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The men's discus throw event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1928 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on Wednesday, August 1, 1928. Thirty-four discus throwers from 19 nations competed.[1] The maximum number of athletes per nation was 4.[2] The event was won by Bud Houser, the second man to successfully defend Olympic gold in the discus throw (after Martin Sheridan). It was the fifth American victory in the event. As in 1924, silver went to Finland (this time by Antero Kivi) and bronze to the United States (James Corson).

Background

This was the eighth appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. The returning finalists from 1924 were defending champion Bud Houser of the United States and fifth-place finisher Ketil Askildt of Norway. Houser had also taken the world record in 1926 and was the favorite in this competition.[3]

Chile, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands, and Romania each made their debut in the men's discus throw. The United States made its eighth 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.[4][3]

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1928 Summer Olympics.

World record  Bud Houser (USA) 48.20 Palo Alto, United States 2 April 1926
Olympic record  Bud Houser (USA) 46.155 Paris, France 13 July 1924

At first James Corson set a new Olympic record in the second round of the qualification with 47.00 metres. In the third round of the qualification Bud Houser bettered the Olympic record with 47.32 metres.

Schedule

Date Time Round
Wednesday, 1 August 1928 14:00 Qualifying
Final

Results

The best six discus throwers qualified for the final. The throwing order is not available and the throwing series are only available for the best six throwers. The final was held on the same day and started at 2 p.m.

Rank Athlete Nation 1 2 3 4 5 6 Distance Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Bud Houser  United States X X 47.32 OR 45.00 46.50 43.00 47.32 OR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Antero Kivi  Finland 45.30 45.00 45.79 46.00 47.23 42.00 47.23
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) James Corson  United States 44.50 47.00 OR 45.00 45.40 46.50 47.10 47.10
4 Harald Stenerud  Norway 43.00 44.82 43.00 43.50 42.00 45.80 45.80
5 John Anderson  United States 43.50 44.25 43.00 44.50 44.87 43.00 44.87
6 Eino Kenttä  Finland 44.17 42.00 43.80 40.50 41.10 42.00 44.17
7 Ernst Paulus  Germany Unknown Did not advance 44.15
8 Johan Trandem  Norway Unknown Did not advance 43.97
9 Fred Weicker  United States Unknown Did not advance 43.81
10 Gustav Kalkun  Estonia Unknown Did not advance 43.09
11 Heikki Taskinen  Finland Unknown Did not advance 43.00
12 Jānis Jordāns  Latvia Unknown Did not advance 42.78
13 Ketil Askilt  Norway Unknown Did not advance 42.57
14 Hermann Hänchen  Germany Unknown Did not advance 42.08
15 Arturo Conturbia  Switzerland Unknown Did not advance 41.90
16 Kálmán Egri  Hungary Unknown Did not advance 41.89
17 István Donogán  Hungary Unknown Did not advance 41.78
18 Józef Baran-Bilewski  Poland Unknown Did not advance 41.77
19 Albino Pighi  Italy Unknown Did not advance 41.42
20 František Douda  Czechoslovakia Unknown Did not advance 41.19
21 Kálmán Marvalits  Hungary Unknown Did not advance 41.17
22 Jules Noël  France Unknown Did not advance 40.23
23 Camillo Zemi  Italy Unknown Did not advance 39.95
24 Gerrit Eijsker  Netherlands Unknown Did not advance 39.80
25 Hans Hoffmeister  Germany Unknown Did not advance 39.17
26 Héctor Benaprés  Chile Unknown Did not advance 38.18
27 Ichiro Furuyama  Japan Unknown Did not advance 37.89
27 Ion David  Romania Unknown Did not advance 37.49
29 Raoul Paoli  France Unknown Did not advance 36.82
30 Yoshio Okita  Japan Unknown Did not advance 36.38
31 Gerrit Postma  Netherlands Unknown Did not advance 35.94
32 Fred Zinner  Belgium Unknown Did not advance 34.35
33 Jesús Aguirre  Mexico Unknown Did not advance 33.21
34 Dimitrios Karabatis  Greece Unknown Did not advance 31.87
António Cardoso  Portugal DNS
Léon Courtejaire  France DNS
Alfonso de Gortari  Mexico DNS
Vladimir Manojilović  Yugoslavia DNS
A. Nollen  Netherlands DNS
Daniel Pierre  France DNS
Vilhelms Rozenbergs  Latvia DNS
Pál Toth  Hungary DNS
Paavo Yrjölä  Finland DNS
Georgios Zacharopoulos  France DNS

References

  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games: Men's Discus Throw". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  2. ^ Official Report, p. 374.
  3. ^ a b "Discus Throw, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  4. ^ Official Report, p. 452.

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