Women Discus Throw Athletics IX Olympic Games Amsterdam, Netherlands 1928 - 31st July

Women Discus Throw Athletics IX Olympic Games Amsterdam, Netherlands 1928 - 31st July - Gold Medal: Halina Konopacka, Poland

Final		Distance	Qual
1. Halina Konopacka	POL	39.62m WR	39.17m
2. Lillian Copeland	USA	37.08m	36.33m
3. Ruth Svedberg	SWE	35.92m	34.68m
4. Milly Reuter	GeR	35.86m	34.75m
5. Grete Heublein	GeR	35.56m	35.56m
6. Lisl Perkaus	AUT	33.54m	33.54m
7. Maybelle Reichardt	USA	33.52m	33.52m
8. Genowefa Kobielska	POL	32.72m	32.72m

world Women Discus Throw History

Venue: Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam. Capp.: 31,600.

21 competitors from 12 nations.

Between 1925 and 1927 Halina Konopacka had set five world records, of which two were ratified. Her cast of 39.17 in the qualifying round missed her record by one centimetre. The 27 year-old, throwing while clad in her usual outfit of shorts, singlet and beret, improved in the final with a world record of 39.62, to become the first-ever Olympic women’s athletics gold medallist.

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