Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's Greek discus throw
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{{Infobox Olympic event
|event = Men's Greek-style discus throw
|games = 1908 Summer
|image = Martin Sheridan.jpg
|caption = Gold medallist Martin Sheridan in the Greek discus event; note the rectangular platform he is standing on. In the standard discus event, athletes threw from inside a white circle.
|venue = White City Stadium
|date = 18 July 1908
|competitors = 23
|nations = 8
|longnames =
|gold = Martin Sheridan
|goldNOC = USA
|silver = Bill Horr
|silverNOC = USA
|bronze = Verner Järvinen
|bronzeNOC = FIN
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}}
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The men's Greek-style discus throw was one of six throwing events on the Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme in London. The competition was held on 18 July 1908. In the Greek-style event, throwers hurled the discus from atop a rectangular platform raised above the ground. Throwing style was strictly prescribed by the rules of the event. The event had been contested at the 1906 Summer Olympics, but was not held again after 1908. NOCs could enter up to 12 athletes.Official report, p. 32.
Records
These were the standing world and Olympic records in the standard discus throw prior to the competition.
{{World Olympic Record
|world_athlete={{flagathlete|Wilhelm Dörr|GER}}
|world_mark=43.86
|world_place=Worms
|world_date=1907
|olympic_athlete={{flagathlete|Martin Sheridan|USA}}
{{flagathlete|Ralph Rose|USA}}
|olympic_mark=39.28
|olympic_place=St Louis
|olympic_date=3 September 1904
}}
Results
| class=wikitable
! Place | Name | Nation | Distance |
| bgcolor=gold
|align=center| 1 | Martin Sheridan | {{flagIOC|USA|1908 Summer}} | align=center| 37.99 metres |
| bgcolor=silver
|align=center| 2 | Bill Horr | {{flagIOC|USA|1908 Summer}} | align=center| 37.32 metres |
| bgcolor=cc9966
|align=center| 3 | Verner Järvinen | {{flagIOC|FIN|1908 Summer}} | align=center| 36.48 metres |
| align=center| 4 | Arthur Dearborn | {{flagIOC|USA|1908 Summer}} | align=center| 35.65 metres |
| align=center| 5 | Michalis Dorizas | {{flagIOC|GRE|1908 Summer}} | align=center| 33.34 metres |
| align=center| 6 | Nikolaos Georgantas | {{flagIOC|GRE|1908 Summer}} | align=center| 33.21 metres |
| align=center| 7 | István Mudin | {{flagIOC|HUN|1908 Summer}} | align=center| 33.11 metres |
| align=center| 8 | Wilbur Burroughs | {{flagIOC|USA|1908 Summer}} | align=center| 32.81 metres |
| align=center| 9 | Elmer Niklander | {{flagIOC|FIN|1908 Summer}} | align=center| 32.46 metres |
| align=center| 10 | Umberto Avattaneo | {{flagIOC|ITA|1908 Summer}} | align=center| 29.15 metres |
| align=center rowspan=13| 11–23 | Platt Adams | {{flagIOC|USA|1908 Summer}} | align=center| Unknown |
| John Barrett | {{flagIOC|GBR|1908 Summer}} | align=center| Unknown | |
| Alfred Flaxman | {{flagIOC|GBR|1908 Summer}} | align=center| Unknown | |
| Folke Fleetwood | {{flagIOC|SWE|1908 Summer}} | align=center| Unknown | |
| John Garrels | {{flagIOC|USA|1908 Summer}} | align=center| Unknown | |
| György Luntzer | {{flagIOC|HUN|1908 Summer}} | align=center| Unknown | |
| Walter Henderson | {{flagIOC|GBR|1908 Summer}} | align=center| Unknown | |
| Imre Mudin | {{flagIOC|HUN|1908 Summer}} | align=center| Unknown | |
| Henry Leeke | {{flagIOC|GBR|1908 Summer}} | align=center| Unknown | |
| Eric Lemming | {{flagIOC|SWE|1908 Summer}} | align=center| Unknown | |
| Ernest May | {{flagIOC|GBR|1908 Summer}} | align=center| Unknown | |
| Mór Kóczán | {{flagIOC|HUN|1908 Summer}} | align=center| Unknown | |
| Miroslav Šustera | {{flagIOC|BOH|1908 Summer}} | align=center| Unknown |
References
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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 [http://users.skynet.be/hermandw/olymp/ath1908.html ] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060927093153/http://users.skynet.be/hermandw/olymp/ath1908.html |date=2006-09-27 }}.
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