Athletics at the 2010 South American Games – Men's discus throw

Athletics at the 2010 South American Games
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men	women
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
20,000m walk	men	women
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men

The Men's Discus Throw event at the 2010 South American Games was held on March 21 at 18:00.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Andrés Rossini Argentina	Michael Putman Perú	Nicolás Martina Argentina

Standing records prior to the 2010 South American Games
World record	Jürgen Schult	East Germany	74.08m	Neubrandenburg, Germany	6 June 1986
World Leading	Jorge Fernández	Cuba	66.00m	Havana, Cuba	11 March 2010
South American record	Jorge Balliengo	Argentina	66.32m	Rosario, Argentina	15 April 2006
South American U23 record	Ramón Jiménez Gaona	Paraguay	62.14m	Modesto, USA	11 May 1991

Results were published.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Attempt						Best Result	Notes
Rank	Athlete	Nationality	1	2	3	4	5	6	Best Result	Notes
	Andrés Rossini	Argentina	52.23	53.91	56.28	51.61	53.55	x	56.28
	Michael Putman	Perú	48.23	48.24	x	51.53	x	x	51.53
	Nicolás Martina	Argentina	50.14	x	x	48.10	50.37	x	50.37
4	Gerson Carvalho dos Santos	Brazil	40.66	46.14	38.11	49.86	48.58	47.92	49.86
5	Juan Andrés Aguilera	Ecuador	x	44.32	48.62	45.62	47.85	x	48.62
6	Levin Moreno	Colombia	47.91	48.61	43.60	46.93	46.04	46.37	48.61
7	Luis Schneider	Brazil	x	46.18	48.01	46.14	46.72	47.52	48.01
8	Luis Alberto Castro	Chile	46.85	45.47	x	45.32	x	x	46.85
9	Felipe Nicolás Martínez	Chile	44.86	43.13	43.89				44.86
–	Josnner Ortiz	Venezuela	x	x	x				NM