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Host City: Amsterdam, Netherlands

Format: Top six (and ties) advanced to the final.

Date Started: August 1, 1928

Date Finished: August 1, 1928

(Competitors: 34; Countries: 19; Finalists: 12)

Venue(s): Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam

Overview by IAAF

Concentrating on the discus and leaving the shot, Houser, who had become world record holder in 1926 with 48.20, produced two efforts further than 47m before Amsterdam and was favourite, though Hans Hoffmeister had thrown an unratified 48.77 a week before the Games. Houser led the qualifiers, but not without some angst, as he registered no valid throw until his third round winning 47.32. Until then, Corson had led with 47.00 ahead of Kivi’s 45.79. Behind them, Hoffmeister had a miserable day, throwing no more than 39.17. His giant (2.02) teammate Ernst Paulus – third ranked prior to Amsterdam – missed sixth place by 2cm with 44.15. Kivi improved to a personal best of 47.23 in the fifth round, while Corson had his best throw in the last round, but neither man improved his position.

Summary by Sports-reference.com

Clarence "Bud" Houser was the defending champion and was the world record holder, having recorded 48.20 (158-1¾) in April 1926. Jim Corson led early with 47.00 (154-2½) in the second round, but Houser produced the winning throw in 47.32 (155-3). Finland’s Antero Kivi threw 47.23 (154-11½) to garner the silver medal.

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1928 Summer Olympics.

World Record	48.20	Bud Houser	Palo Alto (USA)	April 2, 1926
Olympic Record	46.155	Bud Houser	Paris (FRA)	July 13, 1924

At first James Corson set a new Olympic record in the second round of the qualification with 47.00 metres. In the third round of the qualification Bud Houser bettered the Olympic record with 47.32 metres.

			Results

*Discus Throw*	Men		Final	1 August

Rank	Mark		Athlete	Country	NOC	Age	Records	Notes
1	47.32		Bud Houser	United States	USA	26	OR
2	47.23		Antero Kivi	Finland	FIN	24
3	47.10		Jim Corson	United States	USA	22
4	45.80		Harald Stenerud	Norway	NOR	31
5	44.87		John Anderson	United States	USA	20
6	44.17		Eino Kenttä	Finland	FIN	21
*Discus Throw*	Men		Qualifying Round	1 August

Rank	Mark		Athlete	Country	NOC	Age	Records	Notes
1	47.32	Q	Bud Houser	United States	USA	26	OR
2	47.00	Q	Jim Corson	United States	USA	22
3	45.79	Q	Antero Kivi	Finland	FIN	24
4	44.82	Q	Harald Stenerud	Norway	NOR	31
5	44.25	Q	John Anderson	United States	USA	20
6	44.17	Q	Eino Kenttä	Finland	FIN	21
7	44.15		Ernst Paulus	Germany	GER	31
8	43.97		Johan Trandem	Norway	NOR	28
9	43.81		Fred Weicker	United States	USA	21
10	43.09		Gustav Kalkun	Estonia	EST	30
11	43.00		Heikki Taskinen	Finland	FIN	22
12	42.78		Jānis Jordāns	Latvia	LAT
13	42.57		Ketil Askildt	Norway	NOR	27
14	42.08		Hermann Hänchen	Germany	GER	30
15	41.90		Arturo Conturbia	Switzerland	SUI	26
16	41.89		Kálmán Egri	Hungary	HUN	25
17	41.78		István Donogán	Hungary	HUN	30
18	41.77		Józef Baran-Bilewski	Poland	POL	29
19	41.42		Albino Pighi	Italy	ITA	25
20	41.19		František Douda	Czechoslovakia	TCH	19
21	41.17		Kálmán Marvalits	Hungary	HUN	26
22	40.23		Jules Noël	France	FRA	25
23	39.95		Camillo Zemi	Italy	ITA	30
24	39.80		Gerrit Eijsker	Netherlands	NED	26
25	39.17		Hans Hoffmeister	Germany	GER	27
26	38.18		Héctor Benaprés	Chile	CHI	26
27	37.89		Ichiro Furuyama	Japan	JPN	21
28	37.49		Ion David	Romania	ROU
29	36.82		Raoul Paoli	France	FRA	40
30	36.38		Yoshio Okita	Japan	JPN	25
31	35.94		Gerrit Postma	Netherlands	NED	33
32	34.35		Fred Zinner	Belgium	BEL	24
33	33.21		Jesús Aguirre	Mexico	MEX
34	31.87		Dimitrios Karabatis	Greece	GRE	28

Detailed View

Qualification

The best six discus throwers, all four groups counted together, qualified for the final. The throwing order is not available and the throwing series are only available for the best six throwers.

Group 1

Place	Athlete	1.	2.	3.	Distance	Overall Rank	Qual.
1	Antero Kivi (FIN)	45.30	45.00	45.79	45.79	3	Q
2	Johan Trandem (NOR)				43.97	8
3	Fred Weicker (USA)				43.81	9
4	István Donogán (HUN)				41.78	17
5	František Douda (TCH)				41.19	20
6	Camillo Zemi (ITA)				39.95	23
7	Gerrit Postma (NED)				35.94	31
8	Fred Zinner (BEL)				34.35	32

Group 2

Place	Athlete	1.	2.	3.	Distance	Overall Rank	Qual.
1	James Corson (USA)	44.50	47.00 OR	45.00	47.00	2	Q
2	Harald Stenerud (NOR)	43.00	44.82	43.00	44.82	4	Q
3	Gustav Kalkun (EST)				43.09	10
4	Jānis Jordāns (LAT)				42.78	12
5	Hermann Hänchen (GER)				42.08	14
6	Dimitrios Karabatis (GRE)				31.87	34

Group 3

Place	Athlete	1.	2.	3.	Distance	Overall Rank	Qual.
1	John Anderson (USA)	43.50	44.25	43.00	44.25	5	Q
2	Eino Kenttä (FIN)	44.17	42.00	43.80	44.17	6	Q
3	Ketil Askilt (NOR)				42.57	13
4	Arturo Conturbia (SUI)				41.90	15
5	Kálmán Egri (HUN)				41.89	16
6	Gerrit Eijsker (NED)				39.80	17
7	Hans Hoffmeister (GER)				39.17	25
8	Raoul Paoli (FRA)				36.82	29
9	Yoshio Okita (JPN)				36.38	30
10	Jesús Aguirre (MEX)				33.21	33

Group 4

Place	Athlete	1.	2.	3.	Distance	Overall Rank	Qual.
1	Bud Houser (USA)	X	X	47.32	47.32 OR	1	Q
2	Ernst Paulus (GER)				44.15	7
3	Heikki Taskinen (FIN)				43.00	11
4	Józef Baran-Bilewski (POL)				41.77	18
5	Albino Pighi (ITA)				41.42	19
6	Kálmán Marvalits (HUN)				41.17	21
7	Jules Noël (FRA)				40.23	22
8	Héctor Benaprés (CHI)				38.18	26
9	Ichiro Furuyama (JPN)				37.89	27
10	Ion David (ROU)				37.49	28

Final

The final was held on the same day and started at 2 p.m.

Place	Athlete	Qual. Width	1.	2.	3.	Distance
1	Bud Houser (USA)	47.32	45.00	46.50	43.00	47.32 OR
2	Antero Kivi (FIN)	45.79	46.00	47.23	42.00	47.23
3	James Corson (USA)	47.00	45.40	46.50	47.10	47.10
4	Harald Stenerud (NOR)	44.82	43.50	42.00	45.80	45.80
5	John Anderson (USA)	44.25	44.50	44.87	43.00	44.87
6	Eino Kenttä (FIN)	44.17	40.50	41.10	42.00	44.17