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Men    Women 100 y 100 m 200 m 400 m 800 m 1500 m 1 Mile 5000 m 10000 m Marathon 110 m Hurdles 400 m Hurdles 3000 m Steeplechase 4 x 100 m Relay 4 x 400 m Relay 10 km Track Walk 20 km Road Walk 50 km Road Walk 35 km Road Walk High Jump Pole Vault Long Jump Triple Jump Shot Put Discus Throw Hammer Throw Javelin Throw Decathlon 4 x 400 m Mixed

Men, Discus Throw World    World Indoor    Europe    Olympic    World Champ.    Europe Champ. All records considered statistically valid, but some of them, were unratified for various reasons. •   - Record was ratified           *   - Record was repeated     26.20 Harald Andersson-Arbin SWE Göteborg Sep 18, 1892   35.74 Erik Eriksson SWE Stockholm Oct 06, 1895   35.75 Carl-Erik Helgesson SWE Göteborg Jul 26, 1896   38.70 Gustaf Söderström SWE Stockholm Sep 18, 1897   39.42 Frantisek Janda-Suk BOH Prague Jun 16, 1901   41.97 Nandor Fothy HUN Wien Jul 09, 1902   43.21 Marius Eynard FRA Paris May 02, 1903   43.86 Wilhelm Dörr GER Worms 1907   44.84 Verner Järvinen FIN Helsinki Aug 01, 1909   44.88 Elmer Nicklander FIN Helsinki Jun 19, 1910 • 45.57 Elmer Nicklander FIN Helsinki Jul 20, 1913   47.85 Armas Taipale FIN Magdeburg Jul 20, 1913   48.10 Armas Taipale FIN Juva Jul 02, 1916   48.77 Hans Hoffmeister GER Gelsenkirchen Jul 22, 1928   48.83 József Remecz HUN Debrecen Jun 21, 1931   48.97 József Remecz HUN Dunakeszi May 01, 1932   49.44 Jules Noel FRA Colombes Jun 05, 1932   49.89 József Remecz HUN Budapest Jun 09, 1932   50.73 József Remecz HUN Dunakeszi Jun 19, 1932   52.20 Harald Andersson SWE Oslo Aug 25, 1934 • 52.42 Harald Andersson SWE Oslo Aug 25, 1934 • 53.10 Wilhelm Schröder GER Magdeburg Apr 28, 1935 • 53.34 Adolfo Consolini ITA Milan Oct 26, 1941   53.69 Adolfo Consolini ITA Milan Apr 14, 1946 • 54.23 Adolfo Consolini ITA Milan Apr 14, 1946   54.78 Guiseppe Tosi ITA Perugia Jul 18, 1948 • 54.80 Guiseppe Tosi ITA Milan Aug 22, 1948 • 54.89 Adolfo Consolini ITA Verona Sep 12, 1948 • 55.33 Adolfo Consolini ITA Milan Oct 10, 1948 • 55.47 Adolfo Consolini ITA Rome Jul 23, 1950 • 55.79 Ferenc Klics HUN Budapest Jul 04, 1954 • 56.47 Karel Merta TCH Breznice Jul 17, 1955 • 56.69 Karel Merta TCH Manchester Oct 15, 1955 • 56.98 Adolfo Consolini ITA Bellinzona Dec 11, 1955   57.55 Edmund Piatkowski POL Konskie May 01, 1959 • 57.89 Edmund Piatkowski POL Pabianice May 10, 1959 • 58.33 József Szécsényi HUN Györ Jun 07, 1959 • 59.91 Edmund Piatkowski POL Warsaw Jun 14, 1959 • 60.47 Edmund Piatkowski POL Lódz Aug 16, 1961 • 62.45 Ludvik Danek TCH Vyskov May 10, 1964 • 64.55 Ludvik Danek TCH Turnov Aug 02, 1964 • 65.22 Ludvik Danek TCH Sokolov Oct 12, 1965   66.07 Ludvik Danek TCH Long Beach Jun 07, 1966 • 66.48 Ludvik Danek TCH Long Beach Jun 08, 1969 • 68.06 Rickard Bruch SWE Malmö Sep 21, 1969   68.32 Rickard Bruch SWE Malmö May 15, 1971 • 68.40* Rickard Bruch SWE Stockholm Jul 05, 1972 • 68.60 Wolfgang Schmidt GDR Köln May 21, 1976 • 68.92 Wolfgang Schmidt GDR Berlin May 31, 1978 • 71.16 Wolfgang Schmidt GDR Berlin Aug 09, 1978 • 71.86 Yuriy Dumchev URS Moscow May 29, 1983 • 74.08 Jürgen Schult GDR Neubrandenburg Jun 06, 1986