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Athletics — Discus Throw, Men

Times held 38
Total participants 620
Total countries 93

Participants

Year Event Status Participants NOCs
1859 Discus Throw, Men 1 1
1870 Discus Throw, Men 3 1
1875 Discus Throw, Men 3 1
1889 Discus Throw, Men 3 1
1896 Discus Throw, Men Olympic 9 6
1900 Discus Throw, Men Olympic 17 9
1904 Discus Throw, Men Olympic 6 2
1904 Discus Throw - AAU Championship, Men Olympic (non-medal) 3 1
1904 Discus Throw - Olympic Collegiate Championship, Men Olympic (non-medal) 4 1
1904 Discus Throw - Western AAU Championship, Men Olympic (non-medal) 3 1
1904 Discus Throw - YMCA Championship, Men Olympic (non-medal) 3 1
1906 Discus Throw, Men Intercalated 21 9
1908 Discus Throw, Men Olympic 42 11
1912 Discus Throw, Men Olympic 41 15
1920 Discus Throw, Men Olympic 17 8
1924 Discus Throw, Men Olympic 32 18
1928 Discus Throw, Men Olympic 34 19
1932 Discus Throw, Men Olympic 18 11
1936 Discus Throw, Men Olympic 31 17
1948 Discus Throw, Men Olympic 28 18
1952 Discus Throw, Men Olympic 32 20
1956 Discus Throw, Men Olympic 20 15
1960 Discus Throw, Men Olympic 35 22
1964 Discus Throw, Men Olympic 29 21
1968 Discus Throw, Men Olympic 27 19
1972 Discus Throw, Men Olympic 29 18
1976 Discus Throw, Men Olympic 30 20
1980 Discus Throw, Men Olympic 18 12
1984 Discus Throw, Men Olympic 20 14
1988 Discus Throw, Men Olympic 29 20
1992 Discus Throw, Men Olympic 32 24
1996 Discus Throw, Men Olympic 40 30
2000 Discus Throw, Men Olympic 45 28
2004 Discus Throw, Men Olympic 39 26
2008 Discus Throw, Men Olympic 37 29
2012 Discus Throw, Men Olympic 41 24
2016 Discus Throw, Men Olympic 35 24
2020 Discus Throw, Men Olympic 32 24

Medal winners

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1896 Bob GarrettUSA Panagiotis ParaskevopoulosGRE Sotirios VersisGRE
1900 Rudolf BauerHUN František Janda-SukBOH Dick SheldonUSA
1904 Martin SheridanUSA Ralph RoseUSA Nikolaos GeorgantasGRE
1906 Martin SheridanUSA Nikolaos GeorgantasGRE Verner JärvinenFIN
1908 Martin SheridanUSA Merritt GiffinUSA Bill HorrUSA
1912 Armas TaipaleFIN Dick ByrdUSA Jim DuncanUSA
1920 Elmer NiklanderFIN Armas TaipaleFIN Gus PopeUSA
1924 Bud HouserUSA Vilho NiittymaaFIN Tom LiebUSA
1928 Bud HouserUSA Antero KiviFIN Jim CorsonUSA
1932 John AndersonUSA Henri LaBordeUSA Paul WinterFRA
1936 Ken CarpenterUSA Gordon DunnUSA Giorgio OberwegerITA
1948 Adolfo ConsoliniITA Giuseppe TosiITA Fortune GordienUSA
1952 Sim InessUSA Adolfo ConsoliniITA Jim DillionUSA
1956 Al OerterUSA Fortune GordienUSA Des KochUSA
1960 Al OerterUSA Rink BabkaUSA Dick CochranUSA
1964 Al OerterUSA Ludvík DaněkTCH Dave WeillUSA
1968 Al OerterUSA Lothar MildeGDR Ludvík DaněkTCH
1972 Ludvík DaněkTCH Jay SilvesterUSA Ricky BruchSWE
1976 Mac WilkinsUSA Wolfgang SchmidtGDR John PowellUSA
1980 Viktor RashchupkinURS Imrich BugárTCH Luis DelísCUB
1984 Rolf DannebergFRG Mac WilkinsUSA John PowellUSA
1988 Jürgen SchultGDR Romas UbartasURS Rolf DannebergFRG
1992 Romas UbartasLTU Jürgen SchultGER Roberto MoyaCUB
1996 Lars RiedelGER Uladzimir DubroushchykBLR Vasil KapiukhBLR
2000 Virgilijus AleknaLTU Lars RiedelGER Frantz KrugerRSA
2004 Virgilijus AleknaLTU Zoltán KővágóHUN Aleksander TammertEST
2008 Gerd KanterEST Piotr MałachowskiPOL Virgilijus AleknaLTU
2012 Robert HartingGER Ehsan HaddadiIRI Gerd KanterEST
2016 Christoph HartingGER Piotr MałachowskiPOL Daniel JasinskiGER
2020 Daniel StåhlSWE Simon PetterssonSWE Lukas WeißhaidingerAUT

Medals by country

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
United States USA 14 9 13 36
Germany GER 3 2 1 6
Lithuania LTU 3 0 1 4
Finland FIN 2 3 1 6
Czechoslovakia TCH 1 2 1 4
Italy ITA 1 2 1 4
East Germany GDR 1 2 0 3
Sweden SWE 1 1 1 3
Hungary HUN 1 1 0 2
Soviet Union URS 1 1 0 2
Estonia EST 1 0 2 3
West Germany FRG 1 0 1 2
Greece GRE 0 2 2 4
Poland POL 0 2 0 2
Belarus BLR 0 1 1 2
Bohemia BOH 0 1 0 1
Islamic Republic of Iran IRI 0 1 0 1
Cuba CUB 0 0 2 2
Austria AUT 0 0 1 1
France FRA 0 0 1 1
South Africa RSA 0 0 1 1

Top medallists

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Al Oerter USA 4 0 0 4
Martin Sheridan USA 3 0 0 3
Virgilijus Alekna LTU 2 0 1 3
Bud Houser USA 2 0 0 2
Ludvík Daněk CZE
TCH		 1 1 1 3