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OLYMPIC RECORD EVOLUTION discus throw Men ATHLETE NAME SCORE OLYMPIC GAME DATE COUNTRY DISTANCE [meters]

1896
- Robert GARRETT 29.15 Athens 1896 06 APRIL USA
1900
- Rudolf BAUER 36.04 Paris 1900 15 JULY HUN
1904
- Ralph ROSE 39.28 St Louis 1904 03 SEPTEMBER USA
- Martin SHERIDAN 39.28 St Louis 1904 03 SEPTEMBER USA
1908
- Martin SHERIDAN 40.89 London 1908 16 JULY USA
1912
- Taipale Armas 45.21 Stockholm 1912 12 JULY
1924
- Houser Bud 46.15 Paris 1924 13 JULY
1928
- Houser Bud 47.32 Amsterdam 1928 01 AUGUST
1932
- John ANDERSON 49.49 Los Angeles 1932 03 AUGUST CAN
1936
- Carpenter Ken 50.48 Berlin 1936 05 AUGUST
1948
- Adolfo CONSOLINI 51.08 London 1948 02 AUGUST ITA
- Adolfo CONSOLINI 52.78 London 1948 02 AUGUST ITA
1952
- Iness Sim 55.03 Helsinki 1952 22 JULY
1956
- Alfred OERTER 56.36 Melbourne / Stockholm 1956 27 NOVEMBER USA
1960
- Alfred OERTER 58.43 Rome 1960 06 SEPTEMBER USA
- Alfred OERTER 59.18 Rome 1960 07 SEPTEMBER USA
1964
- Alfred OERTER 60.54 Tokyo 1964 15 OCTOBER USA
- Alfred OERTER 61 Tokyo 1964 15 OCTOBER USA
1968
- Silvester Jay 63.34 Mexico 1968 14 OCTOBER
- Alfred OERTER 64.78 Mexico 1968 15 OCTOBER USA
1976
- Wilkins Mac 68.28 Montreal 1976 24 JULY
1988
- Jürgen SCHULT 68.82 Seoul 1988 01 OCTOBER GER
1996
- Lars RIEDEL 69.4 Atlanta 1996 31 JULY GER
2004
- Virgilijus ALEKNA 69.89 Athens 2004 23 AUGUST LTU

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$25 Sep 2000: Virgil Alekna of Lithuania on his way to winning Gold in the Mens Discus Final at the Olympic Stadium on Day Ten of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia. \ Mandatory Credit: Mike Powell /Allsport$ $25 Sep 2000: Virgil Alekna of Lithuania on his way to winning Gold in the Mens Discus Final at the Olympic Stadium on Day Ten of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia. \ Mandatory Credit: Mike Powell /Allsport$
Virgil Alekna
[9/25/2000]
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Mens Discus Throw Medal Ceremony
[8/24/2004]
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Germany’s Robert Harting
[8/7/2012]
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Olympics Day 11 - Athletics
[8/19/2008]
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WAAJF020
[10/15/1964]
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Mens Discus Throw Medal Ceremony
[8/24/2004]
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Olympics Day 12 - Athletics
[8/20/2008]
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Discus Champion
[10/16/1964]
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Al Oerter
[9/6/1960]
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$25 Sep 2000: (L to R) Frantz Kruger of South Africa (Bronze), Virgil Alekna of Lithuania (Gold) and Lars Riedle of Germany (Silver) on the podium after the Mens Discus Final at the Olympic Stadium on Day Ten of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia. \ Mandatory Credit: Mike Powell /Allsport$ $25 Sep 2000: (L to R) Frantz Kruger of South Africa (Bronze), Virgil Alekna of Lithuania (Gold) and Lars Riedle of Germany (Silver) on the podium after the Mens Discus Final at the Olympic Stadium on Day Ten of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia. \ Mandatory Credit: Mike Powell /Allsport$
Kruger, Alekna And Riedle
[9/25/2000]
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Mens Discus Throw Medal Ceremony
[8/24/2004]
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Harting Celebrates Discus Gold
[8/7/2012]
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Virgilijus Alekna
[9/23/2000]
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Mens Discus Throw Medal Ceremony
[8/24/2004]
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Mens Discus Throw Medal Ceremony
[8/24/2004]
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WAAKZ001
[8/25/1960]
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YAAAT046
[10/1/1968]
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Estonian Gerd Kanter In Discus
[8/7/2012]
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YAAAT017
[10/1/1968]
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Mens Discus Throw Quals
[8/21/2004]
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YAAAF012
[9/1/1960]
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Virgilijus Alekna
[9/24/2000]
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Gold medals

Robert HARTING

Robert HARTING

Jacques du PLESSIS

Gerd KANTER

Gerd KANTER

Virgilijus ALEKNA

Lars RIEDEL

Romas UBARTAS

Jürgen SCHULT

Rolf DANNEBERG

Viktor RASHCHUPKIN

Malcolm Maurice WILKINS

Ludvik DANEK

Alfred OERTER

Simeon Garland INESS

Adolfo CONSOLINI

William Kenneth CARPENTER

John Franklin ANDERSON

Lemuel Clarence HOUSER

Elmer Konstantin NIKLANDER

Armas Rudolf TAIPALE

Martin SHERIDAN

Rudolf BAUER

Robert GARRETT

Silver medals

Ehsan HADADI

Piotr MALACHOWSKI

Piotr MALACHOWSKI

Zoltan KOVAGO

Lars RIEDEL

Vladimir DUBROVSHCHIK

Jürgen SCHULT

Romas UBARTAS

Malcolm Maurice WILKINS

Imrich BUGAR

Wolfgang SCHMIDT

L.Jay SILVESTER

Lothar MILDE

Ludvik DANEK

Richard Aldrich BABKA

Fortune Edward GORDIEN

Adolfo CONSOLINI

Giuseppe TOSI

Gordon Glover DUNN

Henri Jean LABORDE

Antero Lauro KIVI

Vilho Aleksander NIITTYMAA

Armas Rudolf TAIPALE

Richard Leslie BYRD

Merritt Hayward GIFFIN

Ralph ROSE

Frantisek JANDA

Panagiotis PARASKEVOPOULOS

Bronze medals

Gerd KANTER

Jaromir MAZGAL

Virgilijus ALEKNA

Virgilijus ALEKNA

Aleksander TAMMERT

Frantz KRUGER

Vasiliy KAPTYUKH

Roberto S. MOYA

Rolf DANNEBERG

John Gates POWELL

Luis DELIS

Rickard BRUCH

Ludvik DANEK

David Lawson WEILL

Richard Lee COCHRAN

Desmond Dalworth KOCH

James Leo DILLION

Fortune Edward GORDIEN

Giorgio OBERWEGER

Paul WINTER

James Hunt CORSON

Thomas John LIEB

Augustus POPE

James Henry DUNCAN

Marquis Franklin HORR

Nicolaos GEORGANDAS

Richard SHELDON

Sotirios VERSIS

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