This data was collected using the official Olympic.org site, as well as a spreadsheet from the Guardian that includes data from 1896-2008 (), and data was compared with that from Encyclopaedia Britannica, and several news outlets were used to update the table when medals were reassigned (i.e. for doping offenses).
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Medal count by country in the Men's Discus Throw at the Summer Olympics 1896-2020
The Men's Discus Throw has been included in all Summer Olympics since the inaugural games in 1896. Since then, athletes from the United States have been the most successful in this event, winning 13 gold medals and 35 overall medals; however, U.S. athletes have not won a medal in this event since 1984. The most successful athlete in this event is the U.S.' Al Oerter, who won four consecutive golds between 1956 and 1968. The winner of the event in 2004, Hungary's Róbert Fazekas, is the only athlete to have been stripped of a medal in this event, after he failed to provide a test sample; the gold went to Lithuania's Virgilijus Alekna instead, who is the event's most successful competitor in the past few decades.
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olympics.com, & The Guardian. (August 4, 2021). Medal count by country in the Men's Discus Throw at the Summer Olympics from 1896 to 2020 [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 24, 2026, from /statistics/1117812/olympics-mens-discus-medal-table-since-1896/
olympics.com, und The Guardian. "Medal count by country in the Men's Discus Throw at the Summer Olympics from 1896 to 2020." Chart. August 4, 2021. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Accessed July 24, 2026. /statistics/1117812/olympics-mens-discus-medal-table-since-1896/
olympics.com, The Guardian. (2021). Medal count by country in the Men's Discus Throw at the Summer Olympics from 1896 to 2020. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc.. Accessed: July 24, 2026. /statistics/1117812/olympics-mens-discus-medal-table-since-1896/
olympics.com, and The Guardian. "Medal Count by Country in The Men's Discus Throw at The Summer Olympics from 1896 to 2020." ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc., 4 Aug 2021, /statistics/1117812/olympics-mens-discus-medal-table-since-1896/
olympics.com & The Guardian, Medal count by country in the Men's Discus Throw at the Summer Olympics from 1896 to 2020 ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, /statistics/1117812/olympics-mens-discus-medal-table-since-1896/ (last visited July 24, 2026)
Medal count by country in the Men's Discus Throw at the Summer Olympics from 1896 to 2020 [Graph], olympics.com, & The Guardian, August 4, 2021. [Online]. Available: /statistics/1117812/olympics-mens-discus-medal-table-since-1896/
