Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's discus throw

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1928 Summer Olympics.

World Record	48.20	Bud Houser	Palo Alto (USA)	April 2, 1926
Olympic Record	46.155	Bud Houser	Paris (FRA)	July 13, 1924

At first James Corson set a new Olympic record in the second round of the qualification with 47.00 metres. In the third round of the qualification Bud Houser bettered the Olympic record with 47.32 metres.

The best six discus throwers qualified for the final. The throwing order is not available and the throwing series are only available for the best six throwers. The final was held on the same day and started at 2 p.m.

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Qualification				Final
			#1	#2	#3	Result	#4	#5	#6	Result
	Bud Houser	United States	X	X	47.32 OR	47.32	45.00	46.50	43.00	47.32
	Antero Kivi	Finland	45.30	45.00	45.79	45.79	46.00	47.23	42.00	47.23
	James Corson	United States	44.50	47.00 OR	45.00	47.00	45.40	46.50	47.10	47.10
4	Harald Stenerud	Norway	43.00	44.82	43.00	44.82	43.50	42.00	45.80	45.80
5	John Anderson	United States	43.50	44.25	43.00	44.25	44.50	44.87	43.00	44.87
6	Eino Kenttä	Finland	44.17	42.00	43.80	44.17	40.50	41.10	42.00	44.17
7	Ernst Paulus	Germany				44.15	Did not advance
8	Johan Trandem	Norway				43.97	Did not advance
9	Fred Weicker	United States				43.81	Did not advance
10	Gustav Kalkun	Estonia				43.09	Did not advance
11	Heikki Taskinen	Finland				43.00	Did not advance
12	Jānis Jordāns	Latvia				42.78	Did not advance
13	Ketil Askilt	Norway				42.57	Did not advance
14	Hermann Hänchen	Germany				42.08	Did not advance
15	Arturo Conturbia	Switzerland				41.90	Did not advance
16	Kálmán Egri	Hungary				41.89	Did not advance
17	István Donogán	Hungary				41.78	Did not advance
18	Józef Baran-Bilewski	Poland				41.77	Did not advance
19	Albino Pighi	Italy				41.42	Did not advance
20	František Douda	Czechoslovakia				41.19	Did not advance
21	Kálmán Marvalits	Hungary				41.17	Did not advance
22	Jules Noël	France				40.23	Did not advance
23	Camillo Zemi	Italy				39.95	Did not advance
24	Gerrit Eijsker	Netherlands				39.80	Did not advance
25	Hans Hoffmeister	Germany				39.17	Did not advance
26	Héctor Benaprés	Chile				38.18	Did not advance
27	Ichiro Furuyama	Japan				37.89	Did not advance
27	Ion David	Romania				37.49	Did not advance
29	Raoul Paoli	France				36.82	Did not advance
30	Yoshio Okita	Japan				36.38	Did not advance
31	Gerrit Postma	Netherlands				35.94	Did not advance
32	Fred Zinner	Belgium				34.35	Did not advance
33	Jesús Aguirre	Mexico				33.21	Did not advance
34	Dimitrios Karabatis	Greece				31.87	Did not advance

• Official Olympic Report
• Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Archived from the original on 16 February 2009. Retrieved February 10, 2009.