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Athletics At The 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's Discus Throw
The men's discus throw event at the 1952 Summer Olympics took place on 22 July at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium. Thirty-two athletes from 20 nations competed. The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The event was won by Sim Iness of the United States, the nation's eighth victory in the men's discus throw. Defending champion Adolfo Consolini of Italy took silver, becoming the fourth man to win two medals in the event. American James Dillion won bronze. Background This was the 12th appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. Eight of the top nine finishers from the 1948 Games returned: gold medalist Adolfo Consolini and silver medalist Giuseppe Tosi of Italy, bronze medalist Fortune Gordien of the United States, fifth-place finisher Ferenc Klics of Hungary, sixth-place finisher Veikko Nyqvist and ninth-place finisher Arvo Huutoniemi of Finland, seventh-place fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helsinki Olympic Stadium
The Helsinki Olympic Stadium (; ), located in the Töölö district about from the centre of the Finnish capital Helsinki, is the largest stadium in the country. The stadium is best known for being the centre of activities in the 1952 Summer Olympics. During those games, it hosted athletics, equestrian show jumping, and the football finals. The stadium was also the venue for the first Bandy World Championship in 1957, the first and tenth World Athletics Championships, in 1983 and 2005. It hosted the European Athletics Championships in 1971, 1994 and 2012. It is also the home stadium of the Finland national football team. The stadium reopened in August 2020 after four years of renovation. History The Olympic Stadium was designed by the architects Yrjö Lindegren and Toivo Jäntti. The Olympic stadium, known as an icon of functionalist style of architecture, was featured in the Architectural Digest as one of the best examples of Olympic architecture. Yrjö Lindgren lat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London
London is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in . London metropolitan area, Its wider metropolitan area is the largest in Western Europe, with a population of 14.9 million. London stands on the River Thames in southeast England, at the head of a tidal estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a major settlement for nearly 2,000 years. Its ancient core and financial centre, the City of London, was founded by the Roman Empire, Romans as Londinium and has retained its medieval boundaries. The City of Westminster, to the west of the City of London, has been the centuries-long host of Government of the United Kingdom, the national government and Parliament of the United Kingdom, parliament. London grew rapidly 19th-century London, in the 19th century, becoming the world's List of largest cities throughout history, largest city at the time. Since the 19th cen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olli Partanen
Heikki Olavi ("Olli") Partanen (18 August 1922 – 15 June 2014), born in Kouvola, was a Finnish discus thrower. Partanen won EM-bronze in the discus throw at the Brussels 1950 European Championships with the result 48,69. Partanen performed his record 50,14 on 25 September 1949 at Karhula. He represented Kouvolan Urheilijat (Finnish. ''The Sportsmen of Kouvola'') in the club level. During the Second World War he served Nazi Germany Nazi Germany, officially known as the German Reich and later the Greater German Reich, was the German Reich, German state between 1933 and 1945, when Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party controlled the country, transforming it into a Totalit ... in the Finnish Volunteer Battalion of the Waffen-SS. References Olli Partanen's profile at Sports Reference.com 1922 births 2014 deaths Athletes from Kouvola Finnish male discus throwers Athletes (track and field) at the 1952 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Finland European Athletics C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Konstantinos Giataganas
Konstantinos Giataganas or Konstantinos Yataganas (12 October 1920 – February 1997) was a Greek shot putter and discus thrower who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics and in the 1952 Summer Olympics. and won the gold medal in Shot Put at the 1951 Mediterranean Games. and two bronze medals in Discus first at the 1951 Mediterranean Games and second at the 1955 Mediterranean Games The 1955 Mediterranean Games, officially known as the II Mediterranean Games, and commonly known as Barcelona 1955, were the 2nd Mediterranean Games. The Games were held in Barcelona, Spain over 10 days, from 15 to 25 July 1955, where 1,135 athle .... References 1920 births 1997 deaths Greek male discus throwers Greek male shot putters Olympic athletes for Greece Athletes (track and field) at the 1948 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1952 Summer Olympics Athletes from Athens Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Greece Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boris Matveyev (athlete)
Boris Mikhailovich Matveyev (; 10 December 1929 – 30 March 1968) was a Soviet athlete. He competed in the men's discus throw at the 1952 Summer Olympics and the 1956 Summer Olympics. Matveyev died on 30 March 1968 and was buried in Leningrad's Serafimovskoe Cemetery Serafimovskoe Cemetery () is a historic cemetery in northwestern Saint Petersburg, in Primorsky District, Saint Petersburg, Primorsky District. It was established to meet the need for the growing population in the early twentieth century. The fi .... References 1929 births 1968 deaths Athletes (track and field) at the 1952 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1956 Summer Olympics Soviet male discus throwers Olympic athletes for the Soviet Union People from Kronstadt Burials at Serafimovskoe Cemetery {{USSR-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boris Butenko
Boris Butenko (9 May 1923 – 26 November 1999) was a Soviet athlete. He competed in the men's discus throw at the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics (, ), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad (, ) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952, were an international multi-sport event held from 19 July to 3 August 1952 in Helsinki, Finland. After Japan declared in .... References External links * 1923 births 1999 deaths Athletes (track and field) at the 1952 Summer Olympics Soviet male discus throwers Olympic athletes for the Soviet Union Place of birth missing {{USSR-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Maissant
Jean Maissant (23 January 1926 – 7 November 2020) was a French athlete. He competed in the men's discus throw at the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics (, ), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad (, ) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952, were an international multi-sport event held from 19 July to 3 August 1952 in Helsinki, Finland. After Japan declared in .... References External links * 1926 births 2020 deaths Athletes (track and field) at the 1952 Summer Olympics French male discus throwers Olympic athletes for France Place of birth missing 20th-century French sportsmen {{France-discus-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jørgen Munk Plum
Jørgen Munk Plum (16 July 1925 – 11 April 2011) was a Danish athlete. He competed in the men's discus throw at the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics (, ), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad (, ) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952, were an international multi-sport event held from 19 July to 3 August 1952 in Helsinki, Finland. After Japan declared in .... References 1925 births 2011 deaths Athletes (track and field) at the 1952 Summer Olympics Danish male discus throwers Olympic athletes for Denmark Place of birth missing 20th-century Danish sportsmen {{Denmark-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roy Pella
Gino Roy Pella (born 11 May 1930) is a Canadian athlete. He competed in the men's discus throw at the 1952 Summer Olympics. Pella competed for the University of Michigan from 1952 to 1954, winning the Big Ten Conference discus championship in 1954. He was named to the Michigan Wolverines The Michigan Wolverines comprise 29 varsity sports teams at the University of Michigan. These teams compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association, NCAA's NCAA Division I, Division I and in the Big Ten Conference in all sports except wo ... Hall of Fame in September 2015. References 1930 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1952 Summer Olympics Canadian male discus throwers Olympic track and field athletes for Canada Place of birth missing (living people) Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Canada Athletes (track and field) at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Canadian Tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Per Stavem
Per Stavem (1 March 1926 – 24 September 2006) was a Norwegian shot putter and discus thrower. He represented Stabæk IF. At the 1948 Summer Olympics he competed in the decathlon and finished eleventh with 6151 points. At the 1952 Summer Olympics he finished eighth in the shot final with 16.02 metres and sixteenth in discus throw with 46.00 metres. He became Norwegian champion in shot put in 1951 and 1952. His personal best discus throw was 47.49 metres, achieved in September 1951 in Helsinki Helsinki () is the Capital city, capital and most populous List of cities and towns in Finland, city in Finland. It is on the shore of the Gulf of Finland and is the seat of southern Finland's Uusimaa region. About people live in the municipali .... A year later, on the same field, he set a career best in shot put with 16.02 metres. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roland Nilsson (shot Putter)
Fritz Roland Nilsson (November 26, 1924 – February 21, 2014) was an athlete who was a member of the Swedish Olympic teams in 1948 and 1952. He was also a member of the Michigan Wolverines men's track and field team. He won six Big Ten Conference championships in the shot put and five event championships at the Penn Relays. Biography Nilsson was born in 1924 on the island of Svanö in the Ångerman River in northern Sweden. His father was a factory worker. He graduated from the Sundsvall trade school in 1944 and worked as a civilian mechanic and for the Swedish Air Force. Nilsson was 6 feet, 6 inches tall and weighed 230 pounds. The track coach at the Sundsvall trade school, John Nyman, had won a silver medal for Sweden in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. Nyman later recalled that Nyman taught him how to run, jump and throw the discus. Nilsson competed for Sweden in the 1948 Summer Olympics but did not make the finals. Nilsson left Sweden in November 1949 and moved to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oto Grigalka
Oto Yanovich Grigalka (; 28 June 1925 – 8 February 1993) was a Latvian track and field athlete who competed in the shot put and discus throw. He represented the Soviet Union at the Summer Olympics in 1952 and 1956. He placed fourth in the shot put and sixth in the discus in 1952,then came fifth at the 1956 Olympic discus competition.Oto Grigalka Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2016-04-11. Grigalka was twice a medallist for the Soviet Union at the , taking shot put bronze in |
