The gold, silver, and bronze medal winners in the men’s discus from the Summer Olympic games.
- 1896
GOLD Robert Garrett, USA 29.15
SILVER Panagiotis Paraskevopoulos, GRE 28.95
BRONZE Sotirios Versis, GRE 28.78
- 1900
GOLD Rudolph Bauer, HUN 36.04
SILVER Frantisek Janda-Suk, BOH 35.25
BRONZE Richard Sheldon, USA 34.60
- 1904
GOLD Martin Sheridan, USA 39.28
SILVER Ralph Rose, USA 39.28
BRONZE Nikolaos Yeorgantas, GRE 37.68
- 1906
GOLD Martin Sheridan, USA 41.46
SILVER ] Nikolaos Yeorgantas, GRE 38.06
BRONZE Werner Järvinen, FIN 36.82
- 1908
GOLD Martin Sheridan, USA 40.89
SILVER Merritt Giffin, USA 40.70
BRONZE Bill Horr, USA 39.44
- 1912
GOLD Armas Taipale, FIN 45.21
SILVER Richard Byrd, USA 42.32
BRONZE James Duncan, USA 42.28
- 1920
GOLD Elmer Niklander, FIN 44.68
SILVER Armas Taipale, FIN 44.19
BRONZE Augustus Pope, USA 42.13
- 1924
GOLD Bud Houser, USA 46.15
SILVER Vilho Niittymaa, FIN 44.95
BRONZE Thomas Lieb, USA 44.83
- 1928
GOLD Bud Houser, USA 47.32
SILVER Antero Kivi, FIN 47.23
BRONZE James Corson, USA 47.10
- 1932
GOLD John Anderson, USA 49.49
SILVER Henri LaBorde, USA 48.47
BRONZE Paul Winter, FRA 47.85
- 1936
GOLD Ken Carpenter, USA 50.48
SILVER Gordon Dunn, USA 49.36
BRONZE Giorgio Oberweger, ITA 49.23
- 1948
GOLD Adolfo Consolini, ITA 52.78
SILVER Giuseppe Tosi, ITA 51.78
BRONZE Fortune Gordien, USA 50.77
- 1952
GOLD Sim Iness, USA 55.03
SILVER Adolfo Consolini, ITA 53.78
BRONZE James Dillion, USA 53.28
- 1956
GOLD Al Oerter, USA 56.36
SILVER Fortune Gordien, USA 54.81
BRONZE Des Koch, USA 54.40
- 1960
GOLD Al Oerter, USA 59.18
SILVER Rink Babka, USA 58.02
BRONZE Dick Cochran, USA 57.16
- 1964
GOLD Al Oerter, USA 61.00
SILVER Ludvik Danek, CZE 60.52
BRONZE Dve Weill, USA 59.49
- 1968
GOLD Al Oerter, USA 64.78
SILVER Lothar Milde, GDR 63.08
BRONZE Ludvik Danek, CZE 62.92
- 1972
GOLD Ludvik Danek, CZE 64.40
SILVER Jay Silvester, USA 63.50
BRONZE Ricky Bruch, SWE 63.40
- 1976
GOLD Mac Wilkins, USA 67.50
SILVER Wolfgang Schmidt, GDR 66.22
BRONZE John Powell, USA 65.70
- 1980
GOLD Viktor Rashchupkin, URS 66.64
SILVER Imrich Bugár, CZE 66.38
BRONZE Luis Delis, CUB 66.32
- 1984
GOLD Rolf Danneberg, FRG 66.60
SILVER Mac Wilkins, USA 66.30
BRONZE John Powell, USA 65.46
- 1988
GOLD Jurgen Schult, GDR 68.82
SILVER Romas Ubartas, URS 67.48
BRONZE Rolf Danneberg, FRG 67.38
- 1992
GOLD Romas Ubartas, URS 65.12
SILVER Jurgen Schult, GER 64.94
BRONZE Roberto Moya, CUB 64.12
- 1996
GOLD Lars Riedel, GER 69.40
SILVER Vladimir Dubrovshchik, BLR 66.60
BRONZE Vasiliy Kaptyukh, BLR 65.80
- 2000
GOLD Virgilijus Alekna, LTU 69.30
SILVER Lars Riedel, GER 68.50
BRONZE Frantz Kruger, RSA 68.19
- 2004
GOLD Virgilijus Alekna, LTU 69.89
SILVER Zoltán Kövágo, HUN 67.04
BRONZE Aleksander Tammert, EST 66.66
- 2008
GOLD Gerd Kanter, EST 68.82
SILVER Piotr Malachowski, POL 67.82
BRONZE Virgilijus Alekna, LTU 67.79
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