Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's discus throw

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Men's discus throw
at the Games of the XI Olympiad
Ken Carpenter 1936.jpg
Venue Olympiastadion: Berlin, Germany
DateAugust 5
Competitors31 from 17 nations
Winning distance50.48 OR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Ken Carpenter
US flag 48 stars.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg Gordon Dunn
US flag 48 stars.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg Giorgio Oberweger
Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy
  1932
1948  

The men's discus throw event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1936 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on August 5, 1936. Thirty-one athletes from 17 nations competed. [1] The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The final was won by Ken Carpenter of the United States. [2] It was the nation's fourth consecutive, and seventh overall, victory in the men's discus throw; it was also the second consecutive Games that the Americans finished with both of the top two places, as Gordon Dunn took silver. Giorgio Oberweger earned Italy's first men's discus throw medal with his bronze.

Background

This was the 10th appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. The returning finalists from 1932 were bronze medalist Paul Winter and fourth-place finisher Jules Noël of France and sixth-place finisher Endre Madarász of Hungary. The favorites were Harald Andersson of Sweden ("dominant" in 1934 and 1935, with two world records in one day in 1934) and Willy Schröder of Germany (who had broken Andersson's record in 1935). [1]

The Republic of China and Liechtenstein each made their debut in the men's discus throw. The United States made its 10th appearance, having competed in every edition of the Olympic men's discus throw to date.

Competition format

The competition introduced a true two-round format, with the qualifying round completely separate from the divided final (though the official report describes the competition as having three phases, with the final being a "semi-finals" and "final"). In qualifying, each athlete received three attempts; those recording a mark of at least 44.00 metres advanced to the final. The results of the qualifying round were then ignored. Finalists received three throws each, with the top six competitors receiving an additional three attempts. The best distance among those six throws counted. [1] [3]

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1932 Summer Olympics.

World recordFlag of Germany.svg  Willy Schröder  (GER)53.10 Magdeburg, Germany 28 April 1935
Olympic recordUS flag 48 stars.svg  John Anderson  (USA)49.49 Los Angeles, United States 3 August 1932

Ken Carpenter broke the Olympic record by throwing 50.48 metres in the fourth throw of the final.

Schedule

DateTimeRound
Wednesday, 5 August 193610:30
15:00
Qualifying
Final

Results

Qualifying

Distances are estimated.

RankAthleteNationDistanceNotes
1 Gordon Dunn US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 47.00Q
Reidar Sørlie Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 47.00Q
Walter Wood US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 47.00Q
4 Giorgio Oberweger Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy 46.00Q
5 Jules Noël Flag of France.svg  France 45.50Q
6 Gunnar Bergh Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 45.00Q
Ken Carpenter US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 45.00Q
Helge Sivertsen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 45.00Q
Nikolaos Syllas Flag of Greece (1828-1978).svg  Greece 45.00Q
Johann Wotapek Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 45.00Q
11 Hans Fritsch Flag of the German Reich (1935-1945).svg  Germany 44.50Q
12 Åke Hedvall Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 44.00Q
Willy Schröder Flag of the German Reich (1935-1945).svg  Germany 44.00Q
13–31 Bernard Prendergast Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain Unknown
Guo Jie Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Republic of China 41.13
Emil Janausch Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Unknown
Endre Madarász Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946; 3-2 aspect ratio).svg  Hungary Unknown
Gerhard Hilbrecht Flag of the German Reich (1935-1945).svg  Germany Unknown
Harald Andersson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 38.50
Jean Wagner Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg Unknown
Kalevi Kotkas Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Unknown
Laurence Reavell-Carter Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain Unknown
Ling Peigeng Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Republic of China Unknown
Miroslav Vítek Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia Unknown
Nikola Kleut Flag of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia Unknown
Oskar Ospelt Flag of Liechtenstein (1936 Olympics).svg  Liechtenstein Unknown
Paul Winter Flag of France.svg  France Unknown
Petre Havaleț Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Unknown
Ruggero Biancani Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy Unknown
Valér Barač Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 42.82
Veljko Narančić Flag of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia Unknown

Final

RankAthleteNation123456DistanceNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Ken Carpenter US flag 48 stars.svg  United States X44.5348.98X50.4847.4850.48 OR OR
Silver medal icon.svg Gordon Dunn US flag 48 stars.svg  United States X49.3648.0447.2147.77X49.36
Bronze medal icon.svg Giorgio Oberweger Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy 46.6746.6549.2347.28XX49.23
4 Reidar Sørlie Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 47.0148.7746.7947.6648.6547.8748.77
5 Willy Schröder Flag of the German Reich (1935-1945).svg  Germany 44.7947.2245.0147.3947.8147.9347.93
6 Nikolaos Syllas Flag of Greece (1828-1978).svg  Greece 47.7544.5847.0745.3447.5947.6747.75
7 Gunnar Bergh Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 44.1947.1347.22Did not advance47.22
8 Åke Hedvall Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 46.2046.1545.83Did not advance46.20
9 Johann Wotapek Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 45.6544.3446.05Did not advance46.05
10 Helge Sivertsen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway X45.8245.89Did not advance45.89
11 Hans Fritsch Flag of the German Reich (1935-1945).svg  Germany 38.9145.1043.61Did not advance45.10
12 Jules Noël Flag of France.svg  France 44.56X43.70Did not advance44.56
13 Walter Wood US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 43.83X43.32Did not advance43.83

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