The men's two handed discus throw was a track and field athletics

Track and field

Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...

 event held as part of the Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics

Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics

These are the results of athletics competition at the 1912 Summer Olympics. 30 events were contested, all for men only.The athletics programme grew by 4 events since the 1908 Summer Olympics. The 5000 and 10000 metre races were introduced for the first time, as the 5 mile event was eliminated...

 programme. It was the only appearance of the event at the Olympics, along with the other two handed throws. The format of the event was such that each thrower threw the discus three times with his right hand and three times with his left hand. The best distance with each hand was summed to give a total. The three finalists received three more throws with each hand. The competition was held on Saturday, July 13, 1912.

Twenty discus throwers from six nations competed.

Results

Taipale, who had won the standard discus throw

Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics - Men's discus throw

The men's discus throw was a track and field athletics event held as part of the athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fifth appearance of the event, which is one of 12 to have been held at every Summer Olympics...

, also won the two-handed event.

Place	Athlete	Preliminary					Final			Best mark total
		1	2	3	Total	Rank	4	5	6
1		42.68	43.70	44.68	80.03	1st	42.78	—	44.68	82.86
		34.15	35.35	—			38.18	—	—
2		—	40.28	—	72.05	3rd	37.04	37.94	—	77.96
		31.77	—				33.10	37.68	—
3		40.28	—	—	75.35	2nd	37.03	38.90	40.58	77.37
		35.07	—	—			36.05	36.13	36.79
4		39.60	30.99	—	71.40	4th				71.40
		—	25.78	30.41
5		39.78	—	—	71.13	5th				71.13
		31.35	—	—
6		39.83	—	—	69.56	6th				69.56
		29.73	—	—
7		35.05	36.95	—	68.22	7th				68.22
		30.96	31.27	—
8		—	33.58	34.20	68.02	8th				68.02
		33.82	—	—
9		—	34.31	34.98	67.10	9th				67.10
		32.12	—	—
10		35.89	36.50	36.86	67.09	10th				67.09
		26.93	30.23	—
11		36.27	—	37.86	67.08	11th				67.08
		28.81	—	29.22
12		37.84	—	—	66.69	12th				66.69
		27.88	28.85	—
13		34.45	38.54	39.95	66.66	13th				66.66
		20.73	22.35	26.71
14		35.93	—	40.32	66.18	14th				66.18
		25.28	—	25.86
15		42.63	—	—	63.83	15th				63.83
		21.20	—	—
16		36.59	—	—	63.50	16th				63.50
		26.77	26.91	—
17		—	40.10	—	62.32	17th				62.32
		—	22.22
18		34.62	35.22	37.01	59.48	18th				59.48
		—	22.47	—
19		24.79	—	—	47.37	19th				47.37
		22.19	22.58	—
20		32.67	36.97	37.68	None	20th				None
		—	—	—