Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's discus throw

Men's discus throw at the Games of the IV Olympiad
The winner Martin Sheridan
Venue	White City Stadium
Date	July 16
Competitors	42 from 11 nations
Medalists
Martin Sheridan   United States   Merritt Giffin   United States   Bill Horr   United States

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Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m		men
200 m		men
400 m		men
800 m		men
1500 m		men
5 miles		men
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men
3200 m steeplechase		men
Medley relay		men
3 mile team race		men
Road events
Marathon	men
3500 m walk	men
10 mile walk	men
Field events
Long jump	men
Triple jump	men
High jump	men
Pole vault	men
Standing long jump	men
Standing high jump	men
Shot put	men
Discus throw	men
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Javelin throw	men
Greek discus	men
Freestyle javelin	men

The men's discus throw was one of six throwing events on the Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme in London. The competition was held on July 16, 1908.

42 throwers from eleven nations competed.

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1908 Summer Olympics.

World Record	43.86(*)	Wilhelm Dörr	Worms (GER)	1907
Olympic Record	41.46	Martin Sheridan	Athens (GRE)	1906

(*) unofficial

Results

Place	Name	Nation	Distance
1	Martin Sheridan	United States	40.89 metres
2	Merritt Giffin	United States	40.70 metres
3	Bill Horr	United States	39.45 metres
4	Verner Järvinen	Finland	39.43 metres
5	Arthur Dearborn	United States	38.52 metres
6	Lee Talbott	United States	38.40 metres
7	György Luntzer	Hungary	38.34 metres
8	André Tison	France	38.30 metres
9	John Flanagan	United States	37.80 metres
10	Wilbur Burroughs	United States	37.43 metres
11	Emil Welz	Germany	37.02 metres
12-42	Mór Kóczán	Hungary	32.76 metres
	Ferenc Jesina	Hungary	30.82 metres
	Platt Adams	United States	Unknown
	Umberto Avattaneo	Italy	Unknown
	Edward Barrett	Great Britain	Unknown
	Michael Collins	Great Britain	Unknown
	Michalis Dorizas	Greece	Unknown
	John Falchenberg	Norway	Unknown
	Alfred Flaxman	Great Britain	Unknown
	Folke Fleetwood	Sweden	Unknown
	John Garrels	United States	Unknown
	Nikolaos Georgantas	Greece	Unknown
	Simon Gillis	United States	Unknown
	Walter Henderson	Great Britain	Unknown
	Imre Mudin	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 Souček	Bohemia	Unknown
	Miroslav Šustera	Bohemia	Unknown
	Ludwig Uettwiller	Germany	Unknown
	Hugo Wieslander	Sweden	Unknown
	Lauri Wilskman	Finland	Unknown

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 .