The men's discus throw

Discus throw

The discus throw is an event in track and field athletics competition, in which an athlete throws a heavy disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than his or her competitors. It is an ancient sport, as evidenced by the 5th century BC Myron statue, Discobolus...

event was part of the track and field athletics programme

Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics

At the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, 27 athletics events were contested. The competition was held on a 400 meter track and would become the standard for athletics tracks in the future. For the first time, women's events in athletics were included in the Olympic Games program...

 at the 1928 Summer Olympics

1928 Summer Olympics

The 1928 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the IX Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1928 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Amsterdam had bid for the 1920 and 1924 Olympic Games, but had to give way to war-victim Antwerp, Belgium, and Pierre de...

. The competition was held on Wednesday, August 1, 1928.

Thirty-four discus throwers from 19 nations competed.

Medalists

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1928 Summer Olympics.

World Record	48.20	Bud Houser	Palo Alto Palo Alto, California Palo Alto is a California charter city located in the northwest corner of Santa Clara County, in the San Francisco Bay Area of California, United States. The city shares its borders with East Palo Alto, Mountain View, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Stanford, Portola Valley, and Menlo Park. It is...  (USA United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... )	April 2, 1926
Olympic Record	46.155	Bud Houser	Paris Paris Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...  (FRA France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France... )	July 13, 1924

At first James Corson

James Corson

James Corson was an American athlete who competed mainly in the discus throw.Corson attended the University of Southern California...

 set a new Olympic record in the second round of the qualification with 47.00 metres. In the third round of the qualification Bud Houser bettered the Olympic record with 47.32 metres.

Qualification

The best six discus throwers, all four groups counted together, qualified for the final. The throwing order is not available and the throwing series are only available for the best six throwers.

Group 1

Place	Athlete	1.	2.	3.	Distance	Overall Rank	Qual.
1		45.30	45.00	45.79	45.79	3	Q
2					43.97	8
3					43.81	9
4					41.78	17
5					41.19	20
6					39.95	23
7					35.94	31
8					34.35	32

Group 2

Place	Athlete	1.	2.	3.	Distance	Overall Rank	Qual.
1		44.50	47.00 OR	45.00	47.00	2	Q
2		43.00	44.82	43.00	44.82	4	Q
3					43.09	10
4					42.78	12
5					42.08	14
6					31.87	34

Group 3

Place	Athlete	1.	2.	3.	Distance	Overall Rank	Qual.
1		43.50	44.25	43.00	44.25	5	Q
2		44.17	42.00	43.80	44.17	6	Q
3					42.57	13
4					41.90	15
5					41.89	16
6					39.80	17
7					39.17	25
8					36.82	29
9					36.38	30
10					33.21	33

Group 4

Place	Athlete	1.	2.	3.	Distance	Overall Rank	Qual.
1		X	X	47.32	47.32 OR	1	Q
2					44.15	7
3					43.00	11
4					41.77	18
5					41.42	19
6					41.17	21
7					40.23	22
8					38.18	26
9					37.89	27
10					37.49	28

Final

The final was held on the same day and started at 2 p.m.

12-hour clock

The 12-hour clock is a time conversion convention in which the 24 hours of the day are divided into two periods called ante meridiem and post meridiem...

Place	Athlete	Qual. Width	1.	2.	3.	Distance
1		47.32	45.00	46.50	43.00	47.32 OR
2		45.79	46.00	47.23	42.00	47.23
3		47.00	45.40	46.50	47.10	47.10
4		44.82	43.50	42.00	45.80	45.80
5		44.25	44.50	44.87	43.00	44.87
6		44.17	40.50	41.10	42.00	44.17