ATHLETICS MAJOR CHAMPIONSHIPS

Men Discus Throw Olympic Games and World Championships History

Olympic Games	Gold		Silver		Bronze
olim 2004 Athletics Men Discus Throw	Virgilijus Alekna	LIT	Zoltan Kovago	HUN	Aleksander Tammert	EST
olim 2000 Athletics Men Discus Throw	Virgilijus Alekna	LIT	Lars Riedel	GER	Frantz Kruger	RSA
olim 1996 Athletics Men Discus Throw	Lars Riedel	GER	Vladimir Dubrovshchik	BLR	Vasiliy Kaptyukh	BLR
olim 1992 Athletics Men Discus Throw	Romas Ubartas	LIT	Jurgen Schult	GER	Roberto Moya	CUB
olim 1988 Athletics Men Discus Throw	Jurgen Schult	GDR	Romas Ubartas	URS	Rolf Danneberg	FRG
olim 1984 Athletics Men Discus Throw	Rolf Danneberg	FRG	Mac Wilkins	USA	John Powell	USA
olim 1980 Athletics Men Discus Throw	Viktor Rashchupkin	URS	Imrich Bugar	TCH	Luis Delis	CUB
olim 1976 Athletics Men Discus Throw	Mac Wilkins	USA	Wolfgang Schmidt	GDR	John Powell	USA
olim 1972 Athletics Men Discus Throw	Ludvik Danek	TCH	Jay Silvester	USA	Rickard Bruch	SWE
olim 1968 Athletics Men Discus Throw	Alfred Oerter	USA	Lothar Milde	GDR	Ludvig Danek	TCH
olim 1964 Athletics Men Discus Throw	Alfred Oerter	USA	Ludvig Danek	TCH	Dave Weill	USA
olim 1960 Athletics Men Discus Throw	Alfred Oerter	USA	Rink Babka	USA	Richard Cochran	USA
olim 1956 Athletics Men Discus Throw	Alfred Oerter	USA	Fortune Gordien	USA	Desmond Koch	USA
olim 1952 Athletics Men Discus Throw	Simeon Iness	USA	Adolfo Consolini	ITA	James Dillion	USA
olim 1948 Athletics Men Discus Throw	Adolfo Consolini	ITA	Guiseppe Tosi	ITA	Fortune Gordien	USA
olim 1936 Athletics Men Discus Throw	Kenneth Carpenter	USA	Gordon Dunn	USA	Giorgio Oberweger	ITA
olim 1932 Athletics Men Discus Throw	John Anderson	USA	Henri LaBorde	USA	Paul Winter	FRA
olim 1928 Athletics Men Discus Throw	Clarence Houser	USA	Antero Kivi	FIN	James Corson	USA
olim 1924 Athletics Men Discus Throw	Clarence Houser	USA	Vilho Niittyma	FIN	Thomas Lieb	USA
olim 1920 Athletics Men Discus Throw	Elmer Niklander	FIN	Armas Taipale	FIN	Augustus Pope	USA
olim 1912 Athletics Men Discus Throw	Armas Taipale	FIN	Richard Byrd	USA	James Duncan	USA
olim 1908 Athletics Men Discus Throw	Martin Sheridan	USA	Merritt Giffin	USA	Marquis Horr	USA
olim 1904 Athletics Men Discus Throw	Martin Sheridan	USA	Ralph Rose	USA	Nikolas Georgantas	GRE
olim 1900 Athletics Men Discus Throw	Rudolf Bauer	HUN	Frantisek Janda-Suk	BOH	Richard Sheldon	USA
olim 1896 Athletics Men Discus Throw	Robert Garrett	USA	Panagiotis Paraskevepoulos	GRE	Sotirios Versis	GRE

World Championships	Gold		Silver		Bronze
2005 Men Discus Throw	Virgilijus Alekna	LTU	Gerd Kanter	EST	Michael Mollenbeck	GER
2003 Men Discus Throw	Virgilijus Alekna	LTU	Robert Fazekas	HUN	Vasiliy Kaptyukh	BLR
2001 Men Discus Throw	Lars Riedel	GER	Virgilijus Alekna	LTU	Michael Mollenbeck	GER
1999 Men Discus Throw	Anthony Washington	USA	Jurgen Schult	GER	Lars Riedel	GER
1997 Men Discus Throw	Lars Riedel	GER	Virgilijus Alekna	LIT	Jurgen Schult	GER
1995 Men Discus Throw	Lars Riedel	GER	Vladimir Dubrovshchik	BLR	Vasiliy Kaptyukh	BLR
1993 Men Discus Throw	Lars Riedel	GER	Dmitriy Shevchenko	RUS	Jurgen Schult	GER
1991 Men Discus Throw	Lars Riedel	GER	Erik De Bruin	NED	Attila Horvath	HUN
1987 Men Discus Throw	Jurgen Schult	GDR	John Powell	USA	Luis Delis	CUB
1983 Men Discus Throw	Imrich Bugar	TCH	Luis Delis	CUB	Gejza Valent	TCH


Name:

Medals	G	S	B	All
1. United States	14	10	13	37
2. Germany	6	3	5	14
3. Lithuania	5	2		7
4. Finland	2	3		5
5. Czechoslovakia	2	2	2	6
6. East Germany	2	2		4
7. Italy	1	2	1	4
7. Hungary	1	2	1	4
9. Soviet Union	1	1		2
10.West Germany	1		1	2
11.Belarus		2	3	5
12.Cuba		1	3	4
13.Greece		1	2	3
14.Estonia		1	1	2
15.Bohemia		1		1
15 Netherlands		1		1
15.Russia		1		1
18.France			1	1
18.Sweden			1	1
18.South Africa			1	1

Prepared and maintained by Todor Krastev

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Last updated: 2 May 2006