Discus throw at the Olympics - Wikipedia
The discus throw is one of four track and field throwing events held at the Summer Olympics. The men's discus throw has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since 1896 (one of two throws events at the first Olympics, alongside the shot put).
Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's discus throw
For the men's discus throw event, the qualification period was between 1 July 2023 and 30 June 2024. 32 athletes were able to qualify for the event, with a maximum of three athletes per nation, by throwing the entry standard of 67.20 m or further or …
Athletics - Men's Discus Throw - Olympics.com
Official competition schedule and live results for Athletics - Men's Discus Throw at the Paris 2024 Olympics (Jul 26-Aug 11, 2024)
Athletics at the Summer Olympics - Wikipedia
Athletics has been contested at every Summer Olympics since the birth of the modern Olympic movement at the 1896 Summer Olympics. The athletics program traces its earliest roots to events used in the ancient Greek Olympics. The modern program includes track and field events, road running events, and race walking events.
Paris 2024 athletics men's discus throw: All results as Roje Stona …
Aug 7, 2024 · It was a record-breaking night inside the discus ring in the Paris 2024 men's final at Stade de France. Roje Stona of Jamaica set a new Olympic record just minutes after Lithuania's Mykolas Alekna had done so.
Stona surprises with Olympic record-breaking discus win in Paris
Aug 7, 2024 · Jamaica’s Roje Stona launched an Olympic record-breaking throw to win the discus title at the Paris 2024 Games on Wednesday (7). In a thrilling contest, world record-holder Mykolas Alekna improved the Olympic record – set by his father Virgilijus in 2004 – to 69.97m in the second round.
The land of Usain Bolt is racking up medals in field events, …
Aug 7, 2024 · SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — Don’t look now, but Jamaica, that Caribbean island known for producing elite sprinters such as Usain Bolt and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, is now a field-event power. Roje Stona’s gold in the discus throw Wednesday gave Jamaica its fourth medal in the field events at the 2024 Olympics — after winning just two in history.
Paris Olympics preview: discus | News | Paris 24 - World Athletics
Jul 29, 2024 · The men’s discus at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games will feature a clash between the world record-holder, defending Olympic champion and world gold medallists. Lithuania’s Mykolas Alekna threw 74.35m to break the longest standing men's world record on his season opener in Ramona in April.
Discus throw: Rules, regulations, records and all you need to know
Jul 12, 2024 · Each athlete is given eight attempts at the Olympics to mark their best possible throw. Discus throw rules and scoring system at the Olympics. Athletes achieving the Olympic qualification mark represent the country at the Games. Each country is allowed to send three discus throwers at the event.
Tokyo Olympics preview: discus | News | Paris 24 - World Athletics
Jul 21, 2021 · Perkovic, a two-time world champion and five-time European gold medallist, became only the second woman ever to win back-to-back discus golds at the Olympics with her victories in London in 2012 and Rio in 2016. Now, the 31-year-old has a chance to become the first to win three straight.