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Men's discus

Olympics Medal Athlete Country Distance
Atlanta 1996Gold
Silver
Bronze
Lars Riedel
Vladimir Dubrovshchik
Vasiliy Kaptyukh
Germany
Belarus
Belarus
69.40
66.60
65.80
Barcelona 1992Gold
Silver
Bronze
Romas Ubartas
Jurgen Schult
Roberto Moya
Lithuania
Germany
Cuba
65.12
64.94
64.12
Seoul 1988Gold
Silver
Bronze
Jurgen Schult
Romas Oubartas
Rolf Danneberg
East Germany
Soviet Union
West Germany
68.82
67.48
67.38
Los Angeles 1984Gold
Silver
Bronze
Rolf Danneberg
Mac Wilkins
John Powell
West Germany
United States
United States
66.60
66.30
65.46
Moscow 1980Gold
Silver
Bronze
Viktor Rashchupkin
Imrich Bugar
Luis Delis
Soviet Union
Czechoslovakia
Cuba
66.64
66.38
66.32
Montreal 1976Gold
Silver
Bronze
Mac Wilkins
Wolfgang Schmidt
John Powell
United States
East Germany
United States
67.50
66.22
65.70
Munich 1972Gold
Silver
Bronze
Ludvik Danek
Jay Silvester
Rickard Bruch
Czechoslovakia
United States
Sweden
64.40
63.50
63.40
Mexico City 1968Gold
Silver
Bronze
Al Oerter
Lothar Milde
Ludvik Danek
United States
East Germany
Czechoslovakia
63.78
63.08
62.92
Tokyo 1964Gold
Silver
Bronze
Al Oerter
Ludvik Danek
David Weill
United States
Czechoslovakia
United States
61.00
60.52
59.49
Rome 1960Gold
Silver
Bronze
Al Oerter
Richard Babka
Richard Cochran
United States
United States
United States
59.18
58.02
57.16
Melbourne 1956Gold
Silver
Bronze
Al Oerter
Fortune Gordien
Desmond Koch
United States
United States
United States
56.36
54.81
54.40
Helsinki 1952Gold
Silver
Bronze
Sim Iness
Adolfo Consolini
James Dillon
United States
Italy
United States
55.03
53.78
53.28
London 1948Gold
Silver
Bronze
Adolfo Consolini
Giuseppe Tosi
Fortune Gordien
Italy
Italy
United States
52.78
51.78
50.77
Berlin 1936Gold
Silver
Bronze
Kenneth Carpenter
Gordon Dunn
Giorgio Oberwager
United States
United States
Italy
50.48
49.36
49.23
Los Angeles 1932Gold
Silver
Bronze
John Anderson
Henry Laborde
Paul Winter
United States
United States
France
49.49
48.47
47.85
Amsterdam 1928Gold
Silver
Bronze
Clarence Houser
Antero Kivi
James Corson
United States
Finland
United States
47.32
47.23
47.10
Paris 1924Gold
Silver
Bronze
Clarence Houser
Vilho Niittymaa
Thomas Lieb
United States
Finland
United States
46.15
44.95
44.83
Antwerp 1920Gold
Silver
Bronze
Elmer Niklander
Armas Taipale
Augustus Pope
United States
Finland
United States
44.68
44.19
42.13
Stockholm 1912Gold
Silver
Bronze
Armas Taipale
Richard Byrd
James Duncan
Finland
United States
United States
45.21
42.32
42.28
London 1908Gold
Silver
Bronze
Martin Sheridan
Merritt Griffin
Marquis Horr
United States
United States
United States
40.89
40.70
39.44
St. Louis 1904Gold
Silver
Bronze
Martin Sheridan
Ralph Rose
Nicolaos Georgantas
United States
United States
Greece
39.28
39.28
37.68
Paris 1900Gold
Silver
Bronze
Rudolf Bauer
Frantisek Janda-Suk
Richard Sheldon
Hungary
Bohemia
United States
36.04
35.25
34.60
Athens 1896Gold
Silver
Bronze
Robert Garrett
P. Paraskevopoulos
Sotirios Versis
United States
Greece
Greece
29.15
28.95
28.78


 



 
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