Day 7: DT

Armas Taipale, nicknamed Big Armas, carefully watches the flight of the discus, knowing that on his final throw, he managed to get a good grip. A law student from Helsinki, Finland, then exits the throwing circle brimming with excitement. His winning result of 45.21m (134-4) sets a new Olympic record. Competitors from America lag behind by about three meters. Among them is James Duncan, who earlier in the same year had achieved a mark of 47.58m (156-1), which was a new world record at the time.

Footage

• Film (IOC)

Results and reports

• Olympedia

• Wikipedia

Newspaper and online stories

• Suomen Urheilulehti, August 20, 1912 (in Finnish)

• Urheilun historia, January 9,  2014 (in Finnish) 

• Veikkaus, July 29, 2021 (in Finnish)

• Olympiakomitea (in Finnish)