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Athletics — Discus Throw (Both Hands), Men (discontinued)

Times held 1
Total participants 37
Total countries 9

Participants

Year Event Status Participants NOCs
1912 Discus Throw (Both Hands), Men Olympic 20 6

Medal winners

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1912 Armas TaipaleFIN Elmer NiklanderFIN Emil MagnussonSWE

Medals by country

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
Finland FIN 1 1 0 2
Sweden SWE 0 0 1 1

Top medallists

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Armas Taipale FIN 1 0 0 1
Elmer Niklander FIN 0 1 0 1
Emil Magnusson SWE 0 0 1 1

Best performance by country

Olympic and Intercalated results only.
Country Games Athlete/Team Placement
Austria AUT 1912 Summer Olympics Hans Tronner 13 See all
Finland FIN 1912 Summer Olympics Armas Taipale 1 Gold See all
Greece GRE 1912 Summer Olympics Nikolaos Georgantas DNS See all
Hungary HUN 1912 Summer Olympics Rezső Ujlaki 14 See all
Norway NOR 1912 Summer Olympics John Falchenberg DNS See all
Russian Federation RUS 1912 Summer Olympics Vasily Molokanov 19 See all
Sweden SWE 1912 Summer Olympics Emil Magnusson 3 Bronze See all
United States USA 1912 Summer Olympics Jim Duncan 5 See all