Arthur Leon Burns (born July 19, 1954) is an American retired

discus throw The discus throw (), also known as disc throw, is a track and field sport in which the participant athlete throws an oblate spheroid weight (object), weight called a discus in an attempt to mark a further distance than other competitors. It is a ...

er. He finished in fifth place (64.98 metres) at the

1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and commonly known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the ...

, just behind his medal winning compatriots

Mac Wilkins Mac Maurice Wilkins (born November 15, 1950) is an American athlete, who competed mainly in the discus throw. He was born in Eugene, Oregon and graduated in 1969 from Beaverton High School in Beaverton, Oregon. College Distance running coach Bi ...

(silver) and John Powell (bronze). Burns finished third behind fellow Americans John Powell and

Al Oerter Alfred Oerter Jr. (; September 19, 1936 – October 1, 2007) was an American athlete and a four-time Olympic Champion in the discus throw. He was the first athlete to win a gold medal in the same individual event in four consecutive Olympic ...

in the discus throw event at the British 1981 AAA Championships.

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USA Olympic Team

1954 births Living people Place of birth missing (living people) American male discus throwers Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics Olympic track and field athletes for the United States Athletes (track and field) at the 1987 Pan American Games Pan American Games track and field athletes for the United States 20th-century American sportsmen {{US-discusthrow-athletics-bio-stub