The men's two handed discus throw was a track and field athletics event held as part of the Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the only appearance of the event at the Olympics, along with the other two handed throws. The format of the event was such that each thrower threw the discus three times with his right hand and three times with his left hand. The best distance with each hand was summed to give a total. The three finalists received three more throws with each hand. The competition was held on Saturday, July 13, 1912. Twenty discus throwers from six nations competed. NOCs could enter up to 12 athletes.Official report, p. 61.
Results
Taipale, who had won the standard discus throw, also won the two-handed event.
Place Athlete Preliminary Final Best mark total 1 2 3 Total Rank 4 5 6 1 42.68 43.70 44.68 80.03 1st 42.78 — 44.68 82.86 34.15 35.35 — 38.18 — — 2 — 40.28 — 72.05 3rd 37.04 37.94 — 77.96 31.77 — 33.10 37.68 — 3 40.28 — — 75.35 2nd 37.03 38.90 40.58 77.37 35.07 — — 36.05 36.13 36.79 4 39.60 40.99 — 71.40 4th 71.40 — 25.78 30.41 5 39.78 — — 71.13 5th 71.13 31.35 — — 6 39.83 — — 69.56 6th 69.56 29.73 — — 7 35.05 36.95 — 68.22 7th 68.22 30.96 31.27 — 8 — 33.58 34.20 68.02 8th 68.02 33.82 — — 9 — 34.31 34.98 67.10 9th 67.10 32.12 — — 10 35.89 36.50 36.86 67.09 10th 67.09 26.93 30.23 — 11 36.27 — 37.86 67.08 11th 67.08 28.81 — 29.22 12 37.84 — — 66.69 12th 66.69 27.88 28.85 — 13 34.45 38.54 39.95 66.66 13th 66.66 20.73 22.35 26.71 14 35.93 — 40.32 66.18 14th 66.18 25.28 — 25.86 15 42.63 — — 63.83 15th 63.83 21.20 — — 16 36.59 — — 63.50 16th 63.50 26.77 26.91 — 17 — 40.10 — 62.32 17th 62.32 — 22.22 18 34.62 35.22 37.01 59.48 18th 59.48 — 22.47 — 19 24.79 — — 47.37 19th 47.37 22.19 22.58 — 20 32.67 36.97 37.68 None 20th None — — —
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