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Discus Throw

Find the Olympic gold-medal times for the men's discus throw competition from 1896 to the present.

Year		Distance	Record
1896	Bob Garrett, USA	95- 7¹/2
1900	Rudolf Bauer, HUN	118- 3	OR
1904	Martin Sheridan, USA	128-10¹/2	OR
1906	Martin Sheridan, USA	136- 0
1908	Martin Sheridan, USA	134- 2	OR
1912	Armas Taipale, FIN	148- 3	OR
1920	Elmer Niklander, FIN	146- 7
1924	Bud Houser, USA	151- 4	OR
1928	Bud Houser, USA	155- 3	OR
1932	John Anderson, USA	162- 4	OR
1936	Ken Carpenter, USA	165- 7	OR
1948	Adolfo Consolini, ITA	173- 2	OR
1952	Sim Iness, USA	180- 6	OR
1956	Al Oerter, USA	184-11	OR
1960	Al Oerter, USA	194- 2	OR
1964	Al Oerter, USA	200- 1	OR
1968	Al Oerter, USA	212- 6	OR
1972	Ludvik Danek, CZE	211- 3
1976	Mac Wilkins, USA	221- 5
1980	Viktor Rashchupkin, USSR	218- 8
1984	Rolf Danneberg, W. GER	218- 6
1988	Jürgen Schult, E. GER	225- 9	OR
1992	Romas Ubartas, LIT	213- 8
1996	Lars Riedel, GER	227- 8
2000	Virgilijus Alekna, LIT	227- 4
2004	Virgilijus Alekna, LIT^*	229-3	OR
2008	Gerd Kanter, EST	225- 9
2012	Robert Harting, GER	223-11

*Hungary’s Robert Fazekas had a throw of 232 feet, 8 inches, and was initially declared the winner, but he was disqualified for failing to submit to a drug test following the competition.

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