1932 Summer Olympics / Athletics - Discus Throw (Men)

sport	athletics
discipline	Discus throw
gender	Men
Attendees	18 athletes from 11 countries
Competition location	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Competition phase	August 3, 1932
Medalist John Anderson ( USA )   Henri LaBorde ( USA )   Paul Winter ( FRA )

The men's discus throw at the 1932 Olympic Games in Los Angeles was held on August 3, 1932 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum . 18 athletes took part.

The American John Anderson was Olympic champion ahead of his compatriot Henri LaBorde . The French Paul Winter won the bronze medal.

Existing records

• World record : 51.73 m - Paul Jessup ( USA ), Pittsburgh , August 30, 1930
• Olympic record : 47.32 m - Bud Houser ( USA ), Amsterdam qualifying round , August 1, 1928

Conducting the competition

On August 3rd, all athletes went into a qualifying round with three attempts each. The best six competitors had three more attempts in the final, which was held on the same day. The result of the qualification was included in the final result.

Note: The qualified athletes are highlighted in light blue.

qualification

Date: August 3, 1932

space	Surname	nation	1st attempt	Second attempt	3. Attempt	result	annotation
1	John Anderson	United States	47.87 m	48.86 m	49.39 m	49.39 m	OR
2	Henri LaBorde	United States	48.23 m	X	48.45 m	48.45 m
3	Paul Winter	France	45.89 m	47.16 m	46.72 m	47.16 m
4th	István Donogán	Hungary	X	44.25 m	47.08 m	47.08 m
5	Endre Madarász	Hungary	39.32 m	46.52 m	40.51 m	46.52 m
6th	Jules Noël	France	44.85 m	44.26 m	46.42 m	46.42 m
7th	Kalevi Kotkas	Finland	43.62 m	45.87 m	42.44 m	45.87 m
8th	Paul Jessup	United States	39.14 m	43.97 m	45.25	45.25 m
9	József Remecz	Hungary	43.65 m	45.02 m	X	45.02 m
10	Emil Janausch	Austria	43.06 m	41.80 m	44.82 m	44.82 m
11	Hans-Heinrich Sievert	German Empire	X	38.92 m	44.51 m	44.51 m
12	Harry Hart	South African Union	35.26 m	43.33 m	39.24 m	43.33 m
13	Zygmunt Heljasz	Poland	42.59 m	X	41.55 m	42.59 m
14th	Emil Hirschfeld	German Empire	X	42.42 m	41.74 m	42.42 m
15th	František Douda	Czechoslovakia	41.60 m	42.39 m	X	42.39 m
16	Clement Duhour	France	X	38.92 m	40.22 m	40.22 m
17th	Veljko Narančić	Yugoslavia	36.51 m	34.51 m	X	36.51 m
18th	Pedro Elsa	Argentina	Trial series unknown			34.36 m

Bottom line

Date: August 3, 1932

The American world record holder Paul Jessup stayed about six and a half meters below his record. Olympic champion was his compatriot John Anderson, who also had the best series of all throwers and threw three times over 49 meters. However, there was a blatant faux pas by the judges. While the French Jules Noël clearly surpassed the 49-meter mark with his first final throw, the entire jury watched the decision in the pole vault . So Noël's attempt could neither be measured nor rated. After much back and forth it was decided that the French could repeat his throw. But he stayed under 48 meters and was cheated of at least the silver medal by this bad mistake by the judges. This silver went to the American Henri LaBorde, bronze went to Noël's compatriot Paul Winter.

Another controversy arose between Noël and the organizers in the final because the Frenchman was drinking wine during the competition. With prohibition in the US , which banned the sale and consumption of alcohol, Noël had to convince officials that wine was part of his diet.

Noël's compatriot Paul Winter won the first French medal in this discipline.

				final
space	Surname	nation	Qualification range	1st attempt	Second attempt	3. Attempt	Bottom line	annotation
1	John Anderson	United States	49.39 m	49.49 m	48.72 m	47.98 m	49.49 m	OR
2	Henri LaBorde	United States	48.45 m	X	48.47	47.15 m	48.47 m
3	Paul Winter	France	47.16 m	47.34 m	42.45 m	47.85 m	47.85 m
4th	Jules Noël	France	46.42 m	47.74 m	45.07 m	46.38 m	47.74 m
5	István Donogán	Hungary	47.08 m	X	X	X	47.08 m
6th	Endre Madarász	Hungary	46.52 m	44.50 m	X	X	46.52 m
7th	Kalevi Kotkas	Finland	45.87 m	not in the final			45.87 m
8th	Paul Jessup	United States	45.25 m				45.25 m

Picture gallery

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  Paul Winter (FRA) won the bronze medal.

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  Emil Hirschfeld (DEU) came 14th after fourth place in the shot put .

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  The Czechoslovak František Douda reached 15th place.

literature

• Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 1: 1896-1936, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 2nd edition 1970, p. 241f

Web links

• SportsReference Discus Throw , accessed September 18, 2017
• Official report pp. 452–453, engl. (PDF), accessed on September 18, 2017

Individual evidence

1. ↑ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Berlin 2009 page 557 ( Memento from June 29, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ SportsReference (Eng.)