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

Men's discus throw
at the Games of the II Olympiad
VenueBois de Boulogne
DatesJuly 14 (qualifier)
July 15 (final)
Competitors16 from 8 nations
Medalists
 
 
 
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(*) Sweden Gustaf Söderström Stockholm (SWE) September 18, 1897
Olympic Record 29.15 United States 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

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