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
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| Venue | Olympiastadion: Berlin, Germany | |||||||||
| Dates | August 5 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 31 from 17 nations | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics  |
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| Track events | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | |||
| 400 m | men | |||
| 800 m | men | |||
| 1500 m | men | |||
| 5000 m | men | |||
| 10,000 m | men | |||
| 80 m hurdles | women | |||
| 110 m hurdles | men | |||
| 400 m hurdles | men | |||
| 3000 m steeple | men | |||
| 4×100 m relay | men | women | ||
| 4×400 m relay | men | |||
| Road events | ||||
| Marathon | men | |||
| 50 km walk | men | |||
| Field events | ||||
| Long jump | men | |||
| Triple jump | men | |||
| High jump | men | women | ||
| Pole vault | men | |||
| Shot put | men | |||
| Discus throw | men | women | ||
| Javelin throw | men | women | ||
| Hammer throw | men | |||
| Combined events | ||||
| Decathlon | men | |||
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. The final was won by American Ken Carpenter.
Contents
Results
Qualifying
Final
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Result | Notes |
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Ken Carpenter |  United States |
x | 44.53 | 48.98 | x | 50.48 | 47.48 | 50.48 | OR |
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Gordon Dunn | United States |
x | 49.36 | 48.04 | 47.21 | 47.77 | x | 49.36 | |
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Giorgio Oberweger |  Italy |
46.67 | 46.65 | 49.23 | 47.28 | x | x | 49.23 | |
| 4 | Reidar Sørlie |  Norway |
47.01 | 48.77 | 46.79 | 47.66 | 48.65 | 47.87 | 48.77 | |
| 5 | Willy Schröder |  Germany |
44.79 | 47.22 | 45.01 | 47.39 | 47.81 | 47.93 | 47.93 | |
| 6 | Nikolaos Syllas |  Greece |
47.75 | 44.58 | 47.07 | 45.34 | 47.59 | 47.67 | 47.75 | |
| 7 | Gunnar Bergh |  Sweden |
44.19 | 47.13 | 47.22 | 47.22 | ||||
| 8 | Åke Hedvall | Sweden |
46.20 | 46.15 | 45.83 | 46.20 | ||||
| 9 | Johann Wotapek |  Austria |
45.65 | 44.34 | 46.05 | 46.05 | ||||
| 10 | Helge Sivertsen | Norway |
x | 45.82 | 45.89 | 45.89 | ||||
| 11 | Hans Fritsch | Germany |
38.91 | 45.10 | 43.61 | 45.10 | ||||
| 12 | Jules Noël |  France |
44.56 | x | 43.70 | 44.56 | ||||
| 13 | Walter Wood | United States |
43.83 | x | 43.32 | 43.83 |
Key: OR = Olympic record
References
- 1936 Summer Olympics results: Men's discus throw, from http://www.sports-reference.com/; retrieved 2010-05-08.
