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

The women's discus throw event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1928 Summer Olympics. It was the first medal decision of a women's event in Olympic athletics. The competition was held on Tuesday, July 31, 1928. Twenty-one discus throwers from twelve nations competed.[1]

Women's discus throw
at the Games of the IX Olympiad
Halina Konopacka in 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam
VenueOlympic Stadium
DateJuly 31
Competitors21 from 12 nations
Winning distance39.62 m
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Halina Konopacka  Poland
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Lillian Copeland  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ruth Svedberg  Sweden
1932 →

Records

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

World Record 39.18   Halina Konopacka Warsaw (POL) September 4, 1927
Olympic Record -

In the final Halina Konopacka set a new world record with 39.62 metres.

Results

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

Rank Athlete Nation Qual. Final Notes
  Halina Konopacka   Poland 39.17 39.62 WR
  Lillian Copeland   United States 36.66 37.08
  Ruth Svedberg   Sweden 34.68 35.92
4 Milly Reuter   Germany 34.75 35.86
5 Grete Heublein   Germany 35.56 35.56
6 Liesl Perkaus   Austria 33.54 33.54
7 Maybelle Reichardt   United States 33.52 Did not advance
8 Genowefa Kobielska   Poland 32.72 Did not advance
9 Charlotte Mäder   Germany 32.22 Did not advance
10 Lucienne Velu   France 31.29 Did not advance
11 Lena Michaëlis   Netherlands 31.04 Did not advance
12 Paula Mollenhauer   Germany 30.94 Did not advance
13 Piera Borsani   Italy 30.67 Did not advance
14 Elfrīda Karlsone   Latvia 30.60 Did not advance
15 Rena MacDonald   United States 30.25 Did not advance
16 Erzsébet Ruda   Hungary 29.65 Did not advance
17 Bets Dekens   Netherlands 29.36 Did not advance
18 Berta Jikeli   Romania 28.19 Did not advance
19 Margaret Jenkins   United States 27.07 Did not advance
20 Lucie Petit-Diagre   Belgium 25.28 Did not advance
21 Jenny Toitgans   Belgium 24.40 Did not advance

References

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  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games: Women's Discus Throw". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
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