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| Athletics Olympic Games Men: Discus Throw | 
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| 2012 | London (gbr) | |||
| 2008 | Beijing (chn) | Gerd Kanter (est) | Piotr Malachowski (pol) | Virgilijus Alekna (lit) |
| 2004 | Athínai (gre) | Virgilijus Alekna (lit) | Zoltan Kovago (hun) | Aleksander Tammert (est) |
| 2000 | Sydney (aus) | Virgilijus Alekna (lit) | Lars Riedel (ger) | Frantz Kruger (saf) |
| 1996 | Atlanta (usa) | Lars Riedel (ger) | Vladimir Dubrovshchik (blr) | Vasiliy Kaptyukh (blr) |
| 1992 | Barcelona (spa) | Romas Ubartas (lit) | Jürgen Schult (ger) | Roberto Moya (cub) |
| 1988 | Seoul (sko) | Jürgen Schult (ege) | Romas Ubartas (sov) | Rolf Danneberg (wge) |
| 1984 | Los Angeles (usa) | Rolf Danneberg (wge) | Mac Wilkins (usa) | John Powell (usa) |
| 1980 | Moskva (sov) | Viktor Rashchupkin (sov) | Imrich Bugár (czs) | Luis Delis (cub) |
| 1976 | Montréal (can) | Mac Wilkins (usa) | Wolfgang Schmidt (ege) | John Powell (usa) |
| 1972 | München (wge) | Ludvik Danek (czs) | Jay Silvester (usa) | Ricky Bruch (swe) |
| 1968 | Mexico City (mex) | Al Oerter (usa) | Lothar Milde (ege) | Ludvik Danek (czs) |
| 1964 | Tokyo (jpn) | Al Oerter (usa) | Ludvik Danek (czs) | Dave Weill (usa) |
| 1960 | Roma (ita) | Al Oerter (usa) | Rink Babka (usa) | Dick Cochran (usa) |
| 1956 | Melbourne (aus) | Al Oerter (usa) | Fortune Gordien (usa) | Des Koch (usa) |
| 1952 | Helsinki (fin) | Sim Iness (usa) | Adolfo Consolini (ita) | James Dillion (usa) |
| 1948 | London (gbr) | Adolfo Consolini (ita) | Giuseppe Tosi (ita) | Fortune Gordien (usa) |
| 1936 | Berlin (ger) | Ken Carpenter (usa) | Gordon Dunn (usa) | Giorgio Oberweger (ita) |
| 1932 | Los Angeles (usa) | John Anderson (usa) | Henri Laborde (usa) | Paul Winter (fra) |
| 1928 | Amsterdam (net) | Clarence Houser (usa) | Antero Kivi (fin) | James Corson (usa) |
| 1924 | Paris (fra) | Clarence Houser (usa) | Vilho Niitymaa (fin) | Thomas Lieb (usa) |
| 1920 | Antwerpen (bel) | Elmer Niklander (fin) | Armas Taipale (fin) | Augustus Pope (usa) |
| 1912 | Stockholm (swe) | Armas Taipale (fin) | Richard Byrd (usa) | James Duncan (usa) |
| 1908 | London (gbr) | Martin Sheridan (usa) | Merritt Giffin (usa) | Marquis Horr (usa) |
| 1904 | St. Louis (usa) | Martin Sheridan (usa) | Ralph Rose (usa) | Nikolaos Georgantas (gre) |
| 1900 | Paris (fra) | Rudolf Bauer (hun) | Frantisek Janda-Suk (boh) | Richard Sheldon (usa) |
| 1896 | Athínai (gre) | Robert Garrett (usa) | Panagiotis Paraskevopoulos (gre) | Sotirios Versis (gre) |
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Note: 2004: actual 1st Robert Fazekas (hun) disqualified for a doping offence |
