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

Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics
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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.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Halina Konopacka Poland	Lillian Copeland United States	Ruth Svedberg Sweden

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.

The best six throwers, both groups counted together, qualified for the final. The throwing order and the throwing series are not available.

Group 1

Place	Athlete	Distance	Overall Rank	Qual.
1	Halina Konopacka (POL)	39.17	1	Q
2	Lillian Copeland (USA)	36.66	2	Q
3	Grete Heublein (GER)	35.56	3	Q
4	Ruth Svedberg (SWE)	34.68	5	Q
5	Maybelle Reichardt (USA)	33.52	7
6	Lucienne Velu (FRA)	31.29	10
7	Lena Michaëlis (NED)	31.04	11
8	Paula Mollenhauer (GER)	30.94	12
9	Piera Borsani (ITA)	30.67	13
10	Elfrīda Karlsone (LAT)	30.60	14
11	Lucie Petit-Diagre (BEL)	25.28	20
12	Jenny Toitgans (BEL)	24.40	21

Group 2

Place	Athlete	Distance	Overall Rank	Qual.
1	Milly Reuter (GER)	34.75	4	Q
2	Liesl Perkaus (AUT)	33.54	6	Q
3	Genowefa Kobielska (POL)	32.72	8
4	Charlotte Mäder (GER)	32.22	9
5	Rena MacDonald (USA)	30.25	15
6	Erzsébet Ruda (HUN)	29.65	16
7	Bets Dekens (NED)	29.36	17
8	Berta Jikeli (ROU)	28.19	18
9	Margaret Jenkins (USA)	27.07	19

The final was held on the same day and started at 2 p.m.

Place	Athlete	Qual. Width	Final Width	Distance
1	Halina Konopacka (POL)	39.17	39.62	39.62 WR
2	Lillian Copeland (USA)	36.66	37.08	37.08
3	Ruth Svedberg (SWE)	34.68	35.92	35.92
4	Milly Reuter (GER)	34.75	35.86	35.86
5	Grete Heublein (GER)	35.56		35.56
6	Liesl Perkaus (AUT)	33.54		33.54

Olympic Report
sports-reference
Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 13 December 2008.

Discus throw at the Olympic Games

Summary

Men	1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016

Women	1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016

See also: 1912 Men's two handed discus throw

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