Men Discus Throw 2 Handed Athletics V Olympic Games Stockholm, Sweden 1912 - Saturday, 13th July

Men Discus Throw 2 Handed Athletics V Olympic Games Stockholm, Sweden 1912 - Saturday, 13th July - Gold Medal: Armas Taipale, Finland

Only time this event was held as other 2 handed throws - Discus and Shot Put.

Final		Distance	Q R.	1R.	2R.	3R	Q L	1L.	2L.	3L.
1. Armas Taipale	FIN	82.86m	44.68	42.78	-	44.68	35.35	38.18	-	-
2. Elmer Niklander	FIN	77.96m	40.28	37.04	37.94	-	31.77	33.10	37.68	-
3. Emil Magnusson	SWE	77.37m	40.28	37.03	38.90	40.58	35.07	36.05	36.13	36.79

The format of the event was such that each thrower threw the shot 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.

world Men Discus Throw History

Venue: Stockholm Olympic Stadion 20,000. 20 competitors from 6 nations. Qualification

Qualification

First 3 advanced to Final. Scores were transfered.

Ranking		Distance	1R.	2R.	3R.	1L.	2L.	3L.
1. Armas Taipale	FIN	80.03m	42.68	43.70	44.68	34.15	35.35	-
2. Emil Magnusson	SWE	75.35m	40.28	-	-	35.07	-	-
3. Elmer Niklander	FIN	72.05m	-	40.28	-	31.77	-	-
eliminated
4. Einar Nilsson	SWE	71.40m	39.60	40.99	-	-	25.78	30.41
5. James Duncan	USA	71.13m	39.78	-	-	31.35	-	-
6. Emil Muller	USA	69.56m	39.83	-	-	29.73	-	-
7. Folke Fleetwood	SWE	68.22m	35.05	36.95	-	30.96	31.27	-
8. Carl Johan Lind	SWE	68.02m	-	33.58	34.20	33.82	-	-
9. Nils Linde	SWE	67.10m	-	34.31	34.98	32.12	-	-
10.Gunnar Nilsson	SWE	67.09m	35.89	36.50	36.86	26.93	30.23	-
11.Eric Lemming	SWE	67.08m	36.27	-	37.86	28.81	-	29.22
12.Venne Järvinen	FIN	66.69m	37.84	-	-	27.88	28.85	-
13.Hans Tronner	AUt	66.66m	34.45	38.54	39.95	20.73	22.35	26.71
14.Rezsõ Újlaki	HUn	66.18m	35.93	-	40.32	25.28	-	25.86
15.Arlie Mucks	USA	63.83m	42.63	-	-	21.20	-	-
16.Josef Schäffer	AUt	63.50m	36.59	-	-	26.77	26.91	-
17.Richard Byrd	USA	62.32m	-	40.10	-	-	22.22
18.Károly Kobulszky	HUn	59.48m	34.62	35.22	37.01	-	22.47	-
19.Vasily Molokanov	RUS	47.37m	24.79	-	-	22.19	22.58	-
20.György Luntzer	HUn	37.68m	32.67	36.97	37.68	-	-	-

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Stockholm 1912 index

Athletics Stockholm 1912
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Men 400m	Men 800m
Men 1500m	Men 5000m
Men 10000m
Men Marathon
Men 110m Hurdles
Men 400m Hurdles
Men 4x100m Relay
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Men 3000m Team Race
Men High Jump
Men Standing High Jump
Men Pole Vault
Men Long Jump
Men Standing Long Jump
Men Triple Jump
Men Shot Put
Men Shot Put 2 Handed
Men Discus Throw
Men Discus Throw 2 Handed
Men Hammer Throw
Men Javelin Throw
Men Javelin Throw 2 Handed
Men 10km Walk
Men Decathlon
Men Pentathlon
Men Cross-Country
Men Cross-Country Team
Men 10km Track Walk
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