Tags: Olympic Event, Olympics.
The men’s discus throw was one of two throwing events on the Athletics at the 1896 Summer Olympics programme. The discus throw was the fourth event held. It was contested on 6 April. 11 athletes competed including one each from France Sweden the United States Great Britain and Germany as well as three Greeks and three Danes.Many of the competitors had never thrown a discus before as the event had never been held at an international competition.
