Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics - Men's discus throw
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The men's discus throw was one of six throwing events on the Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme in London.
[edit] Medallists
Gold | Silver | Bronze |
Martin Sheridan United States of America |
Merritt Giffin United States of America |
Marquis Horr United States of America |
[edit] Results
Place | Name | Nation | Distance |
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1 | Martin Sheridan | United States of America | 40.89 metres |
2 | Merritt Giffin | United States of America | 40.70 metres |
3 | Marquis Horr | United States of America | 39.45 metres |
4 | Verner Järvinen | Finland | 39.43 metres |
5 | Arthur Dearborn | United States of America | 38.52 metres |
6 | Leander Talbott | United States of America | 38.40 metres |
7 | Juraj Luntzer | Hungary | 38.34 metres |
8 | André Tison | France | 38.30 metres |
9 | John Jesus Flanagan | United States of America | 37.80 metres |
10 | Wilbur Burroughs | United States of America | 37.43 metres |
11 | Emil Welz | Germany | 37.02 metres |
12-42 | Platt Adams | United States of America | Unknown |
Umberto Avattaneo | Italy | Unknown | |
Edward Barrett | Great Britain | Unknown | |
Michael Collins | Great Britain | Unknown | |
Mikhail Dorizas | Greece | Unknown | |
John Falchenberg | Norway | Unknown | |
Jesina Ferenc | Hungary | Unknown | |
Alfred Flaxman | Great Britain | Unknown | |
Folke Fleetwood | Sweden | Unknown | |
John Garrells | United States of America | Unknown | |
Nikolaos Georgantas | Greece | Unknown | |
Simon Gillis | United States of America | Unknown | |
Walter Henderson | Great Britain | Unknown | |
Mudin Imre | Hungary | Unknown | |
Mór Kóczán | Hungary | Unknown | |
Charles Lagarde | France | Unknown | |
Henry Leeke | Great Britain | Unknown | |
Eric Lemming | Sweden | Unknown | |
Ernest May | Great Britain | Unknown | |
John Murray | Great Britain | Unknown | |
Theodor Neijström | Sweden | Unknown | |
Elmer Niklander | Finland | Unknown | |
Otto Nilsson | Sweden | Unknown | |
Lauri Pihkala | Finland | Unknown | |
Aarne Salovaara | Finland | Unknown | |
Jalmari Sauli | Finland | Unknown | |
František Soucek | Bohemia | Unknown | |
Miroslav Šustera | Bohemia | Unknown | |
Ludwig Uettwiller | Germany | Unknown | |
Hugo Wieslander | Sweden | Unknown | |
Lauri Wilskman | Finland | Unknown |
[edit] Sources
- Official Report of the Games of the IV Olympiad (1908).
- De Wael, Herman. Herman's Full Olympians: "Athletics 1908". Accessed 7 April 2006. Available electronically at [1].
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