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Athletics at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games:

Men's Discus Throw

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Events:
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Host City: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Venue(s): Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam
Date Started: August 1, 1928
Date Finished: August 1, 1928

Gold: USA Bud Houser
Silver: FIN Antero Kivi
Bronze: USA Jim Corson

Summary

Clarence "Bud" Houser was the defending champion and was the world record holder, having recorded 48.20 (158-1¾) in April 1926. Jim Corson led early with 47.00 (154-2½) in the second round, but Houser produced the winning throw in 47.32 (155-3). Finland’s Antero Kivi threw 47.23 (154-11½) to garner the silver medal.

Final Standings

Rank Athlete Age Team NOC Medal
1 Bud Houser 26 United States USA Gold OR
2 Antero Kivi 24 Finland FIN Silver
3 Jim Corson 22 United States USA Bronze
4 Harald Stenerud 31 Norway NOR
5 John Anderson 20 United States USA
6 Eino Kenttä 21 Finland FIN
7 QR Ernst Paulus 31 Germany GER
8 QR Johan Trandem 28 Norway NOR
9 QR Fred Weicker 21 United States USA
10 QR Gustav Kalkun 30 Estonia EST
11 QR Heikki Taskinen 22 Finland FIN
12 QR Jānis Jordāns Latvia LAT
13 QR Kittil Askilt 27 Norway NOR
14 QR Hermann Hänchen 30 Germany GER
15 QR Arturo Conturbia 26 Switzerland SUI
16 QR Kálmán Egri 25 Hungary HUN
17 QR István Donogán 30 Hungary HUN
18 QR Józef Baran-Bilewski 29 Poland POL
19 QR Albino Pighi 25 Italy ITA
20 QR František Douda 19 Czechoslovakia TCH
21 QR Kálmán Marvalits 26 Hungary HUN
22 QR Jules Noël 25 France FRA
23 QR Camillo Zemi 30 Italy ITA
24 QR Gerrit Eijsker 26 Netherlands NED
25 QR Hans Hoffmeister 27 Germany GER
26 QR Héctor Benaprés 26 Chile CHI
27 QR Ichiro Furuyama 21 Japan JPN
28 QR Ion David Romania ROU
29 QR Raoul Paoli 40 France FRA
30 QR Yoshio Okita 25 Japan JPN
31 QR Gerrit Postma 33 Netherlands NED
32 QR Fred Zinner 24 Belgium BEL
33 QR Jesús Aguirre Mexico MEX
34 QR Dimitrios Karabatis 28 Greece GRE