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Discus Throw, Both Hands, Men

Date	13 July 1912
Status	Olympic
Location	Stockholms Olympiastadion, Stockholm
Participants	20 from 6 countries

The both-hands discus throw was conducted at the Olympics only in 1912. No world record for the event is known in 1912, but the Swedish record at the time was held by Eric Lemming, who had thrown 71.29 in 1910. The day before this event, Finland’s Armas Taipale had won the conventinal discus throw event. In the both-hands event, he was unchallenged. He led the qualifying and the final, posting the best throw with each hand in all portions of the event to win by almost five metres. He returned to the Olympics in both 1920 and 1924, winning a silver medal in the 1920 discus throw. At that event he was defeated by his teammate, Elmer Niklander, who finished second in this event.

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Distance	Qualifying	Final
1	–	Armas Taipale	FIN	–	80.03 (1)	82.86 (1)	Gold	OR
2	–	Elmer Niklander	FIN	–	72.05 (3)	77.96 (2)	Silver
3	–	Emil Magnusson	SWE	–	75.35 (2)	77.37 (3)	Bronze
4	–	Einar Nilsson	SWE	–	71.40 (4)	–
5	–	Jim Duncan	USA	–	71.13 (5)	–
6	–	Emil Muller	USA	–	69.56 (6)	–
7	–	Folke Fleetwood	SWE	–	68.22 (7)	–
8	–	Carl Johan Lind	SWE	–	68.02 (8)	–
9	–	Nils Linde	SWE	–	67.10 (9)	–
10	–	Gunnar Nilsson	SWE	–	67.09 (10)	–
11	–	Eric Lemming	SWE	–	67.08 (11)	–
12	–	Verner Järvinen	FIN	–	66.69 (12)	–
13	–	Hans Tronner	AUT	–	66.66 (13)	–
14	–	Rezső Ujlaki	HUN	–	66.18 (14)	–
15	–	Arlie Mucks	USA	–	63.83 (15)	–
16	–	Josef Schäffer	AUT	–	63.50 (16)	–
17	–	Dick Byrd	USA	–	62.32 (17)	–
18	–	Károly Kobulszky	HUN	–	59.48 (18)	–
19	–	Vasily Molokanov	RUS	–	47.37 (19)	–
AC	–	György Luntzer	HUN	–	– (NP)	–
DNS	–	Andrew Sheridan	USA	–	–	–
DNS	–	Knut Thelning	SWE	–	–	–
DNS	–	Károly Nyilassy	HUN	–	–	–
DNS	–	Pál Antal	HUN	–	–	–
DNS	–	Vilmos Zöldi	HUN	–	–	–
DNS	–	Peter Fúle	HUN	–	–	–
DNS	–	Nikolaos Georgantas	GRE	–	–	–
DNS	–	Samu Fóti	HUN	–	–	–
DNS	–	Miklós Kovács	HUN	–	–	–
DNS	–	Imre Mudin	HUN	–	–	–
DNS	–	István Mudin	HUN	–	–	–
DNS	–	John Falchenberg	NOR	–	–	–
DNS	–	Gunnar Bolander	SWE	–	–	–
DNS	–	Henning Möller	SWE	–	–	–
DNS	–	Otto Nilsson	SWE	–	–	–
DNS	–	Hugo Wieslander	SWE	–	–	–
DNS	–	Platt Adams	USA	–	–	–
DNS	–	Avery Brundage	USA	–	–	–
DNS	–	Pat McDonald	USA	–	–	–
DNS	–	Matt McGrath	USA	–	–	–
DNS	–	George Philbrook	USA	–	–	–
DNS	–	Ralph Rose	USA	–	–	–
DNS	–	Larry Whitney	USA	–	–	–

Qualifying Round (13 July 1912 — 14:00)

Qualifiers were seperated into three groups. Each athlete took three throws with each hand, with the three athletes having the top totals with both hands advancing to the final.

Pos	Athlete	NOC	Distance
1	Armas Taipale	FIN	80.03
2	Emil Magnusson	SWE	75.35
3	Elmer Niklander	FIN	72.05
4	Einar Nilsson	SWE	71.40
5	Jim Duncan	USA	71.13
6	Emil Muller	USA	69.56
7	Folke Fleetwood	SWE	68.22
8	Carl Johan Lind	SWE	68.02
9	Nils Linde	SWE	67.10
10	Gunnar Nilsson	SWE	67.09
11	Eric Lemming	SWE	67.08
12	Verner Järvinen	FIN	66.69
13	Hans Tronner	AUT	66.66
14	Rezső Ujlaki	HUN	66.18
15	Arlie Mucks	USA	63.83
16	Josef Schäffer	AUT	63.50
17	Dick Byrd	USA	62.32
18	Károly Kobulszky	HUN	59.48
19	Vasily Molokanov	RUS	47.37
NP	György Luntzer	HUN	–

Qualifying Round, Group A (13 July 1912 — 14:00)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Distance	Group A Round One	Group A Round Two	Group A Round Three
1	–	Armas Taipale	FIN	80.03	42.68/34.15	43.70/35.35	44.68/×
2	–	Emil Magnusson	SWE	75.35	40.28/35.07	×/×	×/×
3	–	Einar Nilsson	SWE	71.40	39.60/×	30.99/25.78	×/30.41
4	–	Emil Muller	USA	69.56	39.83/29.73	×/×	×/×
5	–	Carl Johan Lind	SWE	68.02	×/33.82	33.58/×	34.20/×
6	–	Eric Lemming	SWE	67.08	36.27/28.81	×/×	37.86/29.22
7	–	Hans Tronner	AUT	66.66	34.45/20.73	38.54/22.35	39.95/26.71
8	–	Károly Kobulszky	HUN	59.48	34.62/×	35.22/22.47	37.01/×
9	–	Vasily Molokanov	RUS	47.37	24.79/22.19	×/22.58	×/×

Qualifying Round, Group B (13 July 1912 — 14:00)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Distance	Group B Round One	Group B Round Two	Group B Round Three
1	–	Elmer Niklander	FIN	72.05	×/31.77	40.28/×	×/×
2	–	Nils Linde	SWE	67.10	×/32.12	34.31/×	34.98/×
3	–	Gunnar Nilsson	SWE	67.09	35.89/26.93	36.50/30.23	36.86/×
4	–	Verner Järvinen	FIN	66.69	37.84/27.88	×/28.85	×/×
5	–	Arlie Mucks	USA	63.83	42.63/21.20	×/×	×/×

Qualifying Round, Group C (13 July 1912 — 14:00)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Distance	Group C Round One	Group C Round Two	Group C Round Three
1	–	Jim Duncan	USA	71.13	39.78/31.35	×/×	×/×
2	–	Folke Fleetwood	SWE	68.22	35.05/30.96	36.95/31.27	×/×
3	–	Rezső Ujlaki	HUN	66.18	35.93/25.28	×/×	40.32/25.86
4	–	Josef Schäffer	AUT	63.50	36.59/26.77	×/26.91	×/×
5	–	Dick Byrd	USA	62.32	×/×	40.10/22.22	×/×
AC	–	György Luntzer	HUN	–	32.67/×	36.97/×	37.68/×

Final Round (13 July 1912 — 16:00)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Distance	R1	R2	R3
1	–	Armas Taipale	FIN	82.86	42.78/38.18	×/×	44.68/×
2	–	Elmer Niklander	FIN	77.96	37.04/33.10	37.94/37.68	×/×
3	–	Emil Magnusson	SWE	77.37	37.03/36.05	38.90/36.13	40.58/36.79