Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's two handed discus throw

The men's two handed discus throw was a track and field athletics event held as part of the Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the only appearance of the event at the Olympics, along with the other two handed throws. The format of the event was such that each thrower threw the discus three times with his right hand and three times with his left hand. The best distance with each hand was summed to give a total. The three finalists received three more throws with each hand. The competition was held on Saturday, July 13, 1912. Twenty discus throwers from six nations competed.[1] NOCs could enter up to 12 athletes.[2]

Men's two handed discus throw
at the Games of the V Olympiad
Magnusson on the way to win the bronze medal.
VenueStockholm Olympic Stadium
DateJuly 13
Competitors20 from 6 nations
Medalists
Armas Taipale  Finland
Elmer Niklander  Finland
Emil Magnusson  Sweden

Results

Taipale, who had won the standard discus throw, also won the two-handed event.

PlaceAthletePreliminaryFinalBest mark
total
123TotalRank456
1 Armas Taipale (FIN) 42.6843.7044.6880.031st42.7844.6882.86
34.1535.3538.18
2 Elmer Niklander (FIN) 40.2872.053rd37.0437.9477.96
31.7733.1037.68
3 Emil Magnusson (SWE) 40.2875.352nd37.0338.9040.5877.37
35.0736.0536.1336.79
4 Einar Nilsson (SWE) 39.6040.9971.404th71.40
25.7830.41
5 James Duncan (USA) 39.7871.135th71.13
31.35
6 Emil Muller (USA) 39.8369.566th69.56
29.73
7 Folke Fleetwood (SWE) 35.0536.9568.227th68.22
30.9631.27
8 Carl Johan Lind (SWE) 33.5834.2068.028th68.02
33.82
9 Nils Linde (SWE) 34.3134.9867.109th67.10
32.12
10 Gunnar Nilsson (SWE) 35.8936.5036.8667.0910th67.09
26.9330.23
11 Eric Lemming (SWE) 36.2737.8667.0811th67.08
28.8129.22
12 Venne Järvinen (FIN) 37.8466.6912th66.69
27.8828.85
13 Hans Tronner (AUT) 34.4538.5439.9566.6613th66.66
20.7322.3526.71
14 Rezsõ Újlaki (HUN) 35.9340.3266.1814th66.18
25.2825.86
15 Arlie Mucks (USA) 42.6363.8315th63.83
21.20
16 Josef Schäffer (AUT) 36.5963.5016th63.50
26.7726.91
17 Richard Byrd (USA) 40.1062.3217th62.32
22.22
18 Károly Kobulszky (HUN) 34.6235.2237.0159.4818th59.48
22.47
19 Vasily Molokanov (RUS) 24.7947.3719th47.37
22.1922.58
20 György Luntzer (HUN) 32.6736.9737.68None20thNone

References

  1. "Athletics at the 1912 Stockholm Summer Games: Men's Discus Throw, Both Hands". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  2. Official report, p. 61.

Sources

  • Bergvall, Erik (ed.) (1913). Adams-Ray, Edward (trans.). (ed.). The Official Report of the Olympic Games of Stockholm 1912. Stockholm: Wahlström & Widstrand.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
  • Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 6 January 2007.
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