an additional three attempts. The best distance among those six throws counted. Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows. Al Oerter had a very short throw in the first set of qualifying round throws, but in the second set he qualified for the final with a launch that broke his own Olympic record by over 2 metres—landing at 58.43 metres. His teammates Rink Babka (three times) and Dick Cochran (once) both exceeded the old record in the final, but only Oerter was able to beat his new record; Oerter threw 59.18 metres in the fifth throw of the final. All six of Oerter's final throws were longer than the old record. Schedule All times are Central European Time (UTC+1) Results All throwers reaching 52.00 metres advanced to the finals. All distances are listen in metres. Qualifying Final References M Discus throw at the Olympics Men's events at the 1960 Summer Olympics