Athletics at the 1968 Summer Paralympics – Men's discus throw A
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{{Infobox Paralympic event
|event = Men's Discus Throw A
|games = 1968 Summer
|image = Athletics - Paralympic pictogram.svg
|image_size = 80px
|caption = Paralympic Athletics
|venue =
|dates =
|competitors = 33
|nations = 16
|gold = Vic Renalson
|goldNPC = AUS
|silver = Daniel Erasmus
|silverNPC = RSA
|bronze = Antonio Arizzi
|bronzeNPC = ITA
}}
The Men's Discus Throw A was one of the events held in Athletics at the 1968 Summer Paralympics in Tel Aviv.
There were 33 competitors in the heat; 6 made it into the final.
Australia's Vic Renalson achieved a throw of 22.34 metres, taking the gold medal and a setting a world record in the process.{{cite web|url=http://www.oepc.at/images/files/Paralympics_Ergebnisse/sommer-paralympics_tel_aviv_1968.pdf|title=Österreichisches Paralympisches Committee|publisher=|access-date=2016-06-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160805192545/http://www.oepc.at/images/files/Paralympics_Ergebnisse/sommer-paralympics_tel_aviv_1968.pdf|archive-date=2016-08-05|url-status=dead}}
Results
=Heats=
| class=wikitable style="text-align:center;"
!Rank !!Athlete !! Throw | |
| 1 | align=left | {{flagIPCathlete|Vic Renalson|AUS |
|-
| 2 || align=left | {{flagIPCathlete|Daniel Erasmus|RSA|1968 Summer}}||21.32
|-
| 3 || align=left | {{flagIPCathlete|Leo Close|NZL|1968 Summer}} ||19.31
|-
| 4 || align=left | {{flagIPCathlete|Antonio Arizzi|ITA|1968 Summer}} ||19.20
|-
| 5 || align=left | {{flagIPCathlete|Len Campbell|NZL|1968 Summer}} ||18.44
|-
| 6 || align=left | {{flagIPCathlete|Britton|GBR|1968 Summer}} ||18.07
|-
| 7 || align=left | {{flagIPCathlete|Josef Jager|AUT|1968 Summer}} ||17.96
|-
| 8 || align=left | {{flagIPCathlete|Goll|AUT|1968 Summer}} ||17.90
|-
| 9 || align=left | {{flagIPCathlete|C. Sandglass|USA|1968 Summer}} ||17.57
|-
| 10 || align=left | {{flagIPCathlete|Honorio Romero|ARG|1968 Summer}} ||17.34
|-
| 11 || align=left | {{flagIPCathlete|Graeme Marett|NZL|1968 Summer}} ||16.89
|-
| 12 || align=left | {{flagIPCathlete|Dale Moe|CAN|1968 Summer}} ||16.43
|-
| 13 || align=left | {{flagIPCathlete|Ben Reimer|CAN|1968 Summer}} ||15.95
|-
| 14 || align=left | {{flagIPCathlete|Long|JAM|1968 Summer}} ||15.88
|-
| 15 || align=left | {{flagIPCathlete|Engelbert Rangger|AUT|1968 Summer}} ||15.82
|-
| 16 || align=left | {{flagIPCathlete|Joe Arcese|USA|1968 Summer}} ||15.45
|-
| 17 || align=left | {{flagIPCathlete|Rossini|USA|1968 Summer}} ||15.34
|-
| 18 || align=left | {{flagIPCathlete|Sommer|FRG|1968 Summer}} ||15.30
|-
| 19 || align=left | {{flagIPCathlete|Fritz Krimmel|FRG|1968 Summer}} ||15.17
|-
| 20 || align=left | {{flagIPCathlete|Robert Hawkes|USA|1968 Summer}} ||14.99
|-
| 21 || align=left | {{flagIPCathlete|Gustaaf Dua|BEL|1968 Summer}} ||14.90
|-
| 22 || align=left | {{flagIPCathlete|Patterson|CAN|1968 Summer}} ||14.10
|-
| 22 || align=left | {{flagIPCathlete|Jeff Simmonds|AUS|1968 Summer}} ||13.93
|-
| 24 || align=left | {{flagIPCathlete|Helvio Aresca|ARG|1968 Summer}} ||13.58
|-
| 25 || align=left | {{flagIPCathlete|Klein|FRG|1968 Summer}} ||13.54
|-
| 26 || align=left | {{flagIPCathlete|Boileaux|BEL|1968 Summer}} ||12.85
|-
| 27 || align=left | {{flagIPCathlete|Dick Thompson|GBR|1968 Summer}} ||12.69
|-
| 28 || align=left | {{flagIPCathlete|Iguzi|JPN|1968 Summer}} ||12.69
|-
| 29 || align=left | {{flagIPCathlete|Finucci|BEL|1968 Summer}} ||12.32
|-
| 30 || align=left | {{flagIPCathlete|Winfried Brauner|AUT|1968 Summer}} ||11.96
|-
| 31 || align=left | {{flagIPCathlete|Juan Luis Costantini|ARG|1968 Summer}} ||11.45
|-
| 32 || align=left | {{flagIPCathlete|Bellon|ESP|1968 Summer}} ||8.20
|-
| 33 || align=left | {{flagIPCathlete|Sharav|ISR|1968 Summer}} ||7.22
|}
=Final=
| class=wikitable style="text-align:center;"
!Rank !!Athlete !! Throw | ||
| {{Gold1}} | align=left| {{flagIPCathlete|Vic Renalson|AUS|1968 Summer}} | 22.34 m (WR) |
| {{Silver2}} | align=left | {{flagIPCathlete|Daniel Erasmus|RSA|1968 Summer}} | 21.32 |
| {{Bronze3}} | align=left | {{flagIPCathlete|Antonio Arizzi|ITA|1968 Summer}} | 20.40 |
| 4 | align=left | {{flagIPCathlete|Leo Close|NZL|1968 Summer}} | 19.31 |
| 5 | align=left | {{flagIPCathlete|Len Campbell|NZL|1968 Summer}} | 18.83 |
| 6 | align=left | {{flagIPCathlete|Josef Jager|AUT|1968 Summer}} | 17.99 |