1920 Summer Olympics / Athletics - Weight Throw (Men)

sport	athletics
discipline	Weight throw
gender	Men
Attendees	12 athletes from 4 countries
Competition location	Antwerp Olympic Stadium
Competition phase	August 20, 1920 (qualification) August 21, 1920 (final)
Medalist Pat McDonald ( USA )   Pat Ryan ( USA )   Carl Johan Lind ( SWE )

The men's weight throw at the 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp was held on August 20 and 21, 1920 in the Antwerp Olympic Stadium. Twelve athletes took part. This discipline was part of the Olympic athletics competitions for the second and so far last time after 1904 .

The American Pat McDonald was the Olympic champion ahead of his compatriot Pat Ryan . Bronze went to the Swede Carl Johan Lind .

Athletes from Germany, Switzerland and Austria did not start.

Existing records

World record	-	-	-	-
Olympic record	Étienne Desmarteau ( Canada )	10.46 m	St. Louis	September 1, 1904

Conducting the competition

The discipline was performed with a weight of 56 pounds (equivalent to approximately 25.4 kg).

All twelve starters had to complete a qualifying round on August 20th (start 9:15 am). The best six athletes advanced to the final, which took place on August 21 at 2:00 p.m.

Note: The qualified athletes are highlighted in light blue.

qualification

Date: August 20, 1920, 9:15 a.m.

space	Surname	nation	Expanse	annotation
1	Pat McDonald	United States	11.00 m	OR
2	Pat Ryan	United States	10.93 m
3	Carl Johan Lind	Sweden	10.26 m
4th	Archie McDiarmid	Canada	9.48 m
5	Malcolm Svensson	Sweden	9.45 m
6th	Johan Pettersson	Finland	9.38 m
7th	Edward Roberts	United States	9.36 m
8th	Elmer Niklander	Finland	8.865 m
9	Ville Pörhölä	Finland	8.85 m
10	James McEachern	United States	8.84 m
11	Nils Linde	Sweden	8.64 m
12	Robert Olsson	Sweden	8.56 m

final

space	Surname	nation	Expanse	annotation
1	Pat McDonald	United States	11.265 m	OR
2	Pat Ryan	United States	10.965 m
3	Carl Johan Lind	Sweden	10,250 m
4th	Archie McDiarmid	Canada	10.120 m
5	Malcolm Svensson	Sweden	9.455 m
6th	Johan Pettersson	Finland	9.375 m

Date: August 21, 1920, 2 p.m.

The real favorite, the American Matt McGrath , had suffered a knee injury while throwing a hammer two days earlier and could not compete.

Winner Patrick McDonald, like the runner-up Ryan of Irish descent, was able to improve the Olympic record in qualification to 11.00 m. In the final, he threw the weight another 265 cm. So the shot put runner-up in these games and Olympic shot put winner from 1912 still got a gold medal in Antwerp . Second Patrick Ryan, Olympic champion in hammer throw , also stayed above the old record with his 10.965 m. The Swede Carl Johan Lind won bronze.

Picture gallery

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  Olympic champion Pat McDonald (USA) in a photo from 1912

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  Elmer Niklander (FIN), Olympic champion in the discus throw, is eighth (photo from 1912)

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  Ville Pörhölä (FIN), Olympic champion in the shot put, achieved 9th place

literature

Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 1: 1896-1936, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 2nd edition 1970, pp. 148f

Web links

• SportsReference Weight Throw , accessed September 3, 2017
• Official report , French (PDF), accessed on September 3, 2017

Individual evidence

1. ^ Official report, page 118 (French) ( Memento of October 7, 2018 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ SportsReference (Eng.)