2 The event was won by Virgilijus Alekna of Lithuania, the nation's second victory in the men's discus throw. 1 Forty-five athletes from 28 nations competed. The enduring image of the Greek discus thrower comes from the iconic 5th century BC statue by the great sculptor Myron. The men's discus throw event at the 2000 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program was held at the Olympic Stadium on Sunday, 24 September and Monday, 25 September. Three official discusses were kept for use in the Olympic games in the treasury of the. Germany's Christoph Harting won gold in the Rio 2016 discus, following his brother Robert's win in 2012. The discus was introduced as part of the pentathlon in the Ancient Olympics of 708BC (the first Olympics were held in 776BC). Throwing the discus was one of the five events of the pentathlon.TriviaĪmerican Al Oerter won the discus throw for the third straight time, despite a cervical disc injury and torn rib cartilage. There were two other styles of discus throw that was tried at the Olympics, a Greek-Style throw in 1906 Intercalated Games and 1908, which was discontinued later, and a Two-Hand throw event which happened only once in the 1912 Stockholm games. For the women's event, the record is 72.30m set by Martina Hellmann of ex-East Germany during the 1988 Seoul Games. Three other men, Virgilijus Alekna from Lithuania, and Martin Sheridan and Bud Houser from the United States, have won the gold medal twice.Īs of March 2016, the current Olympic record of 69.89m for the men's event is held by Virgilijus Alekna of Lithuania, which was set during the 2004 Athens Olympics. The early discs were made of unwrought bronze and iron and. poet Homer also referred to discus throwing, which was a part of the Greeks' pentathlon event. statue from the British Museum, 'Discobolus,' by the sculptor Myron. A slightly smaller discus weighing 1 kg (2 pounds 3.2 ounces). Discus throwing dates back to the ancient Greek Olympic Games, as depicted in this Fifth Century B.C.
Athletes from Germany and Lithuania seem to have taken over the event and have since won four and three gold medals each.Īl Oerter is the most accomplished athlete in the men's event winning the gold medal four times. The discus was introduced as part of the pentathlon in the Ancient Olympics of 708BC (the first Olympics were held in 776BC). A discus event was included when womens track and field was added to the Olympic program in 1928. But the hold of the US over the event was lost and the country has not won the gold medal in the last 11 Olympics. The discus throw has been a permanent feature for men at the Summer Olympics since the first modern Games in 1896, while the womens event has been present. The United States had dominated the men's discus throw event in the past winning the gold medal in 12 of the 18 Olympics till 1976.
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