Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's discus throw

Men's discus throw at the Games of the VII Olympiad
Venue	Olympisch Stadion
Dates	August 21–22
Competitors	16 from 8 nations
Medalists
Elmer Niklander  Finland Armas Taipale  Finland Gus Pope  United States

Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m		men
200 m		men
400 m		men
800 m		men
1500 m		men
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men
4×400 m relay		men
3000 m team race		men
3 km walk		men
10 km walk		men
Road events
Marathon	men
Field events
Long jump	men
Triple jump	men
High jump	men
Pole vault	men
Shot put	men
Discus throw	men
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men
56 lb weight throw	men
Combined events
Pentathlon	men
Decathlon	men
Cross-country events
Individual	men
Team	men

The men's discus throw event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1920 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on Saturday, August 21, 1920, and on Sunday, August 22, 1920.

16 discus throwers from eight nations competed.

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1920 Summer Olympics.

World Record	47.58	James Duncan	New York (USA)	May 12, 1912
Olympic Record	45.21	Armas Taipale	Stockholm (SWE)	July 12, 1912

Results

The best six discus throwers qualified for the final.

Place	Athlete	Qual.		Final
		Distance	Rank
1	Elmer Niklander (FIN)	44.685	1	44.685
2	Armas Taipale (FIN)	44.19	2	44.19
3	Gus Pope (USA)	42.13	3	42.13
4	Oscar Zallhagen (SWE)	40.16	5	41.07
5	Kenneth Bartlett (USA)	40.875	4	40.875
6	Allan Eriksson (SWE)	39.41	6	39.41
7	Valther Jensen (DEN)	38.23
8	Ville Pörhölä (FIN)	38.19
9	Aurelio Lenzi (ITA)	37.75
10	Kenneth Wilson (USA)	37.58
11	André Tison (FRA)	37.35
12	Jonni Myyrä (FIN)	37.00
13	František Hoplíček (TCH)	36.75
14	Émile Ecuyer (FRA)	36.10
15	Daniel Pierre (FRA)	35.53
16	Arthur Delaender (BEL)	32.00