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Discus Throw, Men

Date	1 August 1928
Status	Olympic
Location	Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam
Participants	34 from 19 countries

Clarence “Bud” Houser was the defending champion and was the world record holder, having recorded 48.20 (158-1¾) in April 1926. Jim Corson led early with 47.00 (154-2½) in the second round, but Houser produced the winning throw in 47.32 (155-3). Finland’s Antero Kivi threw 47.23 (154-11½) to garner the silver medal.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Qualifying	Final
1	535	Bud Houser	USA	47.32 (1)	47.32 (1)	Gold	OR
2	783	Antero Kivi	FIN	45.79 (3)	47.23 (2)	Silver
3	515	Jim Corson	USA	47.00 (2)	47.10 (3)	Bronze
4	199	Harald Stenerud	NOR	44.82 (4)	45.80 (4)
5	497	John Anderson	USA	44.25 (5)	44.87 (5)
6	784	Eino Kenttä	FIN	44.17 (6)	44.17 (6)
7 QR	734	Ernst Paulus	GER	44.15 (7)	–
8 QR	202	Johan Trandem	NOR	43.97 (8)	–
9 QR	570	Fred Weicker	USA	43.81 (9)	–
10 QR	816	Gustav Kalkun	EST	43.09 (10)	–
11 QR	808	Heikki Taskinen	FIN	43.00 (11)	–
12 QR	148	Jānis Jordāns	LAT	42.78 (12)	–
13 QR	180	Ketil Askildt	NOR	42.57 (13)	–
14 QR	714	Hermann Hänchen	GER	42.08 (14)	–
15 QR	267	Arturo Conturbia	SUI	41.90 (15)	–
16 QR	8	Kálmán Egri	HUN	41.89 (16)	–
17 QR	6	István Donogán	HUN	41.78 (17)	–
18 QR	416	Józef Baran-Bilewski	POL	41.77 (18)	–
19 QR	235	Albino Pighi	ITA	41.42 (19)	–
20 QR	381	František Douda	TCH	41.19 (20)	–
21 QR	28	Kálmán Marvalits	HUN	41.17 (21)	–
22 QR	96	Jules Noël	FRA	40.23 (22)	–
23 QR	242	Camillo Zemi	ITA	39.95 (23)	–
24 QR	302	Gerrit Eijsker	NED	39.80 (24)	–
25 QR	715	Hans Hoffmeister	GER	39.17 (25)	–
26 QR	681	Héctor Benaprés	CHI	38.18 (26)	–
27 QR	250	Ichiro Furuyama	JPN	37.89 (27)	–
28 QR	356	Iosif David	ROU	37.49 (28)	–
29 QR	100	Raoul Paoli	FRA	36.82 (29)	–
30 QR	258	Yoshio Okita	JPN	36.38 (30)	–
31 QR	324	Gerrit Postma	NED	35.94 (31)	–
32 QR	631	Fred Zinner	BEL	34.35 (32)	–
33 QR	167	Jesús Aguirre	MEX	33.21 (33)	–
34 QR	132	Dimitrios Karampatis	GRE	31.87 (34)	–
DNS	144	Georgios Zacharopoulos	GRE	– (DNS)	–
DNS	59	Léon Courtejaire	FRA	– (DNS)	–
DNS	436	António Cardoso	POR	– (DNS)	–
DNS	813	Paavo Yrjölä	FIN	– (DNS)	–
DNS	42	Pál Toth	HUN	– (DNS)	–
DNS	98	Daniel Pierre	FRA	– (DNS)	–
DNS	830	Vladimir Manojilović	YUG	– (DNS)	–
DNS	172	Alfonso de Gortari	MEX	– (DNS)	–
DNS	151	Vilhelms Rozenbergs	LAT	– (DNS)	–
DNS	320	Jan Nollen	NED	– (DNS)	–

Qualifying Round

Date	1 August 1928
Format	Top 6 (and ties) advanced to the final.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Distance
1	535	Bud Houser	USA	47.32	QOR
2	515	Jim Corson	USA	47.00	Q
3	783	Antero Kivi	FIN	45.79	Q
4	199	Harald Stenerud	NOR	44.82	Q
5	497	John Anderson	USA	44.25	Q
6	784	Eino Kenttä	FIN	44.17	Q
7	734	Ernst Paulus	GER	44.15
8	202	Johan Trandem	NOR	43.97
9	570	Fred Weicker	USA	43.81
10	816	Gustav Kalkun	EST	43.09
11	808	Heikki Taskinen	FIN	43.00
12	148	Jānis Jordāns	LAT	42.78
13	180	Ketil Askildt	NOR	42.57
14	714	Hermann Hänchen	GER	42.08
15	267	Arturo Conturbia	SUI	41.90
16	8	Kálmán Egri	HUN	41.89
17	6	István Donogán	HUN	41.78
18	416	Józef Baran-Bilewski	POL	41.77
19	235	Albino Pighi	ITA	41.42
20	381	František Douda	TCH	41.19
21	28	Kálmán Marvalits	HUN	41.17
22	96	Jules Noël	FRA	40.23
23	242	Camillo Zemi	ITA	39.95
24	302	Gerrit Eijsker	NED	39.80
25	715	Hans Hoffmeister	GER	39.17
26	681	Héctor Benaprés	CHI	38.18
27	250	Ichiro Furuyama	JPN	37.89
28	356	Iosif David	ROU	37.49
29	100	Raoul Paoli	FRA	36.82
30	258	Yoshio Okita	JPN	36.38
31	324	Gerrit Postma	NED	35.94
32	631	Fred Zinner	BEL	34.35
33	167	Jesús Aguirre	MEX	33.21
34	132	Dimitrios Karampatis	GRE	31.87
DNS	144	Georgios Zacharopoulos	GRE	–
DNS	59	Léon Courtejaire	FRA	–
DNS	436	António Cardoso	POR	–
DNS	813	Paavo Yrjölä	FIN	–
DNS	42	Pál Toth	HUN	–
DNS	98	Daniel Pierre	FRA	–
DNS	830	Vladimir Manojilović	YUG	–
DNS	172	Alfonso de Gortari	MEX	–
DNS	151	Vilhelms Rozenbergs	LAT	–
DNS	320	Jan Nollen	NED	–

Group A

Date	1 August 1928

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Distance
1	1	Antero Kivi	FIN	45.79
2	7	Johan Trandem	NOR	43.97
3	11	Fred Weicker	USA	43.81
4	5	István Donogán	HUN	41.78
5	3	František Douda	TCH	41.19
6	10	Camillo Zemi	ITA	39.95
7	9	Gerrit Postma	NED	35.94
8	4	Fred Zinner	BEL	34.35
DNS	2	Georgios Zacharopoulos	GRE	–
DNS	6	Léon Courtejaire	FRA	–
DNS	8	António Cardoso	POR	–

Group B

Date	1 August 1928

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Distance
1	11	Jim Corson	USA	47.00
2	7	Harald Stenerud	NOR	44.82
3	8	Gustav Kalkun	EST	43.09
4	5	Jānis Jordāns	LAT	42.78
5	3	Hermann Hänchen	GER	42.08
6	2	Dimitrios Karampatis	GRE	31.87
DNS	1	Paavo Yrjölä	FIN	–
DNS	4	Pál Toth	HUN	–
DNS	6	Daniel Pierre	FRA	–
DNS	9	Vladimir Manojilović	YUG	–
DNS	10	Alfonso de Gortari	MEX	–

Group C

Date	1 August 1928

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Distance
1	11	John Anderson	USA	44.25
2	1	Eino Kenttä	FIN	44.17
3	7	Ketil Askildt	NOR	42.57
4	9	Arturo Conturbia	SUI	41.90
5	4	Kálmán Egri	HUN	41.89
6	8	Gerrit Eijsker	NED	39.80
7	3	Hans Hoffmeister	GER	39.17
8	6	Raoul Paoli	FRA	36.82
9	2	Yoshio Okita	JPN	36.38
10	10	Jesús Aguirre	MEX	33.21
DNS	5	Vilhelms Rozenbergs	LAT	–

Group D

Date	1 August 1928

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Distance
1	10	Bud Houser	USA	47.32	OR
2	3	Ernst Paulus	GER	44.15
3	1	Heikki Taskinen	FIN	43.00
4	7	Józef Baran-Bilewski	POL	41.77
5	9	Albino Pighi	ITA	41.42
6	4	Kálmán Marvalits	HUN	41.17
7	5	Jules Noël	FRA	40.23
8	6	Héctor Benaprés	CHI	38.18
9	2	Ichiro Furuyama	JPN	37.89
10	11	Iosif David	ROU	37.49
DNS	8	Jan Nollen	NED	–

Final Round

Date	1 August 1928 — 14:00

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Distance	Round #1 Distance	Round #2 Distance	Round #3 Distance	Round #4 Distance	Round #5 Distance	Round #6 Distance
1	535	Bud Houser	USA	47.32	x	x	47.32	45.00	46.50	43.00	OR
2	783	Antero Kivi	FIN	47.23	45.30	45.00	45.79	46.00	47.23	42.00
3	515	Jim Corson	USA	47.10	44.50	47.00	45.00	45.40	46.50	47.10
4	199	Harald Stenerud	NOR	45.80	43.00	44.82	43.00	43.50	42.00	45.80
5	497	John Anderson	USA	44.87	43.50	44.25	43.00	44.50	44.87	43.00
6	784	Eino Kenttä	FIN	44.17	44.17	42.00	43.80	40.50	41.10	42.00