What is Discus throw?
{{main|Track and field athletics}} [[Image:Discus Thrower Copenhagen.jpg|thumb|250px|right|[[Statue]] of a discus thrower, [[Copenhagen]].]] The '''discus throw''' is an event in [[Athletics (track and field)|athletics]], where a heavy [[disc]] is thrown for [[distance]]. It was invented in 708 BC in [[Ancient Greece]].<ref>[http://www.olympic.org/uk/passion/collectors/object/gallery_uk.asp?ObjId=318 Notations on the 1920 discus stamps at the Olympic Museum]</ref> The goal is to throw the discus farther than your opponents. The discus throw is the subject of a number of well-known ancient [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] statues and [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] copies of them. US thrower Al Oerter is one of only two athletes to win the same individual event at four consecutive Olympic Games. {{commonscat}} ==Related pages== *[[Hammer throw]] *[[Javelin throw]] *[[Shot put]] == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:Events in athletics]]