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Olympic Games 1896-2004
Men's Discus Results

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Men's Discus Final. Olympic Games 2004

1. Virgilijus Alekna            (LIT)   69.89m OR
2. Zoltan Kovago                (HUN)   67.04m
3. Aleksander Tammert           (EST)   66.66m
4. Vasiliy Kaptyukh             (BLR)   65.10m
5. Frantz Kruger                (RSA)   64.34m
6. Casey Malone                 (USA)   64.33m
7. Lars Riedel                  (GER)   62.80m
8. Hannes Hopley                (RSA)   62.58m
   Robert Fazekas               (HUN)   DSQ
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Men's Discus Final. Olympic Games 2000

1. Virgilijus Alekna            (LIT)   69.30m
2. Lars Riedel                  (GER)   68.50m
3. Frantz Kruger                (RSA)   68.19m
4. Vasily Kaptyukh              (BEL)   67.59m
5. Adam Setliff                 (USA)   66.02m
6. Jason Tunks                  (CAN)   65.80m
7. Vladimir Dubrovshchik        (BEL)   65.13m
8. Juergen Schult               (GER)   64.41m
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Men's Discus Final. Olympic Games 1996

1. Lars Riedel                  (GER)   69.40m 
2. Vladimir Dubrovshchik        (BEL)   66.60m
3. Vasiliy Kaptyukh             (BEL)   65.80m
4. Anthony Washington           (USA)   65.42m
5. Virgilijus Alekna            (LIT)   65.30m
6. Juergen Schult               (GER)   64.62m
7. Vitaliy Sidorov              (UKR)   63.78m
8. Vaclovas Kidykas             (LIT)   62.78m
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Men's Discus Final. Olympic Games 1992

1. Romas Ubartas                (LIT)   65.12m
2. Jurgen Schult                (GER)   64.94m
3. Roberto Moya                 (CUB)   64.12m
4. Costel Grasu                 (ROM)   62.86m
5. Attila Horvath               (HUN)   62.82m
6. Juan Martinez                (CUB)   64.64m
7. Dmitry Kovchun               (CIS)   62.04m
8. Dmitry Shevchenko            (CIS)   61.78m
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Men's Discus Final. Olympic Games 1988

1. Jurgen SCHULT                (GDR)   68.82m
2. Romas UBARTAS                (SOV)   67.48m
3. Rolf DANNEBERG               (GER)   67.38m
4. Yuri DUMCHEV                 (SOV)   66.42m  
5. Mac WILKINS                  (USA)   65.90m
6. Gejza VALENT                 (CZE)   65.80m
7. Knut HJELTNES                (NOR)   64.94m
8. Alois HANNECKER              (GER)   63.28m
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Men's Discus Final. Olympic Games 1984

1. Rolf DANNENBURG              (GFR)   66.60m
2. Mac WILKINS                  (USA)   66.30m
3. John POWELL                  (USA)   65.46m
4. Knut HJELTNES                (NOR)   65.28m
5. Art BURNS                    (USA)   64.98m
6. Alwin WAGNER                 (GFR)   64.72m   
7. Luciano ZERBINI              (ITA)   63.50m
8. Stefan FERNHOLM              (SWE)   63.22m
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Men's Discus Final. Olympic Games 1980

1. Viktor RASHCHUPKIN           (SOV)   66.64m
2. Imrich BUGAR                 (SOV)   66.38m
3. Luis Delis FOURNIER          (CUB)   66.32m
4. Wolfgang SCHMIDT             (GDR)   65.64m
5. Yuri DUMCHEV                 (SOV)   65.58m  
6. Ihor DUGYNETS                (SOV)   64.04m
7. Emil VLADIMIROV              (BUL)   63.18m
8. Velko VELEV                  (BUL)   63.04m
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Men's Discus Final. Olympic Games 1976

1. Mac WILKINS                  (USA)   67.50m
2. Wolfgang SCHMIDT             (GDR)   68.22m
3. John POWELL                  (USA)   65.70m
4. Norbert THIEDE               (GDR)   64.30m
5. Siegfried PACHALE            (GDR)   64.24m
6. Pentti KAHMA                 (FIN)   63.12m
7. Knut HJELTNES                (NOR)   63.06m
8. L. Jay SILVESTER             (USA)   61.98m
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Men's Discus Final. Olympic Games 1972

1. Ludvik DANEK                 (CZE)   64.40m
2. L. Jay SILVESTER             (USA)   63.50m
3. Bjorn Rickard BRUCH          (SWE)   63.40m
4. John POWELL                  (USA)   62.82m
5. Geza FEJER                   (HUN)   62.62m
6. Detlef THORITH               (GDR)   62.42m
7. Ferenc TEGLA                 (HUN)   60.60m
8. Tim VOLLMER                  (USA)   60.24m
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Men's Discus Final. Olympic Games 1968

1. Al OERTER                    (USA)   64.78m   OR
2. Lothar MILDE                 (GDR)   63.08m
3. Ludvik DANEK                 (CZE)   62.92m
4. Hartmut LOSCH                (GDR)   62.12m
5. L. Jay SILVESTER             (USA)   61.78m
6. Gary CARLSEN                 (USA)   59.46m
7. Edmund PIATKOWSKI            (POL)   59.40m
8. Bjorn Rickard BRUCH          (SWE)   59.28m
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Men's Discus Final. Olympic Games 1964

1. Al OERTER                    (USA)   61.00m.   OR
2. Ludvik DANEK                 (CZE)   60.52m.
3. David WEILL                  (USA)   59.49m.
4. L. Jay SILVESTER             (USA)   59.09m.
5. Jozsef SZECSENYI             (HUN)   57.23m.
6. Zenon BEGIER                 (POL)   57.06m.
7. Edmund PIATKOWSKI            (POL)   55.81m.   
8. Vladimir TRUSENEV            (SOV)   54.78m.
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Men's Discus Final. Olympic Games 1960

1. Al OERTER                    (USA)   59.18m.
2. Rink BABKA                   (USA)   58.02m.
3. Richard COCHRAN              (USA)   57.16m.
4. Jozsef SZECSENYI             (HUN)   55.79m.   
5. Edmund PIATKOWSKI            (POL)   55.12m. 
6. Viktor KOMPANIYETS           (SOV)   55.06m.
7. Carmelo RADO                 (ITA)   54.00m.
8. Kim BUKHANTSEV               (SOV)   54.78m.
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Men's Discus Final. Olympic Games 1956

1. Al OERTER                    (USA)   56.36m.   OR
2. Fortune GORDIEN              (USA)   54.81m.
3. Desmond KOCH                 (USA)   54.40m.
4. Mark PHARAOH                 (GBR)   54.27m.
5. Otto GRIGALKA                (RUS)   52.37m.
6. Adolfo CONSOLINI             (ITA)   52.21m.
7. Ferenc KLICS                 (HUN)   51.82m.
8. Dako RADOSEVIC               (YUG)   51.69m
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Men's Discus Final. Olympic Games 1952

1. Sim INESS                    (USA)   55.03m.   OR
2. Adolfo CONSOLINI             (ITA)   53.78m.
3. James DILLION                (USA)   53.28m.   
4. Fortune GORDIEN              (USA)   53.66m.
5. Ferenc KLICS                 (HUN)   51.13m.
6. Otto GRIGALKA                (SOV)   50.71m.
7. Roland NILSSON               (SWE)   50.06m.
8. Giuseppe TOSI                (ITA)   49.03m.
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Men's Discus Final. Olympic Games 1948

1. Adolfo CONSOLINI             (ITA)   52.78m.   OR
2. Giuseppe TOSI                (ITA)   51.78m.
3. Fortune GORDIEN              (USA)   50.77m.
4. Ivar RAMSTAD                 (NOR)   49.21m.
5. Ferenc KLICS                 (HUN)   48.21m.
6. Veikko NYQVIST               (FIN)   47.33m.
7. Nicholaos SYLLAS             (GRE)   47.25m.
8. Stein JOHNSON                (NOR)   46.54m.
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Men's Discus Final. Olympic Games 1936

1. Kenneth CARPENTER            (USA)   50.48m 	
2. Gordon DUNN                  (USA)   49.36m	
3. Giorgio OBERWEGER            (ITA)   49.23m
4. Reidar SORLIE                (NOR)   48.77m
5. Willy SCHRODER               (GER)   47.93m
6. Nicoloas SYLLAS              (GRE)   47.75m
7. Gunnar BERGH                 (SWE)   47.22m
8. Ake HEDVALL                  (SWE)   46.20m
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Men's Discus Final. Olympic Games 1932

1. John ANDERSON                (USA)   49.49m 	
2. Henry LABORDE                (USA)   48.47m	
3. Paul WINTER                  (FRA)   47.85m
4. Jules NOEL                   (FRA)   47.74m
5. Istvan DONOGAN               (HUN)   47.08m
6. Endre MADARASZ               (HUN)   46.52m
7. Kalevi KOTKAS                (FIN)   45.87m
8. Paul JESSUP                  (USA)   45.25m
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Men's Discus Final. Olympic Games 1928

1. Clarence HOUSER              (USA)   47.32m   OR	
2. Antero KIVI                  (FIN)   47.23m	
3. James CORSON                 (USA)   47.10m
4. Harald STENERUD              (NOR)   45.80m
5. John ANDERSON                (USA)   44.87m
6. Eino KENTTA                  (FIN)   44.17m
7. Ernst PAULUS                 (GER)   44.15m
8. Johan TRANDEM                (NOR)   43.97m
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Men's Discus Final. Olympic Games 1924

1. Bud HOUSER                   (USA)   46.15m   OR
2. Vilho NITTYMAA               (FIN)   44.95m
3. Thomas LIEB                  (USA)   44.83m
4. Augustus POPE                (USA)   44.42m
5. Ketil ASKILDT                (NOR)   43.40m
6. Glenn HARTRANFT              (USA)   42.49m
7. Elmer NIKLANDER              (FIN)   42.09m
8. Heikki MALMIVIRTA            (FIN)   41.16m
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Men's Discus Final. Olympic Games 1920

1. Elmer NIKLANDER              (FIN)   44.685m   OR
2. Armas TAIPALE                (FIN)   44.19m
3. Augustus POPE                (USA)   42.13m
4. Edvin ZALLHAGEN              (SWE)   41.07m
5. Kenneth BARTLET              (USA)   40.875m
6. Allan ERIKSSON               (SWE)   39.41m   
7. Valther JENSEN               (DEN)   38.23m
8. Frans PORHOLA                (FIN)   38.19m
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Men's Discus Final. Olympic Games 1912

1. Armas TAIPALE                (FIN)   45.21m   OR
2. Richard BYRD                 (USA)   42.32m
3. James DUNCAN                 (USA)   42.28m
4. Elmer NIKLANDER              (FIN)   42.09m
5. George PHILBROOK             (USA)   41.24m
6. Arlie MUCKS                  (USA)   40.93m
7. George PHILBROOK             (USA)   40.92m
8. Emil MAGNUSSON               (SWE)   39.91m
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Men's Discus Final. Olympic Games 1908

1. Martin SHERIDAN              (USA)   40.89m   OR
2. Merritt GIFFIN               (USA)   40.70m
3. Bill HORR                    (USA)   39.44m
4. Werner JARVINEN              (FIN)   39.42m
5. Arthur DEARBORN              (USA)   38.52m
6. Leander TALBOTT              (USA)   38.40m
7. Gyorgy LUNTZER               (HUN)   38.34m 
8. Andre TISON                  (FRA)   38.30m
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Men's Discus Final. Olympic Games 1906

1. Martin SHERIDAN              (USA)   41.46m
2. Nicolaos GEORGANTAS          (GRE)   38.06m  
3. Werner JARVINEN              (FIN)   36.82m
4. Eric LEMMING                 (SWE)   35.62m
5. Andre TISON                  (FRA)   34.81m
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Men's Discus Final. Olympic Games 1904

1. Martin SHERIDAN              (USA)   39.28m   OR
2. Ralph ROSE                   (USA)   39.28m
3. Nicolaos GEORGANTAS          (GRE)   37.68m
4. John FLANAGAN                (USA)   36.14m
5. John BILLER                  (USA)   N/A
6. James MITCHELL               (USA)   N/A
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Men's Discus Final. Olympic Games 1900

1. Rudolf BAUER                 (HUN)   36.04m   OR
2. Frantisek JANDA-SUK          (BOH)   35.14m
3. Richard SHELDON              (USA)   34.60m
4. Panagiotis PARASKEVOPOULOS   (GRE)   34.50m
5. Rezso CRETTIER               (HUN)   33.65m
6. Gustaf SODERSTROM            (SWE)   33.07m
7. John FLANAGAN                (USA)   33.00m
8.=Eric LEMMING                 (SWE)   32.50m
8.=Carl WINCKLER                (DEN)   32.50m
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Men's Discus Final. Olympic Games 1896

1. Robert GARRETT               (USA)   29.15m 
2. Panagiotis PARASKEVOPOULOS   (GRE)   28.95m
3. Sotirios VERSIS              (GRE)   27.78m
4. George ROBERTSON             (GBR)   25.20m
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