Men Discus Throw Athletics IX Olympic Games Amsterdam, Netherlands 1928 - Wednesday, 1st August - Gold Medal: Clarence Houser, United States

Men Discus Throw Athletics IX Olympic Games Amsterdam, Netherlands 1928 - Wednesday, 1st August - Gold Medal: Clarence Houser, United States

Final 14:00		Distance	1.	2.	3.	4.	Q.	5.	6.
1. Clarence "Bud" Houser	United States	47.32m OR	X	X	47.32	1.	45.00	46.50	43.00
2. Antero Kivi	Finland	47.23m	45.30	45.00	45.79	2.	46.00	47.23	42.00
3. James Corson	United States	47.10m	44.50	47.00	45.00	3.	45.40	46.50	47.10
4. Harald Stenerud	Norway	45.80m	43.00	44.82	43.00	4.	43.50	42.00	45.80
5. John Anderson	United States	44.87m	43.50	44.25	43.00	5.	44.50	44.87	43.00
6. Eino Kenttä	Finland	44.17m	44.17	42.00	43.80	6.	40.50	41.10	42.00

world Men Discus Throw History

Venue: Olympic Stadium 31,600. 34 competitors from 19 nations.

Qualification

World Record: 48.20 Clrence Houser, United States Palo Alto, Uniyrd States, April 2, 1926

Olympic Record: 46.155 Clrence Houser, United States Paris, France, July 13, 1924

Concentrating on the discus and leaving the shot, Houser, who had become world record holder in 1926 with 48.20, produced two efforts further than 47m before Amsterdam and was favourite, though Hans Hoffmeister had thrown an unratified 48.77 a week before the Games. Houser led the qualifiers, but not without some angst, as he regis- tered no valid throw until his third round winning 47.32. Until then, Corson had led with 47.00 ahead of Kivi’s 45.79. Behind them, Hoffmeister had a miserable day, throwing no more than 39.17. His giant (2.02) teammate Ernst Paulus – third ranked prior to Amsterdam – missed sixth place by 2cm with 44.15. Kivi improved to a personal best of 47.23 in the fifth round, while Corson had his best throw in the last round, but neither man improved his position.

Qualification - Wednesday, 1st August

First 6 athletes advanced to Final. Scores were transferred. Athletes were divided in 4 Groups.

Ranikng		Distance	Gr Rk	1.	2.	3.
1. Clarence "Bud" Houser	United States	47.32m OR	D 1.	X	X	47.32
2. Antero Kivi	Finland	45.79m	A 1.	45.30	45.00	45.79
3. James Corson	United States	47.00m	B 1.	44.50	47.00	45.00
4. Harald Stenerud	Norway	44.82m	B 2.	43.00	44.82	43.00
5. John Anderson	United States	44.25m	C 1.	43.50	44.25	43.00
6. Eino Kenttä	Finland	43.80m	C 2	44.17	42.00	43.80
eliminated
7. Ernst Paulus	Germany	44.15m	D 2.	41.50	43.80	44.15
8. Johan Trandem	Norway	43.97m	A 2.
9. Fred Weicker	United States	43.81m	A 3.
10.Gustav Kalkun	Estonia	43.09m	B 3.
11.Heikki Taskinen	Finland	43.00m	D 3.
12.Jānis Jordāns	Latvia	42.78m	B 4.
13.Ketil Askilt	Norway	42.57m	C 3.
14.Hermann Hänchen	Germany	42.08m	B 5.
15.Arturo Conturbia	Switzerland	41.90m	C 4.
16.Kálmán Egri	Hungary	41.89m	C 5.
17.István Donogán	Hungary	41.78m	A 4.
18.Józef Baran-Bilewski	Poland	41.77m	D 4.
19.Albino Pighi	Italy	41.42m	D 5.
20.František Douda	Czechoslovakia	41.19m	A 5.
21.Kálmán Marvalits	Hungary	41.17m	D 6.
22.Jules Noël	France	40.23m	D 7.
23.Camillo Zemi	Italy	39.95m	A 6.
24.Gerrit Eijsker	Netherlands	39.80m	C 6.
25.Hans Hoffmeister	Germany	39.17m	C 7.
26.Héctor Benaprés	Chile	38.18m	D 8.
27.Ichiro Furuyama	Japan	37.89m	D 9.
27.Ion David	Romania	37.49m	D 10.
29.Raoul Paoli	France	36.82m	C 8.
30.Yoshio Okita	Japan	36.38m	C 9.
31.Gerrit Postma	Netherlands	35.94m	A 7.
32.Fred Zinner	Belgium	34.35m	A 8.
33.Jesús Aguirre	Mexico	33.21m	C 10.
34.Dimitrios Karabatis	Greece	31.87m	B 6.