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The discus throw has been the subject of a number of well-known ancient Greek statues and Roman copies such as the Discobolus and Discophoros. The discus throw also appears repeatedly in ancient Greek mythology , featured as a means of manslaughter in the cases of Hyacinth , Crocus , Phocus , and Acrisius , and as a named event in the funeral ...
The Discobolus by Myron ("discus thrower", Greek: Δισκοβόλος, Diskobólos) is an ancient Greek sculpture completed at the start of the Classical period in around 460–450 BC that depicts an ancient Greek athlete throwing a discus. Its Greek original in bronze lost, the work is known through numerous Roman copies, both full-scale ones ...
In addition to the main 1900 Olympic men's discus throw, a handicap competition was held four days later. Gustaf Söderström, who had placed sixth in the main event, took first place with a throw of 40.50 m, having had a handicap of 5.5 m. Gyula Strausz, 13th in the main discus, was runner-up with 39.49 m off a 6.3 m handicap.
Athens, Greece [19] Shot put: 19.10 m Irini Terzoglou: 14 June 2003 Trikala, Greece Discus throw: 67.72 m Ekaterini Voggoli: 10 June 2004 Athens, Greece Hammer throw: 72.10 m Stiliani Papadopoulou: 20 July 2008 Nikiti, Greece Javelin throw: 67.51 m Mirela Manjani: 30 September 2000 Olympic Games: Sydney, Australia Heptathlon: 6235 pts Argiro ...
The event was first held at the 18th Ancient Olympiad around 708 BC, [2] and changed format a number of times. By the 77th Ancient Olympiad, the pentathlon was generally ordered into three sections: the triagmos of the long jump (Greek: ἅλμα, romanized: hálma), javelin throw (Greek: ἀκόντιον, romanized: akóntion), and discus throw (Greek: δίσκος, romanized: dískos), the ...
The discus throw was competed in the Greek style—the athletes would throw the discus from a raised platform. The long jump was aided by the use of halteres; stone weights which athletes would hold and swing to help propel themselves further. The stadion race was generally around 190 metres long, the length of the Stadium at Olympia.
These are the official results of the Men's Discus Throw event at the 1982 European Championships in Athens, Greece, held at the Olympic Stadium "Spiros Louis" on 10 and 11 September 1982. [ 1 ] Medalists
The men's discus throw was one of two throwing events on the Athletics at the 1896 Summer Olympics programme. The discus throw was the fourth event (and the second final) held. It was contested on 6 April. 9 athletes competed, including one each from France , Sweden , the United States , and Great Britain as well as three Greeks and two Danes .