Germany's Christoph Harting won gold in the Rio 2016 discus, following his brother Robert's win in 2012. Just five years after first picking up a discus, Oerter found himself making the long-haul trip to Melbourne for the 1956 Olympic Games. Tokyo Olympics: Anxious wait for discus ace Connor Bell with Games spot in jeopardy.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. Gold medal-winning coach Toni Minichiello is impressed by what he hears. From flute music to slingshot mechanics, the long jump, javelin and discus at the Ancient Olympic Games stand out for their intricacy and innovation. 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. Ancient field event techniques make perfect sense. Three official discusses were kept for use in the Olympic games in the treasury of the. An amusing legend suggests that the Olympic discus was particularly heavy. 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). Throwing the discus was one of the five events of the pentathlon. ABOVE A discus - thrower depicted on a silver coin from the Greek island of. 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.
Allman, 27, launched a 71.46-meter throw at a meet in San Diego. No other record made by a male athlete in all of sport has held as long. Olympic gold medalist Valarie Allman broke her American record on Friday with the world’s best discus throw in 30 years. 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. Is a record that has stood for more than 35 years unbeatable Maybe.
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