| Men's 56 pound weight throw at the Games of the VII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Olympisch Stadion | ||||||||||||
| Dates | August 20–21, 1920 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 12 from 4 nations | ||||||||||||
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| Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics | |
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| Track events | |
| 100 m | men |
| 200 m | men |
| 400 m | men |
| 800 m | men |
| 1500 m | men |
| 5000 m | men |
| 10,000 m | men |
| 110 m hurdles | men |
| 400 m hurdles | men |
| 3000 m steeplechase | men |
| 4 × 100 m relay | men |
| 4 × 400 m relay | men |
| 3000 m team race | men |
| 3 km walk | men |
| 10 km walk | men |
| Road events | |
| Marathon | men |
| Field events | |
| Long jump | men |
| Triple jump | men |
| High jump | men |
| Pole vault | men |
| Shot put | men |
| Discus throw | men |
| Hammer throw | men |
| Javelin throw | men |
| 56 lb weight throw | men |
| Combined events | |
| Pentathlon | men |
| Decathlon | men |
| Cross-country events | |
| Individual | men |
| Team | men |
The men's 56 pound weight throw event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1920 Summer Olympics. It was the second appearance of this event after the debut in 1904. The Intercalated Games in 1906 saw a stone throw event. The competition was held on Friday, August 20, 1920, and on Saturday, August 21, 1920.
Twelve throwers from four nations competed.
Records
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1920 Summer Olympics.
| World record |  M.J. McGrath (USA) |
40 ft 61⁄4 in (12.35 m) | Montreal | 23 September 1911 | |
| Olympic record |  Étienne Desmarteau (CAN) |
10.46 | St. Louis (USA) | 1 September 1904 |
Pat McDonald bettered the Olympic record in the qualification with 11.00 metres and in the final with 11.265 metres. As the competition has been discontinued, his Olympic record still stands.
Results
The best six throwers qualified for the final.
| Place | Athlete | Qual. | Final | |
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| Distance | Rank | |||
| 1 |  Pat McDonald (USA) |
11.00 | 1 | 11.265 OR |
| 2 | Patrick Ryan (USA) |
10.925 | 2 | 10.965 |
| 3 |  Carl Johan Lind (SWE) |
10.255 | 3 | 10.255 |
| 4 | Archie McDiarmid (CAN) |
9.475 | 4 | 10.12 |
| 5 | Malcolm Svensson (SWE) |
9.45 | 5 | 9.455 |
| 6 |  Johan Pettersson (FIN) |
9.375 | 6 | 9.375 |
| 7 | Edward Roberts (USA) |
9.36 | ||
| 8 | Elmer Niklander (FIN) |
8.865 | ||
| 9 | Ville Pörhölä (FIN) |
8.85 | ||
| 10 | James McEachern (USA) |
8.84 | ||
| 11 | Nils Linde (SWE) |
8.635 | ||
| 12 | Robert Olsson (SWE) |
8.555 | ||
References
- "Spalding's official athletic almanac 1920" (PDF). p. 13. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
- "1922 Spalding's Official Athletic Almanac" (PDF). p. 31. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
- Belgium Olympic Committee (1957). Olympic Games Antwerp 1920: Official Report (in French).
- Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 24 August 2007.
| Olympic champions in men's throws (defunct events) | |
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| Two handed shot put |
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| Greek style discus throw |
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| Two handed discus throw |
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| Stone throw |
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| 56 pounds weight throw |
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| Freestyle javelin throw |
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| Two handed javelin throw |
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| Weight throw at the Olympics | |
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