2016 Olympic Games Statistics – Men’s DT by K Ken Nakamura The records to look for in Rio de Janeiro: Can Harting become fifth DT to win multiple GOLD medals at the Olympic Games? Summary Page: All time Performance List at the Olympic Games Performance Performer Distance Name Nat Pos Venue Year 1 1 69.89 Virgilijus Alekna LTU 1 Athinai 2004 2 2 69.40 Lars Riedel GER 1 Atlanta 1996 3 69.30 Virgilijus Alekna 1 Sydney 2000 4 3 68.82 Jürgen Schult GDR 1 Seoul 1988 5 4 68.82 Gerd Kanter EST 1 Beijing 2008 6 68.50 Lars Riedel 2 Sydney 2000 7 5 68.28 Mac Wilkins USA 1q Montreal 1976 8 6 68.27 Robert Harting GER 1 London 2012 Shortest winning distance since 1976: 65.12m by Romas Ubartas (LTU) in 1992 Margin of Victory Difference Distance Name Nat Venue Year Max 3.40m 41.46 Martin Sheridan USA Athinai 1906 2.89m 45.21 Armas Taipale FIN Stockholm 1912 2.85m 68.89 Virgilijus Alekna LTU Athinai 2004 Min 0cm 39.28 Martin Sheridan USA St Louis 1904 9cm 47.32 Clarence Houser USA Amsterdam 1928 68.27 Robert Harting GER London 2012 Longest mark in each round Round Distance Name Nat Venue Year Final 69.89 Virgilijus Alekna LTU Athinai 2004 Qualifying 68.28 Mac Wilkins USA Montreal 1976 Longest non-qualifier for the final Distance Position Name Nat Venue Year 63.48 7qA Apostolos Parellis CYP London 2012 Best Marks for Places in the Olympic Games Pos Distance Name Nat Venue Year 1 69.89 Virgilijus Alekna LTU Athinai 2004 2 68.50 Lars Riedel GER Sydney 2000 3 68.19 Frantz Kruger RSA Sydney 2000 4 67.38 Virgilijus Alekna LTU London 2012 67.09 Robert Harting GER Sydney 2000 Multiple Gold Medalists: Virgilijus Alekna (LTU): 2000, 2004 Al Oerter (USA): 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968 Clarence Houser (USA): 1924, 1928 Martin Sheridan (USA): 1904, 1906, 1908 No throw longer than 67.00m in Rio de Janeiro: All time Performance List at the Olympic Games Performance Performer Distance Name Nat Pos Venue Year 1 1 69.89 Virgilijus Alekna LTU 1 Athinai 2004 2 2 69.40 Lars Riedel GER 1 Atlanta 1996 3 69.30 Virgilijus Alekna 1 Sydney 2000 4 3 68.82 Jürgen Schult GDR 1 Seoul 1988 4 3 68.82 Gerd Kanter EST 1 Beijing 2008 6 68.50 Lars Riedel 2 Sydney 2000 7 5 68.28 Mac Wilkins USA 1q Montreal 1976 8 6 68.27 Robert Harting GER 1 London 2012 9 7 68.19 Frantz Kruger RSA 3 Sydney 2000 10 8 68.18 Ehsan Hadadi IRI 2 London 2012 11 68.15 Lars Riedel 1qA Sydney 2000 12 68.03 Gerd Kanter 3 London 2012 13 9 67.82 Piotr Malachowski POL 2 Beijing 2008 14 67.79 Virgilijus Alekna 1qA Athinai 2004 14 67.79 Virgilijus Alekna 3 Beijing 2008 16 10 67.59 Vasiliy Kaptyukh BLR 4 Sydney 2000 17 67.54 Frantz Kruger 2qA Sydney 2000 18 67.50 Mac Wilkins 1 Montreal 1976 19 11 67.48 Romas Ubartas URS 2 Seoul 1988 20 12 67.38 Rolf Danneberg FRG 3 Seoul 1988 21 67.38 Virgilijus Alekna 4 London 2012 22 67.19 Piotr Malachowski 5 London 2012 23 67.10 Virgilijus Alekna 1qB Sydney 2000 24 67.09 Robert Harting 4 Beijing 2008 25 13 67.04 Zoltan Kovago HUN 2 Athinai 2004 26 14 66.66 Aleksander Tammert EST 3 Athinai 2004 27 15 66.64 Viktor Rashchupkin URS 1 Moskva 1980 28 66.60 Rolf Danneberg 1 Los Angeles 1984 29 16 66.60 Vladimir Dubrovshchik BLR 2 Atlanta 1996 30 17 66.49 Yennifer Frank Casanas ESP 5 Beijing 2008 31 18 66.42 Yuriy Dumchev RUS 4 Seoul 1988 32 66.39 Gerd Kanter 1qB London 2012 33 19 66.38 Imrich Bugar TCH 2 Moskva 1980 34 20 66.32 Luis Delis CUB 3 Moskva 1980 35 66.30 Mac Wilkins 2 Los Angeles 1984 36 21 66.22 Wolfgang Schmidt GDR 2 Montreal 1976 37 66.22 Robert Harting 2qB London 2012 38 22 66.02 Adam Setliff USA 5 Sydney 2000 39 65.94 Piotr Malochowski 1qA Beijing 2008 40 65.90 Mac Wilkins 5 Seoul 1988 41 65.90 Vasiliy Kaptyukh 3qA Sydney 2000 42 23 65.88 Bogdan Pishchalnikov RUS 6 Beijing 2008 43 24 65.85 Martin Wierig GER 6 London 2012 44 65.84 Virgilijus Alekna 2qA Beijing 2008 45 25 65.80 Gejza Valent TCH 6 Seoul 1988 46 26 65.80 Vasily Kaptyukh BLR 3 Atlanta 1996 47 27 65.80 Jason Tunks CAN 6 Sydney 2000 Shortest winning distance since 1976: 65.12m by Romas Ubartas (LTU) in 1992 Margin of Victory Difference Distance Name Nat Venue Year Max 3.40m 41.46 Martin Sheridan USA Athinai 1906 2.89m 45.21 Armas Taipale FIN Stockholm 1912 2.85m 68.89 Virgilijus Alekna LTU Athinai 2004 2.80m 69.40 Lars Riedel GER Atlanta 1996 Min 0cm 39.28 Martin Sheridan USA St Louis 1904 9cm 47.32 Clarence Houser USA Amsterdam 1928 68.27 Robert Harting GER London 2012 18cm 65.12 Romas Ubartas LTU Barcelona 1992 Difference between first and third Diff Winning dist 3rd place dist Winner’s Name Nat Venue Year Max 4.64m 41.46m 36.82m Martin Sheridan USA Athenai 1906 3.60m 69.40m 65.80m Lars Riedel GER Atlanta 1996 Min 22cm 47.32m 47.10m Clarence Houser USA Amsterdam 1928 24cm 68.27m 68.03m Robert Harting GER London 2012 32cm 66.64m 66.32m Viktor Rashchupkin URS Moskva 1980 Difference between third and fourth (medal versus no medal) Difference 3rd place dist Name Nat Venue Year Max 2.58m 27.78m Sotirios Versis GRE Athinai 1896 1.56m 50.77m Fortune Gordien USA London 1948 66.66m Aleksander Tammert EST Athinai 2004 Min 2cm 39.44m Bill Horr USA London 1908 11cm 47.85m Paul Winter FRA Los Angeles 1932 13cm 54.40m Des Koch USA Melbourne 1956 18cm 65.46m John Powell USA Los Angeles 1984 Longest mark in each round Round Distance Name Nat Venue Year Final 69.89 Virgilijus Alekna LTU Athinai 2004 Qualifying 68.28 Mac Wilkins USA Montreal 1976 Longest non-qualifier for the final Distance Position Name Nat Venue Year 63.48 7qA Apostolos Parellis CYP London 2012 Average of last eight Olympic Games Average 2012 2008 2004 2000 1996 1992 1988 1984 Winning Distance 68.28 68.27 68.82 69.89 69.30 69.40 65.12 68.82 66.60 Winning Medal 66.68 68.03 67.79 66.66 68.19 65.80 64.12 67.38 65.46 Missing Medal (4 th ) 65.89 67.38 67.09 65.10 67.59 65.42 62.86 66.42 65.28 8th place 63.28 64.79 63.43 62.58 64.41 62.78 61.78 63.28 63.22 Shortest to make final 61.90 63.55 62.48 61.91 62.72 62.22 60.20 61.34 60.76 Best Marks for Places in the Olympic Games Pos Distance Name Nat Venue Year 1 69.89 Virgilijus Alekna LTU Athinai 2004 2 68.50 Lars Riedel GER Sydney 2000 3 68.19 Frantz Kruger RSA Sydney 2000 4 67.59 Vasiliy Kaptyukh BLR Sydney 2000 67.38 Virgilijus Alekna LTU London 2012 67.09 Robert Harting GER Sydney 2000 5 67.19 Piotr Malochowski POL London 2012 66.49 Yennifer Frank Casanas ESP Beijing 2008 6 65.88 Bogdan Pishchalnikov RUS Beijing 2008 Best Marks for Places – all competitions Pos Distance Name Nat Venue Day Month Year 1 74.08 Jürgen Schult GDR Neubrandenburg 6 June 1986 2 70.92 Gerd Kanter EST Kaunas 25 July 2007 70.83 Robert Fazekas HUN Rethimno 23 June 2004 3 69.10 Art Burns USA San Jose 25 May 1985 68.93 Zoltan Kovago HUN Zürich 6 Aug 2004 4 68.61 Gerd Kanter EST Shanghai 23 May 2010 68.40 Gejza Vlent CZE San Jose 25 May 1985 5 67.19 Piotr Malachowski POL London 7 Aug 2012 67.08 Ehsan Hadadi IRI Shanghai 23 May 2010 Multiple Gold Medalists: Virgilijus Alekna (LTU): 2000, 2004 Al Oerter (USA): 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968 Clarence Houser (USA): 1924, 1928 Martin Sheridan (USA): 1904, 1906, 1908 Multiple Medalists: Gerd Kanter (EST): 2008 Gold, 2012 Bronze Virgilijus Alekna (LTU): 2000 Gold, 2004 Gold, 2008 Bronze Lars Riedel (GER): 1996 Gold, 2000 Silver Romas Ubartas (LTU) 1988 Silver, 1992Gold Jürgen Schult (GDR): 1988 Gold, 1992 Silver Rolf Danneberg (FRG): 1984 Gold, 1988 Bronze John Powell (USA): 1976 Bronze, 1984 Bronze Mac Wilkins (USA): 1976 Gold, 1984 Silver Ludvik Danek (TCH): 1964 Silver, 1968 Bronze, 1972 Gold Al Oerter (USA): 1956 Gold, 1960 Gold, 1964 Gold, 1968 Gold Adolfo Consolini (ITA): 1948 Gold, 1952 Silver Fortune Gordien (USA) 1948 Bronze, 1956 Silver Clarence Houser (USA): 1924 Gold, 1928 Gold Armas Taipale (FIN): 1912 Gold, 1920 Silver Nikolaos Georgantas (GRE): 1904 Bronze, 1906 Silver Martin Sheridan (USA): 1904 Gold, 1906 Gold, 1908 Gold Multiple Medals by athletes from a single nation Nation Year Gold Silver Bronze BLR 1996 Vladimir Dubrovshchik Vasily Kaptyukh USA 1984 Mac Wilkins John Powell USA 1976 Mac Wilkins John Powell USA 1964 Al Oerter Dave Weill USA 1960 Al Oerter Rink Babka Dick Cochran USA 1956 Al Oerter Fortune Gordien Des Koch USA 1952 Sim Inness Jim Dillion ITA 1948 Adolfo Consolini Giuseppe Tosi USA 1936 Ken Carpenter Gordon Dunn USA 1932 John Anderson Henry Laborde USA 1928 Clarence Houser James Corson USA 1924 Clarence Houser Thomas Lieb FIN 1920 Elmer Niklander Armas Taipale USA 1912 Richard Byrd James Duncan USA 1908 Martin Sheridan Merritt Giffin Marquis Horr USA 1904 Marin Sheridan Ralph Rose GRE 1896 Panayotis Paraskevopoulous Sotirios Versis Man & Woman from the same team winning the corresponding event: Nation Men Women Venue Year GER Lars Riedel Ilke Wyludda Atlanta 1996 GDR Jürgen Schult Martina Hellmann Seoul 1988 USA John Anderson Lillian Copeland Los Angeles 1932 Medals by Countries: Nation Gold Silver Bronze USA 14 9 13 LTU 3 1 FIN 2 3 1 GER 2 2 ITA 1 2 1 TCH 1 2 1 GDR 1 2 HUN 1 1 URS 1 1 EST 1 2 FRG 1 1 GRE 2 2 BLR 1 1 BOH 1 POL 1 IRI 1 CUB 2 FRA 1 SWE 1 RSA 1 World Champion with Olympic Gold medal Name Nat World Championships Olympics Robert Harting GER 2009, 2011, 2013 2012 Gerd Kanter EST 2007 2008 Virgilijus Alekna LTU 2003, 2005 2000, 2004 Lars Riedel GER 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2001 1996 Jürgen Schult GDR 1987 1988 Olympic medalist who previously won World Junior medal Name Nat Olympics Year World Junior Championships Year Ehsan Hadadi IRI Silver 2012 Gold 2004 Zoltan Kovago HUN Silver 2004 Gold 1998 Franz Kruger RSA Bronze 2000 Gold 1994 Vasily Kaptyukh URS Bronze 1996 Bronze 1986 Olympic medalists who previously won World Youth medal: Name Nat Olympics Year World