Discus throw information

The discus throw (pronunciation), also known as disc throw, is a track and field sport in which the participant athlete throws an oblate spheroid weight...

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...

The Discobolus by Myron ("discus thrower", Greek: Δισκοβόλος, Diskobólos) is an ancient Greek sculpture completed at the start of the Classical period...

Ancient Olympic pentathlon, starting with the long jump, javelin throwing, and discus throwing, followed by the stadion (a short foot race) and wrestling....

(born 28 September 2002) is a Lithuanian athlete who specializes in the discus throw. He is the current world record holder of the event with 74.35 metres...

23, 1995) is an American track and field athlete specializing in the discus throw. She won the gold medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Allman earned bronze...

women Triple jump men women Shot put men women Discus throw men women Hammer throw men women Javelin throw men women Combined events Heptathlon women Decathlon...

jump, high jump, and pole vault, while the most common throwing events are shot put, javelin, discus, and hammer. There are also "combined events" or "multi...

The hammer throw is one of the four throwing events in regular outdoor track and field competitions, along with the discus throw, shot put and javelin...

being the last of the current throwing events to feature at the Olympics after the shot put, discus throw and hammer throw. The women's event was first...

Krishna Poonia created history by winning the 2010 Commonwealth women's discus throw, becoming the first Commonwealth athletics gold medallist for India in...

Positive Test". The New York Times. 11 July 1992. Retrieved 29 December 2019. "Discus Champion Is Suspended for Life". The New York Times. 20 March 1993. Retrieved...

metres, 110 metre hurdles, long jump, high jump, pole vault, discus throw, javelin throw, and shotput. The current official decathlon world record holder...

throwing for distance sports are in track and field: shot put, discus, javelin, and the hammer throw. Target-based sports have two main genres: bowling and darts...

13 September 2021. "World Para Athletics Paralympic Records Women's Discus Throw". 17 October 2017. "World Para Athletics Paralympic Records Women's Javelin"...

Aoki  Japan 16.59 Discus throw details Praveen Kumar  India 52.32 Jalal Keshmiri  Iran 51.40 Toji Hayashi  Japan 48.94 Hammer throw details Shigenobu...

Sobti (6 December 1947 – 7 February 2022) was an Indian hammer and discus thrower, film actor, politician, and soldier with Border Security Force. As...

athletics programme since 1900, becoming the third Olympic throws event after the shot put and discus throw. The women's event was a much later addition, being...

Singh  India 17.64 Discus throw details Jalal Keshmiri  Iran 56.82 GR Praveen Kumar  India 53.64 Salman Hesam  Iran 52.32 Hammer throw details Shigenobu...

starting with the stadion (a short foot race), followed by the javelin throw, discus throw and long jump (the order of these three events is still unclear)...