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Discus Throw Winners at the Olympic Games - Discus throw

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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