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Discus Throw, Greek Style, Men

Date	18 July 1908 — 14:40
Status	Olympic
Location	White City Stadium, London
Participants	23 from 8 countries

Classics scholars maintain that this event was based on a mistranslation of a corrupt text and does not truly represent the style actually used by the Ancient Greeks. Although the first four competitors beat the world record for this event, the fact was not appreciated by the spectators due to an error in the program. The world record listed in the program was that for the freestyle event (128-10 [39.29]), rather than the 115-4 (35.16) world record for the Greek-style event, which had been set by Verner Järvinen (FIN) at the 1906 Olympics.

Martin Sheridan completed his )double) of winning both discus events at the same Olympics. This also was his last Olympic medal in a storied career which saw him win five gold, three silver, and one bronze medal for nine Olympic medals in all.

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Distance	Distance (Imp.)	Qualifying	Final
1	–	Martin Sheridan	USA	–	–	37.28 (1)	37.99 (1)	Gold	WR
2	–	Bill Horr	USA	–	–	36.68 (2)	37.32 (2)	Silver
3	–	Verner Järvinen	FIN	–	–	36.49 (3)	36.48 (3)	Bronze
4	–	Arthur Dearborn	USA	–	–	35.65 (4)	–
5	–	Michail Dorizas	GRE	–	–	33.34 (5)	–
6	–	Nikolaos Georgantas	GRE	–	–	33.21 (6)	–
7	–	István Mudin	HUN	–	–	33.11 (7)	–
8	–	Wilbur Burroughs	USA	–	–	32.81 (8)	–
9	–	Elmer Niklander	FIN	–	–	32.46 (9)	–
10	–	Umberto Avattaneo	ITA	–	–	28.53 (10)	–
AC	–	Platt Adams	USA	–	–	– (AC)	–
AC	–	Miroslav Šustera	BOH	–	–	– (AC)	–
AC	–	Henry Leeke	GBR	–	–	– (AC)	–
AC	–	Walter Henderson	GBR	–	–	– (AC)	–
AC	–	Folke Fleetwood	SWE	–	–	– (AC)	–
AC	–	Imre Mudin	HUN	–	–	– (AC)	–
AC	–	Johnny Garrels	USA	–	–	– (AC)	–
AC	–	Ernest May	GBR	–	–	– (AC)	–
AC	–	Alfred Flaxman	GBR	–	–	– (AC)	–
AC	–	Miklós Kovács	HUN	–	–	– (AC)	–
AC	–	James Barrett	GBR	–	–	– (AC)	–
AC	–	György Luntzer	HUN	–	–	– (AC)	–
AC	–	Eric Lemming	SWE	–	–	– (AC)	–
DNS	–	Lajos Veres	HUN	–	–	–	–
DNS	–	Karl Jank	AUT	–	–	–	–
DNS	–	Károly Halmos	HUN	–	–	–	–
DNS	–	Edmond Baillard	FRA	–	–	–	–
DNS	–	Hans Rehder	GER	–	–	–	–
DNS	–	František Vyskocil	BOH	–	–	–	–
DNS	–	Moritz Rasmussen	DEN	–	–	–	–
DNS	–	Pál Antal	HUN	–	–	–	–
DNS	–	Hans Tronner	AUT	–	–	–	–
DNS	–	František Souček	BOH	–	–	–	–
DNS	–	Ed Archibald	CAN	–	–	–	–
DNS	–	Con Walsh	CAN	–	–	–	–
DNS	–	Harald Agger	DEN	–	–	–	–
DNS	–	Juho Halme	FIN	–	–	–	–
DNS	–	Johan Kemp	FIN	–	–	–	–
DNS	–	Aarne Salovaara	FIN	–	–	–	–
DNS	–	Jalmari Sauli	FIN	–	–	–	–
DNS	–	Lauri Wilskman	FIN	–	–	–	–
DNS	–	Charles Lagarde	FRA	–	–	–	–
DNS	–	Raoul Paoli	FRA	–	–	–	–
DNS	–	André Tison	FRA	–	–	–	–
DNS	–	Edmond Barrett	GBR	–	–	–	–
DNS	–	Michael Collins	GBR	–	–	–	–
DNS	–	John Murray	GBR	–	–	–	–
DNS	–	Arthur Mallwitz	GER	–	–	–	–
DNS	–	Ludwig Uettwiller	GER	–	–	–	–
DNS	–	Emil Welz	GER	–	–	–	–
DNS	–	Charalampos Zouras	GRE	–	–	–	–
DNS	–	Ferenc Jesina	HUN	–	–	–	–
DNS	–	Károly Kobulszky	HUN	–	–	–	–
DNS	–	Nándor Kovács	HUN	–	–	–	–
DNS	–	Gyula Strausz	HUN	–	–	–	–
DNS	–	Doug Stupart	RSA	–	–	–	–
DNS	–	Julius Wagner	SUI	–	–	–	–
DNS	–	Theodor Neijström	SWE	–	–	–	–
DNS	–	Otto Nilsson	SWE	–	–	–	–
DNS	–	Hugo Wieslander	SWE	–	–	–	–
DNS	–	John Flanagan	USA	–	–	–	–
DNS	–	Merritt Giffin	USA	–	–	–	–
DNS	–	Simon Gillis	USA	–	–	–	–
DNS	–	Matt McGrath	USA	–	–	–	–
DNS	–	Ralph Rose	USA	–	–	–	–
DNS	–	Lee Talbott	USA	–	–	–	–
DNS	–	André Désfarges	FRA	–	–	–	–

Qualifying Round (18 July 1908 — 14:40)

The eight scheduled qualifying sections were consolidated into four pools. Contestants threw from a forward sloping pedestal and were required to follow a restricted set of movements. The discus had to be released from a standing position and no turning or spinning was allowed.

Pos	Athlete	NOC	Distance	Distance (Imp.)
1	Martin Sheridan	USA	37.28	122-4	Q
2	Bill Horr	USA	36.68	120-4	Q
3	Verner Järvinen	FIN	36.49	119-8¼	Q
4	Arthur Dearborn	USA	35.65	116-11½
5	Michail Dorizas	GRE	33.34	109-4½
6	Nikolaos Georgantas	GRE	33.21	108-11¼
7	István Mudin	HUN	33.11	108-7½
8	Wilbur Burroughs	USA	32.81	107-7¾
9	Elmer Niklander	FIN	32.46	106-6
10	Umberto Avattaneo	ITA	28.53	93-7¼
AC	Platt Adams	USA	–	–
AC	Miroslav Šustera	BOH	–	–
AC	Henry Leeke	GBR	–	–
AC	Walter Henderson	GBR	–	–
AC	Folke Fleetwood	SWE	–	–
AC	Imre Mudin	HUN	–	–
AC	Johnny Garrels	USA	–	–
AC	Ernest May	GBR	–	–
AC	Alfred Flaxman	GBR	–	–
AC	Miklós Kovács	HUN	–	–
AC	James Barrett	GBR	–	–
AC	György Luntzer	HUN	–	–
AC	Eric Lemming	SWE	–	–

Qualifying Round, Group A (18 July 1908)

Pos	Athlete	NOC	Distance	Distance (Imp.)
1	Michail Dorizas	GRE	33.34	109-4½
2	Wilbur Burroughs	USA	32.81	107-7¾
3	Umberto Avattaneo	ITA	28.53	93-7¼
AC	Platt Adams	USA	–	–
AC	Miroslav Šustera	BOH	–	–
AC	Henry Leeke	GBR	–	–
AC	Walter Henderson	GBR	–	–

Qualifying Round, Group B (18 July 1908)

Pos	Athlete	NOC	Distance	Distance (Imp.)
1	Arthur Dearborn	USA	35.65	116-11½
2	Nikolaos Georgantas	GRE	33.21	108-11¼
AC	Folke Fleetwood	SWE	–	–
AC	Imre Mudin	HUN	–	–

Qualifying Round, Group C (18 July 1908)

Pos	Athlete	NOC	Distance	Distance (Imp.)
1	István Mudin	HUN	33.11	108-7½
2	Elmer Niklander	FIN	32.46	106-6
AC	Johnny Garrels	USA	–	–
AC	Ernest May	GBR	–	–
AC	Alfred Flaxman	GBR	–	–

Qualifying Round, Group D (18 July 1908)

Pos	Athlete	NOC	Distance	Distance (Imp.)
1	Martin Sheridan	USA	37.28	122-4
2	Bill Horr	USA	36.68	120-4
3	Verner Järvinen	FIN	36.49	119-8¼
AC	Miklós Kovács	HUN	–	–
AC	James Barrett	GBR	–	–
AC	György Luntzer	HUN	–	–
AC	Eric Lemming	SWE	–	–

Final Round (18 July 1908)

Pos	Athlete	NOC	Distance	Distance (Imp.)
1	Martin Sheridan	USA	37.99	124-8	WR
2	Bill Horr	USA	37.32	122-5½
3	Verner Järvinen	FIN	36.48	119-8¼