Athletics at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Men's discus throw

Men's discus throw at the Games of the II Olympiad
Venue	Bois de Boulogne
Dates	July 14 (qualifier) July 15 (final)
Competitors	16 from 8 nations
Medalists
Rudolf Bauer Hungary   František Janda-Suk Bohemia   Richard Sheldon United States

Athletics at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Track events
60 m		men
100 m		men
200 m		men
400 m		men
800 m		men
1500 m		men
110 m hurdles		men
200 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men
2500 m steeplechase		men
4000 m steeplechase		men
5000 m team race		men
Road events
Marathon	men
Field events
Long jump	men
Triple jump	men
High jump	men
Pole vault	men
Standing long jump	men
Standing triple jump	men
Standing high jump	men
Shot put	men
Discus throw	men
Hammer throw	men

The men's discus throw was a track & field athletics event at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris. It was held on July 14 and July 15, 1900. 16 discus throwers from eight nations competed.

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1900 Summer Olympics.

World Record	38.70(*)	Gustaf Söderström	Stockholm (SWE)	September 18, 1897
Olympic Record	29.15	Robert Garrett	Athens (GRE)	April 6, 1896 (NS)

(*) unofficial

In the qualification Rudolf Bauer set a new Olympic record with 36.04 metres.

Results

Qualifier

All throwers competed in the qualifier, with the top five moving on to the final. The defending champion, Garrett, kept hitting the trees with his discus, and did not achieve a legal mark.

Place	Athlete	Distance
1	Rudolf Bauer (HUN)	36.04 m
2	František Janda-Suk (BOH)	35.04 m
3	Richard Sheldon (USA)	34.10 m
4	Panagiotis Paraskevopoulos (GRE)	34.04 m
5	Rezső Crettier (HUN)	33.65 m
6	Gustaf Söderström (SWE)	33.07 m
7	John Flanagan (USA)	33.00 m
8	Erik Lemming (SWE)	32.50 m
	Charles Winckler (DEN)	32.50 m
10	Josiah McCracken (USA)	32.00 m
11	Artúr Coray (HUN)	31.00 m
	Launceston Elliot (GBR)	31.00 m
13	Émile Gontier (FRA)	30.00 m
14	Gyula Strausz (HUN)	29.80 m
—	Robert Garrett (USA)	NM
	Truxtun Hare (USA)	NM

Final

No positions changed during the final, despite the leader not being able to improve upon his qualifying marks.

Place	Athlete	Distance	Qualifier
1	Rudolf Bauer (HUN)	Unknown	36.04 m
2	František Janda-Suk (BOH)	35.14 m	35.04 m
3	Richard Sheldon (USA)	34.60 m	34.10 m
4	Panagiotis Paraskevopoulos (GRE)	34.50 m	34.04 m
5	Rezső Crettier (HUN)	Unknown	33.65 m

Sources

• International Olympic Committee.
• De Wael, Herman. Herman's Full Olympians: "Athletics 1900". Accessed 18 March 2006. Available electronically at .
• Mallon, Bill (1998). The 1900 Olympic Games, Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. ISBN 0-7864-0378-0.