Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Women's discus throw
Women's discus throw at the Games of the IX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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![]() Halina Konopacka in 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam | |||||||||||||
Venue | Olympic Stadium | ||||||||||||
Date | July 31 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 21 from 12 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning distance | 39.62 m | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics | ||
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Track events | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | |
400 m | men | |
800 m | men | women |
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 | women |
4 × 400 m relay | men | |
Road events | ||
Marathon | men | |
Field events | ||
Long jump | men | |
Triple jump | men | |
High jump | men | women |
Pole vault | men | |
Shot put | men | |
Discus throw | men | women |
Javelin throw | men | |
Hammer throw | men | |
Combined events | ||
Decathlon | men | |
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]
Records[edit]
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1928 Summer Olympics.
World Record | 39.18 | ![]() | Warsaw (POL) | September 4, 1927 |
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Olympic Record | - |
In the final Halina Konopacka set a new world record with 39.62 metres.
Results[edit]
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 |
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![]() | Halina Konopacka | ![]() | 39.17 | 39.62 | WR |
![]() | Lillian Copeland | ![]() | 36.66 | 37.08 | |
![]() | Ruth Svedberg | ![]() | 34.68 | 35.92 | |
4 | Milly Reuter | ![]() | 34.75 | 35.86 | |
5 | Grete Heublein | ![]() | 35.56 | 35.56 | |
6 | Liesl Perkaus | ![]() | 33.54 | 33.54 | |
7 | Maybelle Reichardt | ![]() | 33.52 | Did not advance | |
8 | Genowefa Kobielska | ![]() | 32.72 | Did not advance | |
9 | Charlotte Mäder | ![]() | 32.22 | Did not advance | |
10 | Lucienne Velu | ![]() | 31.29 | Did not advance | |
11 | Lena Michaëlis | ![]() | 31.04 | Did not advance | |
12 | Paula Mollenhauer | ![]() | 30.94 | Did not advance | |
13 | Piera Borsani | ![]() | 30.67 | Did not advance | |
14 | Elfrīda Karlsone | ![]() | 30.60 | Did not advance | |
15 | Rena MacDonald | ![]() | 30.25 | Did not advance | |
16 | Erzsébet Ruda | ![]() | 29.65 | Did not advance | |
17 | Bets Dekens | ![]() | 29.36 | Did not advance | |
18 | Berta Jikeli | ![]() | 28.19 | Did not advance | |
19 | Margaret Jenkins | ![]() | 27.07 | Did not advance | |
20 | Lucie Petit-Diagre | ![]() | 25.28 | Did not advance | |
21 | Jenny Toitgans | ![]() | 24.40 | Did not advance |
References[edit]
- ^ "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.
External links[edit]
- Olympic Report
- Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 13 December 2008.