Olympic Intermediate Games 1906 / Athletics - Discus throw free style (men)

sport	athletics
discipline	Discus throw
gender	Men
place	Panathinaic Stadium
Attendees	21 athletes from 9 countries
Competition phase	April 25, 1906

The men's discus throw at the 1906 Olympic Intermediate Games in Athens was decided on April 25, 1906. The participants had three attempts each, the three best three more litters. It was thrown from a circular base with a diameter of 2.50 m and a height of six centimeters.

Records

World record	43.69 m	United States	Martin Sheridan	1905
Olympic record	39.28 m	United States	Martin Sheridan	1904

The following records were broken or set at the Olympic Games:

OR

41.46 m

United States

Martin Sheridan

Results

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Martin Sheridan	United States	41.46 (OR)
2	Nikolaos Georgandas	Greece	38.06
3	Verner Järvinen	Finland	36.82
4th	Eric Lemming	Sweden	35.62
5	André Tison	France	34.81
	František Souček	Bohemia	k. A.
	Miroslav Šustera	Bohemia	k. A.
	Heikki Åhlman	Finland	k. A.
	Uno Haggman	Finland	k. A.
	André Désfarges	France	k. A.
	Karl Kaltenbach	Germany	k. A.
	Willy Dörr	Germany	k. A.
	Michalis Dorizas	Greece	k. A.
	Georgios Papakhristou	Greece	k. A.
	Vasilios Papageorgiou	Greece	k. A.
	Gyula Strausz	Hungary	k. A.
	György Luntzer	Hungary	k. A.
	Mihály Dávid	Hungary	k. A.
	Istvan Mudin	Hungary	k. A.
	Alberto Masprone	Italy	k. A.
	Robert Edgren	United States	k. A.

The outstanding discus thrower of his time won without competition.

1. ↑ This record achievement has been questioned by some sources. If you follow these doubts, Sheridan's performance here in Athens would also have been a world record.

Web links

• Sports Reference

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