Athletics at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Men's discus throw

Men's discus throw at the Games of the X Olympiad
Venue	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Dates	August 3
Competitors	18 from 11 nations
Medalists
John Anderson United States   Henri LaBorde United States   Paul Winter France

Athletics at the 1932 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men
400 m		men
800 m		men
1500 m		men
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men
80 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men
3000 m steeple		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men
Road events
Marathon		men
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men
Triple jump		men
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Shot put		men
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Combined events
Decathlon		men

The men's discus throw event at the 1932 Olympic Games took place August 3.

Results

Final standings

Rank	Name	Nationality	Distance	Notes
01 !	John Anderson	United States	49.49	OR
02 !	Henri LaBorde	United States	48.47
03 !	Paul Winter	France	47.85
4	Jules Noël	France	47.74
5	István Donogán	Hungary	47.08
6	Endre Madarász	Hungary	46.52
7	Kalevi Kotkas	Finland	45.87
8	Paul Jessup	United States	45.25
9	József Remetz	Hungary	45.02
10	Emil Janausch	Austria	44.82
11	Hans-Heinrich Sievert	Germany	44.51
12	Harry Hart	South Africa	43.33
13	Zygmunt Heljasz	Poland	42.59
14	Emil Hirschfeld	Germany	42.42
15	František Douda	Czechoslovakia	42.39
16	Clément Duhour	France	40.22
17	Veljko Narančić	Yugoslavia	36.51
18	Pedro Elsa	Argentina	34.36

Key: OR = Olympic record

References

• 1932 Summer Olympics results: Men's discus throw, from http://www.sports-reference.com/; retrieved 2010-04-04.