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Athletics — Discus Throw (Greek Style), Men (discontinued)

Times held 2
Total participants 65
Total countries 17

Participants

Year Event Status Participants NOCs
1906 Discus Throw (Greek Style), Men Intercalated 21 10
1908 Discus Throw (Greek Style), Men Olympic 23 8

Medal winners

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1906 Verner JärvinenFIN Nikolaos GeorgantasGRE István MudinHUN
1908 Martin SheridanUSA Bill HorrUSA Verner JärvinenFIN

Medals by country

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
United States USA 1 1 0 2
Finland FIN 1 0 1 2
Greece GRE 0 1 0 1
Hungary HUN 0 0 1 1

Top medallists

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Verner Järvinen FIN 1 0 1 2
Martin Sheridan USA 1 0 0 1
Nikolaos Georgantas GRE 0 1 0 1
Bill Horr USA 0 1 0 1
István Mudin HUN 0 0 1 1

Best performance by country

Olympic and Intercalated results only.
Country Games Athlete/Team Placement
Austria AUT 1906 Intercalated Games Henri Baur AC See all
1906 Intercalated Games Josef Wittmann AC
1906 Intercalated Games Theodor Scheidl AC
Bohemia BOH 1906 Intercalated Games František Souček 6 See all
Canada CAN 1908 Summer Olympics Ed Archibald DNS See all
1908 Summer Olympics Con Walsh DNS
Crete CRT 1906 Intercalated Games Epaminonas Anezakis AC See all
Denmark DEN 1908 Summer Olympics Moritz Rasmussen DNS See all
1908 Summer Olympics Harald Agger DNS
Finland FIN 1906 Intercalated Games Verner Järvinen 1 Gold See all
France FRA 1906 Intercalated Games Marius Eynard DNS See all
1906 Intercalated Games André Tison DNS
1906 Intercalated Games André Desfarges DNS
1908 Summer Olympics Edmond Baillard DNS
1908 Summer Olympics Charles Lagarde DNS
1908 Summer Olympics Raoul Paoli DNS
1908 Summer Olympics André Tison DNS
1908 Summer Olympics André Desfarges DNS
Germany GER 1906 Intercalated Games Julius Wagner AC See all
Great Britain GBR 1908 Summer Olympics Henry Leeke AC See all
1908 Summer Olympics Walter Henderson AC
1908 Summer Olympics Ernest May AC
1908 Summer Olympics Alfred Flaxman AC
1908 Summer Olympics James Barrett AC
Greece GRE 1906 Intercalated Games Nikolaos Georgantas 2 Silver See all
Hungary HUN 1906 Intercalated Games István Mudin 3 Bronze See all
Italy ITA 1908 Summer Olympics Umberto Avattaneo 10 See all
Norway NOR 1906 Intercalated Games Carl Alfred Pedersen DNS See all
1906 Intercalated Games John Falchenberg DNS
Russian Federation RUS 1906 Intercalated Games Y. Shakhotin DNS See all
South Africa RSA 1908 Summer Olympics Doug Stupart DNS See all
Sweden SWE 1906 Intercalated Games Eric Lemming AC See all
1908 Summer Olympics Folke Fleetwood AC
1908 Summer Olympics Eric Lemming AC
Switzerland SUI 1908 Summer Olympics Julius Wagner DNS See all
United States USA 1908 Summer Olympics Martin Sheridan 1 Gold See all