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

Men's Greek-style discus throw
at the Games of the IV Olympiad
Men's Greek-style discus throw; at the Games of the IV Olympiad
	Gold medallist Martin Sheridan in the Greek discus event; note the rectangular platform he is standing on. In the standard discus event, athletes threw from inside a white circle.
Venue	White City Stadium
Date	18 July
Competitors	23 from 8 nations
Medalists

The men's Greek-style discus throw was one of six throwing events on the Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme in London. The competition was held on 18 July 1908. In the Greek-style event, throwers hurled the discus from atop a rectangular platform raised above the ground. Throwing style was strictly prescribed by the rules of the event. The event had been contested at the 1906 Summer Olympics, but was not held again after 1908. NOCs could enter up to 12 athletes.^[1]

Results[]

Place	Name	Nation	Distance
1	Martin Sheridan	United States	37.99 metres
2	Bill Horr	United States	37.32 metres
3	Verner Järvinen	Finland	36.48 metres
4	Arthur Dearborn	United States	35.65 metres
5	Michalis Dorizas	Greece	33.34 metres
6	Nikolaos Georgantas	Greece	33.21 metres
7	István Mudin	Hungary	33.11 metres
8	Wilbur Burroughs	United States	32.81 metres
9	Elmer Niklander	Finland	32.46 metres
10	Umberto Avattaneo	Italy	29.15 metres
11–23	Platt Adams	United States	Unknown
	John Barrett	Great Britain	Unknown
	Alfred Flaxman	Great Britain	Unknown
	Folke Fleetwood	Sweden	Unknown
	John Garrels	United States	Unknown
	György Luntzer	Hungary	Unknown
	Walter Henderson	Great Britain	Unknown
	Imre Mudin	Hungary	Unknown
	Henry Leeke	Great Britain	Unknown
	Eric Lemming	Sweden	Unknown
	Ernest May	Great Britain	Unknown
	Mór Kóczán	Hungary	Unknown
	Miroslav Šustera	Bohemia	Unknown

References[]

^ Official report, p. 32.

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 [1].

[OR32-1] Official report, p. 32.

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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
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men
Greek discus	men
Freestyle javelin	men
v t

v t Olympic champions in men's throws (defunct events)
Two handed shot put	1912: Ralph Rose
Greek style discus throw	1906: Verner Järvinen 1908: Martin Sheridan
Two handed discus throw	1912: Armas Taipale
Stone throw	1906: Nikolaos Georgantas
56 pounds weight throw	1904: Étienne Desmarteau 1920: Pat McDonald
Freestyle javelin throw	1908: Eric Lemming
Two handed javelin throw	1912: Julius Saaristo