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Discus Throw Winners at the Olympic Games

Discus throw at the Olympic Games...

Discus throw is a track and field event in which an athlete throws a heavy disc – called a discus – in an attempt to mark a greater distance than his competitors. It is an ancient game, as demonstrated by the fifth-century-BC Myron statue Discobolas.
Discus throw, the first modern competition, has been part of the modern Summer Olympic Games since the 1896 Summer Olympics. Images of discus throwers feature prominently in advertising for early modern games, such as fundraising tickets for the 1896 Games, main posters of the 1920 and 1948 Summer Olympics. Today the sport of discus is a regular part of modern track-and-field meets at all levels, and holds a particularly coveted place in the Olympic Games.

Poster for the 1920 Summer Olympics:

The first modern athlete to throw a body-twisting discus was Frantisek Janda-Suk from Bohemia (present-day Czech Republic). He invented this technique while studying the position of the famous statue of Discobolus. He earned a silver medal at the 1900 Olympics after only a year of developing the technique.

Women's discus throw:

Women's competition began in the first decades of the 20th century. After competition at the national and regional levels, it has been the discus throw for women at the Olympics since the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games.

Men's:

Men's Discus Throw Winners at Olympics
YearGoldSilverBronze
1896
Athens		Robert Garrett
(United States)		Panagiotis Paraskevopoulos
(Greece)		Sotirios Versis
(Greece)
1900 ParisRudolf Bauer
(Hungary)		František Janda-Suk
(Bohemia)		Richard Sheldon
(United States)
1904
St. Louis		Martin Sheridan
(United States)		Ralph Rose
(United States)		Nikolaos Georgantas
(Greece)
1908
London		Martin Sheridan
(United States)		Merritt Giffin
(United States)		Bill Horr
(United States)
1912
Stockholm		Armas Taipale
(Finland)		Richard Byrd
(United States)		James Duncan
(United States)
1920
Antwerp		Elmer Niklander
(Finland)		Armas Taipale
(Finland)		Gus Pope
(United States)
1924
Paris		Bud Houser
(United States)		Vilho Niittymaa
(Finland)		Thomas Lieb
(United States)
1928
Amsterdam		Bud Houser
(United States)		Antero Kivi
(Finland)		James Corson
(United States)
1932
Los Angeles		John Anderson
(United States)		Henri LaBorde
(United States)		Paul Winter
(France)
1936
Berlin		Ken Carpenter
(United States) 		Gordon Dunn
(United States)		Giorgio Oberweger
(Italy)
1948
London		Adolfo Consolini
(Italy)		Giuseppe Tosi
(Italy)		Fortune Gordien
(United States)
1952
Helsinki		Sim Iness
(United States)		Adolfo Consolini
(Italy)		James Dillion
(United States)
1956
Melbourne		Al Oerter
(United States)		Fortune Gordien
(United States)		Des Koch
(United States)
1960
Rome		Al Oerter
(United States)		Rink Babka
(United States)		Dick Cochran
(United States)
1964
Tokyo		Al Oerter
(United States)		Ludvík Daněk
(Czechoslovakia)		Dave Weill
(United States)
1968
Mexico City		Al Oerter
(United States)		Lothar Milde
(East Germany)		Ludvík Daněk
(Czechoslovakia)
1972
Munich		Ludvík Daněk
(Czechoslovakia)		Jay Silvester
(United States)		Ricky Bruch
(Sweden)
1976
Montreal		Mac Wilkins
(United States)		Wolfgang Schmidt
(East Germany)		John Powell
(United States)
1980
Moscow		Viktor Rashchupkin
(Soviet Union)		Imrich Bugár
(Czechoslovakia)		Luis Delís
(Cuba)
1984
Los Angeles		Rolf Danneberg
(West Germany)		Mac Wilkins
(United States)		John Powell
(United States)
1988
Seoul		Jürgen Schult
(East Germany)		Romas Ubartas
(Soviet Union)		Rolf Danneberg
(West Germany)
1992
Barcelona		Romas Ubartas
(Lithuania)		Jürgen Schult
(Germany)		Roberto Moya
(Cuba)
1996
Atlanta		Lars Riedel
(Germany)		Vladimir Dubrovshchik
(Belarus)		Vasiliy Kaptyukh
(Belarus)
2000
Sydney		Virgilijus Alekna
(Lithuania)		Lars Riedel
(Germany)		Frantz Kruger
(South Africa)
2004
Athens		Virgilijus Alekna
(Lithuania)		Zoltán Kővágó
(Hungary)		Aleksander Tammert
(Estonia)
2008
Beijing		Gerd Kanter
(Estonia)		Piotr Małachowski
(Poland)		Virgilijus Alekna
(Lithuania)
2012
London		Robert Harting
(Germany)		Ehsan Haddadi
(Iran)		Gerd Kanter
(Estonia)
2016
Rio de Janeiro		Christoph Harting
(Germany)		Piotr Małachowski
(Poland)		Daniel Jasinski
(Germany)
2020
Tokyo		Daniel Ståhl
(Sweden)		Simon Pettersson
(Sweden)		Lukas Weißhaidinger
(Austria)

Women's:

Women's Discus Throw Winners at Olympics
YearGoldSilverBronze
1928
Amsterdam		Halina Konopacka
(Poland)		Lillian Copeland
(United States)		Ruth Svedberg
(Sweden)
1932
Los Angeles		Lillian Copeland
(United States)		Ruth Osburn
(United States)		Jadwiga Wajs
(Poland)
1936
Berlin		Gisela Mauermayer
(Germany)		Jadwiga Wajsówna
(Poland)		Paula Mollenhauer
(Germany)
1948
London		Micheline Ostermeyer
(France)		Edera Cordiale
(Italy)		Jacqueline Mazeas
(France)
1952
Helsinki		Nina Romashkova
(Soviet Union)		Elizaveta Bagryantseva
(Soviet Union)		Nina Dumbadze
(Soviet Union)
1956
Melbourne		Olga Fikotová
(Czechoslovakia)		Irina Beglyakova
(Soviet Union)		Nina Romashkova
(Soviet Union)
1960
Rome		Nina Romashkova
(Soviet Union)		Tamara Press
(Soviet Union)		Lia MANOLIU
(Romania)
1964
Tokyo		Tamara Press
(Soviet Union)		Ingrid LOTZ
(United Team Of Germany)		Lia Manoliu
(Romania)
1968
Mexico City		Lia Manoliu
(Romania)		Liesel WESTERMANN
(West Germany)		Jolán Kleiber-Kontsek
(Hungary)
1972
Munich		Faina Melnik
(Soviet Union)		Argentina Menis
(Romania)		Vasilka Stoeva
(Bulgaria)
1976
Montreal		Evelin Schlaak
(East Germany)		Mariya Vergova
(Bulgaria)		Gabriele Hinzmann
(East Germany)
1980
Moscow		Evelin Jahl
(East Germany)		Mariya Petkova
(Bulgaria)		Tatiana Lesovaia
(Soviet Union)
1984
Los Angeles		Ria Stalman
(Netherlands)		Leslie Deniz
(United States)		Florenta Craciunescu
(Romania)
1988
Seoul		Martina Hellmann
(East Germany)		Diana Gansky
(East Germany)		Tsvetanka Khristova
(Bulgaria)
1992
Barcelona		Maritza Martén
(Cuba)		Tsvetanka Khristova
(Bulgaria)		Daniela Costian
(Australia)
1996
Atlanta		Ilke Wyludda
(Germany)		Natalya Sadova
(Russia)		Ellina Zvereva
(Belarus)
2000
Sydney		Ellina Zvereva
(Belarus)		Anastasia Kelesidou
(Greece)		Irina Yatchenko
(Belarus)
2004
Athens		Natalya Sadova
(Russia)		Anastasia Kelesidou
(Greece)		Vera Pospíšilová-Cechlová
(Czech Republic)
2008
Beijing		Stephanie Brown Trafton
(United States)		Yarelys Barrios
(Cuba)		Olena Antonova
(Ukraine)
2012
London		Sandra Perkovic
(Croatia)		Li Yanfeng
(China)		Yarelys Barrios
(Cuba)
2016
Rio de Janeiro		Sandra Perković
(Croatia)		Mélina Robert-Michon
(France)		Denia Caballero
(Cuba)
2020
Tokyo		Valarie Allman
(United States)		Kristin Pudenz
(Germany)		Yaime Pérez
(Cuba)
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