Diskuskastning för herrar vid olympiska sommarspelen 1972 i München avgjordes 8-9 september.
Medaljörer DiskuskastningLudvík Daněk 64,40 mJay Silvester 63,50 mRicky Bruch 63,40 m
Resultat Kval {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" |- ! Placering !! Namn !! Nationalitet !! Grupp !! Mark !! Kast 1 !! Kast 2 !! Kast 3 |-bgcolor=lightblue | 1 ||align=left|Ludvík Daněk || align=left| || B || 64.32 || 64.32 || p|| p |-bgcolor=lightblue | 2 ||align=left|Jorma Rinne || align=left| || B || 62.02 || 62.02 ||p || p |-bgcolor=lightblue | 3 ||align=left|Géza Fejér || align=left| ||B || 61.58 || 61.58 || p ||p |-bgcolor=lightblue | 4 ||align=left|Pentti Kahma || align=left| || A || 61.24 || 58.50 || 61.24 || p |-bgcolor=lightblue | 5 ||align=left|Ricky Bruch || align=left| || A ||61.24 || 61.24 || p || p |-bgcolor=lightblue | 6 ||align=left|Jay Silvester || align=left| || A || 61.20 || 58.98 || 61.20|| p |-bgcolor=lightblue | 7 ||align=left|Ferenc Tégla || align=left| || A || 60.60 || 60.60 || p || p |-bgcolor=lightblue | 8 ||align=left|János Murányi || align=left| || B || 60.34 || 54.42 || 60.34 || p |-bgcolor=lightblue | 9 ||align=left|Silvano Simeon || align=left| || B || 59.78 || 58.38 || 59.78 || p |-bgcolor=lightblue | 10 ||align=left|Tim Vollmer || align=left| || A || 59.60 || 59.60 || p || p |-bgcolor=lightblue | 11 ||align=left|Namakoro Niaré || align=left| || A || 59.38 || 59.38 || p || p |-bgcolor=lightblue | 12 ||align=left|Detlef Thoritch || align=left| ||A || 59.36 || 59.36 || p || p |-bgcolor=lightblue | 13 ||align=left|John Powell || align=left| || B || 59.30 || 54.94 || 59.30 || p |-bgcolor=lightblue | 14 ||align=left|Les Mills || align=left| || A || 59.22 || 59.22 || p || p |- | 15 ||align=left|Klaus-Peter Hennig || align=left| || A || 58.64 || 55.32 || x || 58.64 |- | 16 ||align=left|Dirk Wippermann || align=left| || B || 58.10 || 56.42 || 58.10 || 57.96 |- | 17 ||align=left|Hein-Direck Neu || align=left| || A || 58.10 || 56.36 || 58.10 || x |- | 18 ||align=left|Zdravko Pečar || align=left| || B || 57.84 || x || 57.84 || 53.52 |- | 19 ||align=left|Bill Tancred || align=left| || B || 57.24 || x || 55.86 || 57.24 |- | 20 ||align=left|Robin Tait || align=left| || B || 56.60 || 56.60 || 55.88 ||x |- | 21 ||align=left|Ain Roost || align=left| || A || 56.58 || 56.58 || 55.48 || x |- |22 ||align=left|Hartmut Losch || align=left| || B || 56.64 || 56.64 || x || 56.28 |- |23 ||align=left|Erlendur Valdimarsson || align=left| || B || 55.38 || 55.38 || 55.16 || 53.26 |- | 24 ||align=left|John Watts || align=left| || A || 53.86 || 53.48 || x|| 53.86 |- | 25 ||align=left|Kaj Andersen || align=left| || A || 53.52 || x || 51.60 || 53.52 |- | 26 ||align=left|Praveen Kumar || align=left| || B|| 53.12 || 52.58 || 53.12 || 51.58 |- | 27 ||align=left|Heimo Reinitzer || align=left| || B || 52.56 || x || 52.32 || 52.56 |- | 28 ||align=left|Said Farouk Al-Turki || align=left| || A || 33.78|| x || 33.78 || x |- | - ||align=left|Armando de Vincentis || align=left| || A || NM || x || x || x |- | - ||align=left|Stoyan Slavkov || align=left| || A || DNS |- |- ||align=left|Julio Bequer || align=left| || B || DNS |- | - ||align=left|Joussef Nagui Assad || align=left| || B || DNS |- | - ||align=left|Noel Matouba || align=left| || B || DNS
Final
Placering Namn Nationalitet Mark Kast 1 Kast 2 Kast 3 Kast 4 Kast 5 Kast 6 Ludvík Daněk 64.40 58.12 60.38 62.38 62.54 61.70 64.40 |- | ||align=left|Jay Silvester || align=left| || 63.50 || 62.12 || x || 63.50 x x 62.86 Ricky Bruch 63.40 59.12 x 61.52 62.76 63.40 || 62.60 |- | 4||align=left|John Powell || align=left| || 62.82 || 61.92 || 62.82 60.44 x 61.38 x 5 Géza Fejér 62.62 62.50 62.56 x x 61.50 62.62 |- | 6||align=left|Detlef Thorith || align=left| || 62.42 || 61.74 || 62.42 61.06 x 59.88 x 7 Ferenc Tégla 60.60 58.38 59.66 57.40 x 58.16 60.60 |- | 8||align=left|Tim Vollmer || align=left| ||60.24 || 59.26 || 60.24 x x x 58.54 9 Pentti Kahma 59.66 57.20 58.92 59.66 |- | 10||align=left|Silvano Simeon || align=left| || 59.34 || 58.80 || 59.34 58.36 11Jorma Rinne 59.22 57.30 56.88 59.22 |- |12 ||align=left|János Murányi || align=left| || 57.92 || 57.92 57.16 x 13 Namakoro Niaré 56.48 56.48 || 55.10 || x |- | 14||align=left|Les Mills || align=left| || 55.86 || x || 54.48 || 55.86 Key''': p = giltigt; x = ogiltigt; NM = ingen notering; DNS = Startade inte
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