What year was the discus thrower made?

Answer 1

Well, I will mention three and allow you to decide: 1) Virgilijus Alekna of Lithuania, gold medalist at the 2004 Games and holder of the Olympic record at 69.89 meters. 2) Jurgen Schult of Germany, world record holder at 74.08 meters. 3) Al Oerter of the United States, the first man to win a gold medal in the same event in four consecutive Olympic Games and the only man to win gold in the discus at four consecutive Olympic Games (1956, 1960, 1964, 1968).

Answer 2

Disc Golf was invented by many different people in many different places using natural targets. The earlist known disc golf was out of Saskatchewan Canada 1926. Ed Headrick of Wham-O invented the standardized disc golf targets called pole holes and started the PDGA.

Answer 3

In the 5th century BC, Myron, an Athenian sculptor, made a Discobolus, a statue of a discus thrower. The first Olympics were held in 776 BC. The discus throw was first held there. The discs were made of unwrought bronze and iron and the winner took the discs. In the 8th century BC, Homer, a Greek poet, made references to discus throwing.

Answer 4

Discus was one of the first events in the Olympic games back in the Greek times. It has been modified by multiple people, but initially the Greeks invented it

Answer 5

Earliest known places it at least in 708 BC as part of the ancient pentathlon.