in (49.38 m)
6	Vlahov, LenLen Vlahov	Australia	158 ft 5 in (48.29 m)
7	Hollingsworth, RoyRoy Hollingsworth	England	157 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in (48.07 m)
8	Chinnery, LenLen Chinnery	Australia	157 ft 3 in (47.93 m)
9	Waugh, AlanAlan Waugh	Australia	152 ft 3 in (46.41 m)
10	Ayub, MuhammadMuhammad Ayub	Pakistan	147 ft 8 in (45.01 m)
11	Lucking, MartynMartyn Lucking	England	137 ft 0 ^1⁄2 in (41.77 m)
12	Roberts, ImbertImbert Roberts	Saint Lucia	118 ft 2 ^1⁄2 in (36.03 m)
13	Moro, GerryGerry Moro	Canada	0	DNS
14	Payne, HowardHoward Payne	England	0	DNS

References

1. Webster, Jim (27 November 1962). "Australia's Golden Day in Perth". The Sydney Morning Herald. John Fairfax and Sons. p. 25.
2. "Fourth Day". The Sydney Morning Herald. John Fairfax and Sons. 23 July 1958. p. 16.
3. "Results from Perth Games Fourth Day". The Sydney Morning Herald. John Fairfax and Sons. 27 November 1962. p. 26.
4. "Results of the men's discus throw at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games". CGF. Retrieved 12 April 2014.