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The discus throw is one of four track and field throwing events held at the Summer Olympics.The men's discus throw has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since 1896 (one of two throws events at the first Olympics, alongside the shot put).
For the men's discus throw event, the qualification period was between 1 July 2023 and 30 June 2024. 32 athletes were able to qualify for the event, with a maximum of three athletes per nation, by throwing the entry standard of 67.20 m or further or by their World Athletics Ranking for this event.
The discus throw (pronunciation ⓘ ... and the main posters for the 1920 and 1948 Summer Olympics. Today the sport of discus is a routine part of modern track-and ...
Former Clemson men's track and field athlete Rojé Stona set an Olympic record in the discus throw to win gold at the Paris Olympics on Wednesday.. Stona recorded a throw of 70.00 meters in the ...
The men's discus throw field event at the 1972 Olympic Games took place on September 1 and 2. [1] Twenty-nine athletes from 18 nations competed. [2] The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. After the retirement of four-time Olympic champion Al Oerter, this was
Virgilijus Alekna, a two-time Olympic champion, recorded a best of 242-4 (73.88) in 2000. Mykolas Alekna's big day comes a day after Cuba's Yaimé Perez recorded the longest women's discus throw ...
A National Olympic Committee (NOC) could enter up to 3 qualified athletes in the men's discus throw event if all athletes met the A standard, or 1 athlete if they met the B standard. The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress.
The men's discus throw event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place between 30 and 31 July 2021 at the Japan National Stadium. [1] Approximately 35 athletes were expected to compete; the exact number depended on how many nations use universality places to enter athletes in addition to the 32 qualifying through distance or ranking (no universality places were used in 2016).