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Athletics at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Men's discus throw

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The men's discus throw event at the 1932 Olympic Games took place August 3.

Final standings

Rank	Name	Nationality	Distance	Notes
	John Anderson John Anderson (athlete) John Franklin Anderson was an American athlete who competed mainly in the Discus throw.He competed for the United States in the 1932 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, United States in the discus throw where he won the Gold medal.Anderson graduated from Cornell University in 1929, where he was a...		49.49	OR
	Henri LaBorde Henri LaBorde Henri Jean LaBorde was an American athlete who competed mainly in the discus throw.Laborde was a student at Stanford University when he competed for the United States in the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles in the discus. He won the silver medal with a throw of 48.47 m...		48.47
	Paul Winter Paul Winter (athlete) Paul Winter was a French athlete who competed mainly in the discus throw. He was born in Ribeauvillé, Haut-Rhin....		47.85
4	Jules Noël Jules Noël Jules Noël was a French athlete who competed in discus and shot put at two European Athletics Championships and three Olympic Games.-Biography:...		47.74
5	István Donogán		47.08
6	Endre Madarász		46.52
7	Kalevi Kotkas		45.87
8	Paul Jessup Paul Jessup Paul Matthew Jessup is an American writer.He is a critically acclaimed writer of fantastical fiction. He’s been published in many magazines, both offline and on, with two books published in 2009 and a third to come out in 2010 .He is known for...		45.25
9	József Remetz		45.02
10	Emil Janausch		44.82
11	Hans-Heinrich Sievert Hans-Heinrich Sievert Hans Heinrich Sievert was a German Olympic decathlete.He won the gold medal at the 1934 European Championships. In the Nazi period in Germany, Sievert was seen as a symbolic hope of the German "master race" in the 1936 Summer Olympics. However, he was injured during the games and the gold medal...		44.51
12	Harry Hart Harry Hart (athlete) Henry Beltsazer Hart was a South African athlete who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics.He was born in Harrismith, Free State and died in Reitz....		43.33
13	Zygmunt Heljasz		42.59
14	Emil Hirschfeld Emil Hirschfeld Emil Hirschfeld was a German athlete who mainly competed in the shot put.He was born in Danzig and died in East Berlin....		42.42
15	František Douda František Douda František Douda was a Czech shot putter who competed for Czechoslovakia. He was born in Planá nad Lužnicí....		42.39
16	Clément Duhour		40.22
17	Veljko Narančić		36.51
18	Pedro Elsa		34.36

Key: OR = Olympic record

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