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

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Women's discus throw
at the Games of the IX Olympiad
Halina Konopacka 1928.jpg
Halina Konopacka in 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam
Venue Olympic Stadium
DateJuly 31
Competitors21 from 12 nations
Winning distance39.62 m
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Halina Konopacka Flag of Poland (1919-1928).svg  Poland
Silver medal icon.svg Lillian Copeland US flag 48 stars.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg Ruth Svedberg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
1932  

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

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

World Record39.18 Flag of Poland.svg Halina Konopacka Warsaw (POL)September 4, 1927
Olympic Record-

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

Results

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.

RankAthleteNationQual.FinalNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Halina Konopacka Flag of Poland (1919-1928).svg  Poland 39.1739.62 WR
Silver medal icon.svg Lillian Copeland US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 36.6637.08
Bronze medal icon.svg Ruth Svedberg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 34.6835.92
4 Milly Reuter Flag of Germany (3-2 aspect ratio).svg  Germany 34.7535.86
5 Grete Heublein Flag of Germany (3-2 aspect ratio).svg  Germany 35.5635.56
6 Liesl Perkaus Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 33.5433.54
7 Maybelle Reichardt US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 33.52Did not advance
8 Genowefa Kobielska Flag of Poland (1919-1928).svg  Poland 32.72Did not advance
9 Charlotte Mäder Flag of Germany (3-2 aspect ratio).svg  Germany 32.22Did not advance
10 Lucienne Velu Flag of France.svg  France 31.29Did not advance
11 Lena Michaëlis Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 31.04Did not advance
12 Paula Mollenhauer Flag of Germany (3-2 aspect ratio).svg  Germany 30.94Did not advance
13 Piera Borsani Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy 30.67Did not advance
14 Elfrīda Karlsone Flag of Latvia (3-2).svg  Latvia 30.60Did not advance
15 Rena MacDonald US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 30.25Did not advance
16 Erzsébet Ruda Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946; 3-2 aspect ratio).svg  Hungary 29.65Did not advance
17 Bets Dekens Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 29.36Did not advance
18 Berta Jikeli Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 28.19Did not advance
19 Margaret Jenkins US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 27.07Did not advance
20 Lucie Petit-Diagre Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 25.28Did not advance
21 Jenny Toitgans Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 24.40Did not advance

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