Men's discus throw debuted at the 1896 Games in Athens and women's discus throw debuted at the 1928 Games in Amsterdam.
Piotr Malachowski was the silver medalist in the Men's Discus Throw event at the Rio 2016 Olympics.
The men's world record for the men's 2kg discus throw is held by Jurgen Schult of Germany with a throw of 74.08 meters in 1986.The women's world record for the women's 1kg discus throw is held by Gabriele Reinsch of Germany with a throw of 76.80meters in 1988.
The bronze medal in the Men's Discus Throw event at the Rio 2016 Olympics went to Daniel Jasinski.
The country winning the gold medal in the Men's Discus Throw event at the Rio 2016 Olympics was Germany.
Poland was the country that won the silver medal in the Men's Discus Throw event at the Rio 2016 Olympics.
Christoph Harting won the gold medal for Germany in the Men's Discus Throw event at the Rio 2016 Olympics.
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Germany won the bronze medal, as well as the gold medal, in the Men's Discus Throw event at the Rio 2016 Olympics.
In international competitions for men under the age of 50, the discus weighs 2 kg (4.4 pounds). Lesser weights are thrown in women's competitions and by youth and older people of both sexes.
The winners in the Men's Discus Throw event at the Rio 2016 Olympics were Christoph Harting, Piotr Malachowski, and Daniel Jasinski. Harting won the gold medal, Malachowski won the silver medal, and Jasinski won the bronze medal.
1 KG for pre highschool, 1.6 for high school, 2kg for college (USA) In the other countries it goes like this 1 kg for everyone younger than 14, younger juniors (15,16) 1.5kg, Juniors (17,18) 1.75kg, 2kg all older than that.