1904 Summer Olympics / Athletics - Discus Throw (Men)

sport	athletics
discipline	Discus throw
gender	Men
Attendees	6 athletes from 2 countries
Competition location	Francis Field
Competition phase	September 3, 1904
Medalist Martin Sheridan ( USA )   Ralph Rose ( USA )   Nikolaos Georgandas ( GRE )

The men's discus throw at the 1904 Olympic Games in St. Louis was decided on September 3, 1904 at Francis Field . The throwers had six attempts at their disposal. Since there was a tie in 1st and 2nd place after the regular competition, the two participants concerned received further litters, the best of which decided the order.

The American Martin Sheridan became Olympic champion, silver went to his compatriot Ralph Rose . The Greek Nikolaos Georgandas won the bronze medal.

Records

The world records that existed at the time were still unofficial.

World record	40.715 m	United States	Martin Sheridan	1902
Olympic record	36.04 m	Hungary	Rudolf Bauer	Paris finals ( FRA ), July 14, 1900

The following records were broken or set in this discipline at the 1904 Olympic Games:

OR	39.28 m	United States	Ralph Rose
ORe	39.28 m	United States	Martin Sheridan

American Throwers Guard ( left to right ): John Flanagan, Martin Sheridan and James Mitchel

Results

			Expanse
space	athlete	country	competition	Playoff
1	Martin Sheridan	United States	39.28 m ( OR )	38.97 m
2	Ralph Rose	United States	39.28 m ( OR )	36.74 m
3	Nikolaos Georgandas	Greece	37.68 m	-
4th	John Flanagan	United States	36.15 m
5	John Biller	United States	k. A.
6th	James Mitchel	United States

Six athletes were involved in this competition. Martin Sheridan and Ralph Rose fought an exciting duel for victory. After the preliminary fight Sheridan was still in third place, then surpassed the Greek Nikolaos Georgandas with his next litter. After six throws, Rose and Sheridan were both in the lead with the Olympic record distance of 39.28 m. The rules of the time did not stipulate that in the event of a tie, the second-best throw would count, so the jury ordered further throws for the two leaders. Martin Sheridan prevailed with the better distance and after finishing fourth in the shot put he became Olympic champion ahead of Ralph Rose, who had previously won gold in the shot put and bronze in the hammer throw .

Third was Nikolaos Georgandas, who had been disqualified in the shot put because of his illegal technique. Hammer throw winner and silver medalist in weight throwing , John Flanagan, took fourth place ahead of bronze medalist in standing long jump , John Biller, and third in weight throwing James Mitchel, who was also fourth in hammer throw.

There are almost no deviations in the sources used for the widths in the main competition, only the width for the third is given on the IOC page with one centimeter less than with the other sources.

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  Gold medalist Martin Sheridan, also fourth in the  shot put

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  Olympic runner-up Ralph Rose, Olympic champion in shot put and third in  hammer throw

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  The Greek Olympic third person Nikolaos Georgandas

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  John Flanagan, fourth in discus throw, second in weight throw , winner in hammer throw

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  James Mitchel, sixth in the discus throw, fifth in the hammer throw, third in the weight throw - here in a photo from 1906

literature

• Volker Kluge , Olympic Summer Games - The Chronicle I, Berlin 1997 ( ISBN 3-328-00715-6 )
• Ekkehard zur Megede , The history of Olympic athletics, Volume 1: 1896–1936, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 2nd edition 1970

Web links

• Sports-Reference, Athletics at the 1904 St. Louis Summer Games: Discus Throw , accessed August 3, 2018
• Olympic Games St. Louis 1904, Athletics, discus throw men , IOC page on athletics in the 1904 Olympic Games at olympic.org, English, accessed August 3, 2018