| Men's discus throw at the Games of the VII Olympiad |
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| Venue | Olympisch Stadion | |||||||||
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| Dates | August 21–22 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 16 from 8 nations | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| «1912 | 1924» | |||||||||
| Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics |
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| Track events | ||
| 100 m | men | |
| 200 m | men | |
| 400 m | men | |
| 800 m | men | |
| 1500 m | men | |
| 5000 m | men | |
| 10,000 m | men | |
| 110 m hurdles | men | |
| 400 m hurdles | men | |
| 3000 m steeplechase | men | |
| 4×100 m relay | men | |
| 4×400 m relay | men | |
| 3000 m team race | men | |
| 3 km walk | men | |
| 10 km walk | men | |
| Road events | ||
| Marathon | men | |
| Field events | ||
| Long jump | men | |
| Triple jump | men | |
| High jump | men | |
| Pole vault | men | |
| Shot put | men | |
| Discus throw | men | |
| Hammer throw | men | |
| Javelin throw | men | |
| 56 lb weight throw | men | |
| Combined events | ||
| Pentathlon | men | |
| Decathlon | men | |
| Cross-country events | ||
| Individual | men | |
| Team | men | |
The men's discus throw event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1920 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on Saturday, August 21, 1920 and on Sunday, August 22, 1920.
16 discus throwers from eight nations competed.
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1920 Summer Olympics.
| World Record | 47.58 | James Duncan | New York (USA) | May 12, 1912 |
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| Olympic Record | 45.21 | Armas Taipale | Stockholm (SWE) | July 12, 1912 |
The best six discus throwers qualified for the final.
| Place | Athlete | Qual. | Final | |
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| Distance | Rank | |||
| 1 | Elmer Niklander (FIN) | 44.685 | 1 | 44.685 |
| 2 | Armas Taipale (FIN) | 44.19 | 2 | 44.19 |
| 3 | Gus Pope (USA) | 42.13 | 3 | 42.13 |
| 4 | Oscar Zallhagen (SWE) | 40.16 | 5 | 41.07 |
| 5 | Kenneth Bartlett (USA) | 40.875 | 4 | 40.875 |
| 6 | Allan Eriksson (SWE) | 39.41 | 6 | 39.41 |
| 7 | Valther Jensen (DEN) | 38.23 | ||
| 8 | Ville Pörhölä (FIN) | 38.19 | ||
| 9 | Aurelio Lenzi (ITA) | 37.75 | ||
| 10 | Kenneth Wilson (USA) | 37.58 | ||
| 11 | André Tison (FRA) | 37.35 | ||
| 12 | Jonni Myyrä (FIN) | 37.00 | ||
| 13 | František Hoplíček (TCH) | 36.75 | ||
| 14 | Émile Ecuyer (FRA) | 36.10 | ||
| 15 | Daniel Pierre (FRA) | 35.53 | ||
| 16 | Arthur Delaender (BEL) | 32.00 | ||
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