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
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].

The 1908 Summer Olympics in London

Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics

100 m | 200 m | 400 m | 800 m | 1500 m | 110 m hurdles | 400 m hurdles | 3200 m steeplechase | medley relay | 3 mile team race | 5 miles | marathon | 3500 m walk | 10 mile walk high jump | long jump | triple jump | pole vault | standing high jump | standing long jump shot put | discus | hammer | javelin | Greek discus | freestyle javelin