Germany's Christoph Harting won gold in the Rio 2016 discus, following his brother Robert's win in 2012. We have mens, womens, and kids clothing, socks, shoes, boots, and other accessories for your entire family or team. Holds the record for the longest men’s discus throw (74.08 meters/243 feet) One-time Olympic gold and silver medalist One-time World Championships gold and silver medalist Jurgen Schult is without question one of the greatest throwers to ever pick up a discus.TriviaĪmerican Al Oerter won the discus throw for the third straight time, despite a cervical disc injury and torn rib cartilage. There were two other styles of discus throw that was tried at the Olympics, a Greek-Style throw in 1906 Intercalated Games and 1908, which was discontinued later, and a Two-Hand throw event which happened only once in the 1912 Stockholm games. For the women's event, the record is 72.30m set by Martina Hellmann of ex-East Germany during the 1988 Seoul Games. Three other men, Virgilijus Alekna from Lithuania, and Martin Sheridan and Bud Houser from the United States, have won the gold medal twice.Īs of March 2016, the current Olympic record of 69.89m for the men's event is held by Virgilijus Alekna of Lithuania, which was set during the 2004 Athens Olympics.
Launching the discus 71.
Athletes from Germany and Lithuania seem to have taken over the event and have since won four and three gold medals each.Īl Oerter is the most accomplished athlete in the men's event winning the gold medal four times. The world’s 12 best throwers will line up at the Olympic Stadium in a bid to clinch glory as they line up for the Men’s Discus Throw Final. It was also a world lead until Stahl made his own statement in Uppsala. But the hold of the US over the event was lost and the country has not won the gold medal in the last 11 Olympics. The United States had dominated the men's discus throw event in the past winning the gold medal in 12 of the 18 Olympics till 1976.
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