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The men's discus throw event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1924 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on Sunday, July 13, 1924. 32 discus throwers from 18 nations competed.[1] The maximum number of athletes per nation was 4. The event was won by Bud Houser of the United States, the nation's fourth victory in the men's discus throw (and first since 1908); the Americans had medalled in each of the Olympic discus throw events to date. Houser had also won the shot put. Vilho Niittymaa took silver, keeping Finland on the podium in the event for the third straight Games. Thomas Lieb gave the United States its second discus throw medal of 1924, with his bronze.

Background

This was the seventh appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. The three medalists from 1920 all returned: gold medalist Elmer Niklander and silver medalist Armas Taipale of Finland, and bronze medalist Gus Pope of the United States.[2]

Brazil, Estonia, Ireland, Latvia, Portugal, Poland, Spain, Switzerland, and Yugoslavia each made their debut in the men's discus throw. The United States made its seventh appearance, having competed in every edition of the Olympic men's discus throw to date.

Competition format

The competition continued to use the single, divided-final format in use since 1896. Each athlete received three throws, with the top six receiving an additional three throws.[3][2]

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1924 Summer Olympics.

World record  James Duncan (USA) 47.58 New York, United States 27 May 1912
Olympic record  Armas Taipale (FIN) 45.21 Stockholm, Sweden 12 July 1912

In the qualification Bud Houser set a new Olympic record with 46.155 metres.

Schedule

Date Time Round
Sunday, 13 July 1924 16:00 Qualifying
Final

Results

The best six throwers, all three groups counted together, qualified for the final. The throwing order and the throwing series are not available. The final was held on the same day. No competitor was able to improve his mark from the qualification.

Rank Athlete Nation Qualifying Final Distance Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Bud Houser  United States 46.155 Unknown 46.155 OR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Vilho Niittymaa  Finland 44.95 Unknown 44.95
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Thomas Lieb  United States 44.83 Unknown 44.83
4 Gus Pope  United States 44.42 Unknown 44.42
5 Ketil Askildt  Norway 43.405 Unknown 43.405
6 Glenn Hartranft  United States 42.49 Unknown 42.49
7 Elmer Niklander  Finland 42.09 Did not advance 42.09
8 Heikki Malmivirta  Finland 41.16 Did not advance 41.16
9 Sándor Toldi  Hungary 41.09 Did not advance 41.09
10 Kálmán Marvalits  Hungary 40.82 Did not advance 40.82
11 Paddy Bermingham  Ireland 40.42 Did not advance 40.42
12 Armas Taipale  Finland 40.215 Did not advance 40.215
13 Karl Jensen  Denmark 39.78 Did not advance 39.78
14 Paul Béranger  France 38.93 Did not advance 38.93
15 Gustav Kalkun  Estonia 38.46 Did not advance 38.46
16 Werner Nüesch  Switzerland 38.205 Did not advance 38.205
17 Camillo Zemi  Italy 37.465 Did not advance 37.465
18 Veljko Narančić  Yugoslavia 37.35 Did not advance 37.35
19 Daniel Pierre  France 37.015 Did not advance 37.015
20 José Galimberti  Brazil 36.52 Did not advance 36.52
21 Teodors Sukatnieks  Latvia 35.985 Did not advance 35.985
22 Arvīds Ķibilds  Latvia 35.79 Did not advance 35.79
23 Octávio Zani  Brazil 35.72 Did not advance 35.72
24 Sławosz Szydłowski  Poland 35.71 Did not advance 35.71
25 Armando Poggioli  Italy 35.29 Did not advance 35.29
26 Otto Garnus  Switzerland 35.16 Did not advance 35.16
27 Albino Pighi  Italy 34.985 Did not advance 34.985
28 Gabino Lizarza  Spain 34.20 Did not advance 34.20
29 František Janda-Suk  Czechoslovakia 34.08 Did not advance 34.08
30 Georgios Zacharopoulos  Greece 34.02 Did not advance 34.02
33 António Martins  Portugal 32.40 Did not advance 32.40
Dimitrios Karabatis  Greece No mark Did not advance No mark

References

  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1924 Paris Summer Games: Men's Discus Throw". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Discus Throw, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  3. ^ Official Report, p. 140.

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