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Discus Throw, Women

Date	31 July 1928
Status	Olympic
Location	Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam
Participants	21 from 12 countries

This was the first women’s athletics event contested at the Modern Olympic Games. The favorite was Poland’s Halina Konopacka who had bettered the world record five times between May 1925 and September 1927, not all of them ratified. She had also won the FSFI Women’s World Games in 1926. In the qualifying she threw 39.17 (128-6¼), only one centimeter off her world record, but she improved to 39.62 (130-0) in the final for a world record and gold medal.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Qualifying	Final
1	430	Halina Konopacka	POL	39.17 (1)	39.62 (1)	Gold	WR
2	574	Lillian Copeland	USA	36.33 (2)	37.08 (2)	Silver
3	873	Ruth Svedberg	SWE	34.68 (5)	35.92 (3)	Bronze
4	763	Milly Reuter	GER	34.75 (4)	35.86 (4)
5	754	Grete Heublein	GER	35.56 (3)	35.56 (5)
6	412	Liesl Perkaus	AUT	33.54 (6)	33.54 (6)
7	582	Maybelle Reichardt	USA	33.52 (7)	–
8	429	Genowefa Kobielska	POL	32.72 (8)	–
9	758	Charlotte Mäder	GER	32.22 (9)	–
10	126	Lucienne Velu	FRA	31.29 (10)	–
11	350	Lena Michaëlis	NED	31.04 (11)	–
12	759	Paula Mollenhauer	GER	30.94 (12)	–
13	244	Pierina Borsani	ITA	30.67 (13)	–
14	153	Elfrīda Karlsone	LAT	30.60 (14)	–
15	581	Rena MacDonald	USA	30.25 (15)	–
16	45	Erzsébet Ruda	HUN	29.65 (16)	–
17	342	Bets Dekens	NED	29.36 (17)	–
18	365	Berta Jikeli	ROU	28.19 (18)	–
19	577	Margaret Jenkins	USA	27.07 (19)	–
20	635	Lucie Petit-Diagre	BEL	25.28 (20)	–
21	641	Jenny Toitgans	BEL	24.40 (21)	–
DNS	245	Kinue Hitomi	JPN	– (DNS)	–
DNS	677	Bobby Rosenfeld	CAN	– (DNS)	–
DNS	159	Marija Pakarklytė	LTU	– (DNS)	–
DNS	636	José Pâques	BEL	– (DNS)	–
DNS	642	Sidonia Verschueren	BEL	– (DNS)	–
DNS	395	Vanda Vodicková	TCH	– (DNS)	–
DNS	676	Ethel Catherwood	CAN	– (DNS)	–
DNS	822	Sara Teitelbaum	EST	– (DNS)	–

Qualifying Round

Date	31 July 1928
Format	Top six advanced to the final.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Distance
1	430	Halina Konopacka	POL	39.17	QOR
2	574	Lillian Copeland	USA	36.33	QOR
3	754	Grete Heublein	GER	35.56	QOR
4	763	Milly Reuter	GER	34.75	Q
5	873	Ruth Svedberg	SWE	34.68	Q
6	412	Liesl Perkaus	AUT	33.54	Q
7	582	Maybelle Reichardt	USA	33.52
8	429	Genowefa Kobielska	POL	32.72
9	758	Charlotte Mäder	GER	32.22
10	126	Lucienne Velu	FRA	31.29
11	350	Lena Michaëlis	NED	31.04
12	759	Paula Mollenhauer	GER	30.94
13	244	Pierina Borsani	ITA	30.67
14	153	Elfrīda Karlsone	LAT	30.60
15	581	Rena MacDonald	USA	30.25
16	45	Erzsébet Ruda	HUN	29.65
17	342	Bets Dekens	NED	29.36
18	365	Berta Jikeli	ROU	28.19
19	577	Margaret Jenkins	USA	27.07
20	635	Lucie Petit-Diagre	BEL	25.28
21	641	Jenny Toitgans	BEL	24.40
DNS	245	Kinue Hitomi	JPN	–
DNS	677	Bobby Rosenfeld	CAN	–
DNS	159	Marija Pakarklytė	LTU	–
DNS	636	José Pâques	BEL	–
DNS	642	Sidonia Verschueren	BEL	–
DNS	395	Vanda Vodicková	TCH	–
DNS	676	Ethel Catherwood	CAN	–
DNS	822	Sara Teitelbaum	EST	–

Group A

Date	31 July 1928

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Distance
1	430	Halina Konopacka	POL	39.17	OR
2	574	Lillian Copeland	USA	36.33	OR
3	754	Grete Heublein	GER	35.56	OR
4	873	Ruth Svedberg	SWE	34.68
5	582	Maybelle Reichardt	USA	33.52
6	126	Lucienne Velu	FRA	31.29
7	350	Lena Michaëlis	NED	31.04
8	759	Paula Mollenhauer	GER	30.94
9	244	Pierina Borsani	ITA	30.67
10	153	Elfrīda Karlsone	LAT	30.60
11	635	Lucie Petit-Diagre	BEL	25.28
12	641	Jenny Toitgans	BEL	24.40
DNS	245	Kinue Hitomi	JPN	–
DNS	677	Bobby Rosenfeld	CAN	–
DNS	159	Marija Pakarklytė	LTU	–

Group B

Date	31 July 1928

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Distance
1	763	Milly Reuter	GER	34.75
2	412	Liesl Perkaus	AUT	33.54
3	429	Genowefa Kobielska	POL	32.72
4	758	Charlotte Mäder	GER	32.22
5	581	Rena MacDonald	USA	30.25
6	45	Erzsébet Ruda	HUN	29.65
7	342	Bets Dekens	NED	29.36
8	365	Berta Jikeli	ROU	28.19
9	577	Margaret Jenkins	USA	27.07
DNS	636	José Pâques	BEL	–
DNS	642	Sidonia Verschueren	BEL	–
DNS	395	Vanda Vodicková	TCH	–
DNS	676	Ethel Catherwood	CAN	–
DNS	822	Sara Teitelbaum	EST	–

Final Round

Date	31 July 1928 — 14:00

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Distance
1	430	Halina Konopacka	POL	39.62	WR
2	574	Lillian Copeland	USA	37.08
3	873	Ruth Svedberg	SWE	35.92
4	763	Milly Reuter	GER	35.86
5	754	Grete Heublein	GER	35.56
6	412	Liesl Perkaus	AUT	33.54