Athletics at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's discus throw

Men's discus throw at the Games of the VIII Olympiad
Venue	Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir
Date	July 13
Competitors	32 from 18 nations
Medalists
Bud Houser United States   Vilho Niittymaa Finland   Thomas Lieb United States

Athletics at the 1924 Summer Olympics
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
10 km walk		men
Road events
Marathon	men
Field events
Long jump	men
Triple jump	men
High jump	men
Pole vault	men
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Discus throw	men
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men
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Individual	men
Team	men

The men's discus throw event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1924 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on Sunday, July 13, 1924.

32 discus throwers from 18 nations competed.

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1924 Summer Olympics.

World Record	47.58	James Duncan	New York (USA)	May 27, 1912
	48.18(*)	Glenn Hartranft	Cambridge, MA (USA)	May 31, 1924
Olympic Record	45.21	Armas Taipale	Stockholm (SWE)	July 12, 1912

(*) unofficial

In the qualification Bud Houser set a new Olympic record with 46.155 metres.

Results

Qualification

The best six throwers, all three groups counted together, qualified for the final. The throwing order and the throwing series are not available.

Group 1

Place	Athlete	Distance	Overall Rank	Qual.
1	Thomas Lieb (USA)	44.83	3	Q
2	Heikki Malmivirta (FIN)	41.16	8
3	Sándor Toldi (HUN)	41.09	9
4	Armas Taipale (FIN)	40.215	12
5	Karl Jensen (DEN)	39.78	13
6	Paul Béranger (FRA)	38.93	14
7	Camillo Zemi (ITA)	37.465	17
8	Veljko Narančić (YUG)	37.35	18
9	Teodors Sukatnieks (LAT)	35.985	21
10	Octávio Zani (BRA)	35.72	23
11	Otto Garnus (SUI)	35.16	26
12	António Martins (POR)	32.40	31
—	Dimitrios Karabatis (GRE)	NM	—

Group 2

Place	Athlete	Distance	Overall Rank	Qual.
1	Gus Pope (USA)	44.42	4	Q
2	Glenn Hartranft (USA)	42.49	6	Q
3	Elmer Niklander (FIN)	42.09	7
4	Kálmán Marvalits (HUN)	40.82	10
5	Gustav Kalkun (EST)	38.46	15
6	Werner Nüesch (SUI)	38.205	16
7	José Galimberti (BRA)	36.52	20
8	Albino Pighi (ITA)	34.985	27
9	Gabino Lizarza (ESP)	34.20	28
10	František Janda-Suk (TCH)	34.08	29
11	Georgios Zacharopoulos (GRE)	34.02	30

Group 3

Place	Athlete	Distance	Overall Rank	Qual.
1	Bud Houser (USA)	46.155 OR	1	Q
2	Vilho Niittymaa (FIN)	44.95	2	Q
3	Ketil Askildt (NOR)	43.405	5	Q
4	Paddy Bermingham (IRL)	40.42	11
5	Daniel Pierre (FRA)	37.015	19
6	Arvīds Ķibilds (LAT)	35.79	22
7	Sławosz Szydłowski (POL)	35.71	24
8	Armando Poggioli (ITA)	35.29	25

Final

The final was held on the same day.

No competitor was able to improve his mark from the qualification.

Place	Athlete	Qual. Width	Final Width	Distance
1	Bud Houser (USA)	46.155		46.155
2	Vilho Niittymaa (FIN)	44.95		44.95
3	Thomas Lieb (USA)	44.83		44.83
4	Gus Pope (USA)	44.42		44.42
5	Ketil Askildt (NOR)	43.405		43.405
6	Glenn Hartranft (USA)	42.49		42.49

References

• French Olympic Committee (c. 1925). "TITRE III / ATHLÉTISME / ÉPREUVE No 18: LANCEMENT DU DISQUE". In M.A. Avé. Les Jeux de la VIIIe Olympiade Paris 1924: rapport officiel. (PDF) (in French). Paris: Librairie de France. p. 140.
• Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 20 March 2008.