Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's discus throw

The men's discus throw event was part of the track and field athletics programme

Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics

At the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, 29 athletics events were contested, 23 for men and 6 for women. The program of events was unchanged from the previous Games. There was a total of 776 participants from 43 countries competing.-Medal table:...

at the 1936 Summer Olympics

1936 Summer Olympics

The 1936 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event which was held in 1936 in Berlin, Germany. Berlin won the bid to host the Games over Barcelona, Spain on April 26, 1931, at the 29th IOC Session in Barcelona...

. The competition was held on August 5, 1936. The final was won by American

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Ken Carpenter.

Final

Rank	Athlete	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result	Notes
	Ken Carpenter		44.53	48.98		50.48	47.48	50.48	OR
	Gordon Dunn Gordon Dunn Gordon Dunn was an American athlete who competed mainly in the discus throw....		49.36	48.04	47.21	47.77		49.36
	Giorgio Oberweger Giorgio Oberweger Giorgio Oberweger was an Italian athlete who competed mainly in the discus throw and in the 110 hs....	46.67	46.65	49.23	47.28			49.23
4	Reidar Sørlie Reidar Sørlie Reidar Sørlie was a Norwegian discus thrower.He finished fourth at the 1936 Summer Olympics with a throw of 48.77 metres and eighth at the 1938 European Championships with 46.36 metres. He became Norwegian champion in the years 1936-1939...	47.01	48.77	46.79	47.66	48.65	47.87	48.77
5	Willy Schröder	44.79	47.22	45.01	47.39	47.81	47.93	47.93
6	Nikolaos Syllas	47.75	44.58	47.07	45.34	47.59	47.67	47.75
7	Gunnar Bergh	44.19	47.13	47.22				47.22
8	Åke Hedvall	46.20	46.15	45.83				46.20
9	Johann Wotapek	45.65	44.34	46.05				46.05
10	Helge Sivertsen Helge Sivertsen Helge Sivertsen was a Norwegian discus thrower and politician. He was born in Mandal, but represented Inderøy IL in athletics competitions. His party affiliation was to the Labour Party....		45.82	45.89				45.89
11	Hans Fritsch	38.91	45.10	43.61				45.10
12	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:...	44.56		43.70				44.56
13	Walter Wood	43.83		43.32				43.83

Key: OR = Olympic record

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