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Discus Throw, Greek Style, Men

Date	18 July 1908 — 14:40
Status	Olympic
Location	White City Stadium, London
Participants	23 from 8 countries

Classics scholars maintain that this event was based on a mistranslation of a corrupt text and does not truly represent the style actually used by the Ancient Greeks. Although the first four competitors beat the world record for this event, the fact was not appreciated by the spectators due to an error in the programme. The world record listed in the programme was that for the freestyle event (128-10 [39.29]), rather than the 115-4 (35.16) world record for the Greek-style event, which had been set by Verner Järvinen (FIN) at the 1906 Olympics.

Martin Sheridan completed his “double” of winning both discus events at the same Olympics. This also was his last Olympic medal in a storied career which saw him win five gold, three silver, and one bronze medal, for nine Olympic medals in all.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Qualifying	Final
1	Martin Sheridan	USA	37.28 (1)	37.99 (1)	Gold	WR
2	Bill Horr	USA	36.68 (2)	37.32 (2)	Silver
3	Verner Järvinen	FIN	36.49 (3)	36.48 (3)	Bronze
4	Arthur Dearborn	USA	35.65 (4)	–
5	Michail Dorizas	GRE	33.34 (5)	–
6	Nikolaos Georgantas	GRE	33.21 (6)	–
7	István Mudin	HUN	33.11 (7)	–
8	Wilbur Burroughs	USA	32.81 (8)	–
9	Elmer Niklander	FIN	32.46 (9)	–
10	Umberto Avattaneo	ITA	28.53 (10)	–
AC	Platt Adams	USA	– (AC)	–
AC	Miroslav Šustera	BOH	– (AC)	–
AC	Henry Leeke	GBR	– (AC)	–
AC	Walter Henderson	GBR	– (AC)	–
AC	Folke Fleetwood	SWE	– (AC)	–
AC	Imre Mudin	HUN	– (AC)	–
AC	Johnny Garrels	USA	– (AC)	–
AC	Ernest May	GBR	– (AC)	–
AC	Alfred Flaxman	GBR	– (AC)	–
AC	Miklós Kovács	HUN	– (AC)	–
AC	James Barrett	GBR	– (AC)	–
AC	György Luntzer	HUN	– (AC)	–
AC	Eric Lemming	SWE	– (AC)	–
DNS	Lajos Veres	HUN	–	–
DNS	Karl Jank	AUT	–	–
DNS	Károly Halmos	HUN	–	–
DNS	Edmond Baillard	FRA	–	–
DNS	Hans Rehder	GER	–	–
DNS	František Vyskocil	BOH	–	–
DNS	Moritz Rasmussen	DEN	–	–
DNS	Pál Antal	HUN	–	–
DNS	Hans Tronner	AUT	–	–
DNS	František Souček	BOH	–	–
DNS	Ed Archibald	CAN	–	–
DNS	Con Walsh	CAN	–	–
DNS	Harald Agger	DEN	–	–
DNS	Juho Halme	FIN	–	–
DNS	Johan Kemp	FIN	–	–
DNS	Aarne Salovaara	FIN	–	–
DNS	Jalmari Sauli	FIN	–	–
DNS	Lauri Wilskman	FIN	–	–
DNS	Charles Lagarde	FRA	–	–
DNS	Raoul Paoli	FRA	–	–
DNS	André Tison	FRA	–	–
DNS	Edmond Barrett	GBR	–	–
DNS	Michael Collins	GBR	–	–
DNS	John Murray	GBR	–	–
DNS	Arthur Mallwitz	GER	–	–
DNS	Ludwig Uettwiller	GER	–	–
DNS	Emil Welz	GER	–	–
DNS	Charalampos Zouras	GRE	–	–
DNS	Ferenc Jesina	HUN	–	–
DNS	Károly Kobulszky	HUN	–	–
DNS	Nándor Kovács	HUN	–	–
DNS	Gyula Strausz	HUN	–	–
DNS	Doug Stupart	RSA	–	–
DNS	Julius Wagner	SUI	–	–
DNS	Theodor Neijström	SWE	–	–
DNS	Otto Nilsson	SWE	–	–
DNS	Hugo Wieslander	SWE	–	–
DNS	John Flanagan	USA	–	–
DNS	Merritt Giffin	USA	–	–
DNS	Simon Gillis	USA	–	–
DNS	Matt McGrath	USA	–	–
DNS	Ralph Rose	USA	–	–
DNS	Lee Talbott	USA	–	–
DNS	André Desfarges	FRA	–	–

Qualifying Round

Date	18 July 1908 — 14:40
Format	The eight scheduled qualifying sections were consolidated into four pools. Contestants threw from a forward sloping pedestal and were required to follow a restricted set of movements. The discus had to be released from a standing position and no turning or spinning was allowed.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Distance	Distance (Imperial)
1	Martin Sheridan	USA	37.28	122-4	Q
2	Bill Horr	USA	36.68	120-4	Q
3	Verner Järvinen	FIN	36.49	119-8¼	Q
4	Arthur Dearborn	USA	35.65	116-11½
5	Michail Dorizas	GRE	33.34	109-4½
6	Nikolaos Georgantas	GRE	33.21	108-11¼
7	István Mudin	HUN	33.11	108-7½
8	Wilbur Burroughs	USA	32.81	107-7¾
9	Elmer Niklander	FIN	32.46	106-6
10	Umberto Avattaneo	ITA	28.53	93-7¼
AC	Platt Adams	USA	–	–
AC	Miroslav Šustera	BOH	–	–
AC	Henry Leeke	GBR	–	–
AC	Walter Henderson	GBR	–	–
AC	Folke Fleetwood	SWE	–	–
AC	Imre Mudin	HUN	–	–
AC	Johnny Garrels	USA	–	–
AC	Ernest May	GBR	–	–
AC	Alfred Flaxman	GBR	–	–
AC	Miklós Kovács	HUN	–	–
AC	James Barrett	GBR	–	–
AC	György Luntzer	HUN	–	–
AC	Eric Lemming	SWE	–	–

Group A

Date	18 July 1908

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Distance	Distance (Imperial)
1	Michail Dorizas	GRE	33.34	109-4½
2	Wilbur Burroughs	USA	32.81	107-7¾
3	Umberto Avattaneo	ITA	28.53	93-7¼
AC	Platt Adams	USA	–	–
AC	Miroslav Šustera	BOH	–	–
AC	Henry Leeke	GBR	–	–
AC	Walter Henderson	GBR	–	–

Group B

Date	18 July 1908

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Distance	Distance (Imperial)
1	Arthur Dearborn	USA	35.65	116-11½
2	Nikolaos Georgantas	GRE	33.21	108-11¼
AC	Folke Fleetwood	SWE	–	–
AC	Imre Mudin	HUN	–	–

Group C

Date	18 July 1908

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Distance	Distance (Imperial)
1	István Mudin	HUN	33.11	108-7½
2	Elmer Niklander	FIN	32.46	106-6
AC	Johnny Garrels	USA	–	–
AC	Ernest May	GBR	–	–
AC	Alfred Flaxman	GBR	–	–

Group D

Date	18 July 1908

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Distance	Distance (Imperial)
1	Martin Sheridan	USA	37.28	122-4
2	Bill Horr	USA	36.68	120-4
3	Verner Järvinen	FIN	36.49	119-8¼
AC	Miklós Kovács	HUN	–	–
AC	James Barrett	GBR	–	–
AC	György Luntzer	HUN	–	–
AC	Eric Lemming	SWE	–	–

Final Round

Date	18 July 1908

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Distance	Distance (Imperial)
1	Martin Sheridan	USA	37.99	124-8	WR
2	Bill Horr	USA	37.32	122-5½
3	Verner Järvinen	FIN	36.48	119-8¼