Athletics — Discus Throw, Women

Times held 23
Total participants 359
Total countries 70

Participants

Year Event Status Participants NOCs
1928 Discus Throw, Women Olympic 21 12
1932 Discus Throw, Women Olympic 9 4
1936 Discus Throw, Women Olympic 19 11
1948 Discus Throw, Women Olympic 21 11
1952 Discus Throw, Women Olympic 20 16
1956 Discus Throw, Women Olympic 22 12
1960 Discus Throw, Women Olympic 24 15
1964 Discus Throw, Women Olympic 21 15
1968 Discus Throw, Women Olympic 16 9
1972 Discus Throw, Women Olympic 17 10
1976 Discus Throw, Women Olympic 15 9
1980 Discus Throw, Women Olympic 17 10
1984 Discus Throw, Women Olympic 17 14
1988 Discus Throw, Women Olympic 22 13
1992 Discus Throw, Women Olympic 28 16
1996 Discus Throw, Women Olympic 39 24
2000 Discus Throw, Women Olympic 32 20
2004 Discus Throw, Women Olympic 42 27
2008 Discus Throw, Women Olympic 38 24
2012 Discus Throw, Women Olympic 35 23
2016 Discus Throw, Women Olympic 34 23
2020 Discus Throw, Women Olympic 31 19
2024 Discus Throw, Women Olympic 32 19

Medal winners

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1928 Halina KonopackaPOL Lillian CopelandUSA Ruth SvedbergSWE
1932 Lillian CopelandUSA Ruth OsburnUSA Jadwiga WajsPOL
1936 Gisela MauermayerGER Jadwiga WajsPOL Paula MollenhauerGER
1948 Micheline OstermeyerFRA Edera Cordiale-GentileITA Jacqueline MazéasFRA
1952 Nina RomashkovaURS Yelizaveta BagryantsevaURS Nino DumbadzeURS
1956 Olga FikotováTCH Irina BeglyakovaURS Nina Romashkova-PonomaryovaURS
1960 Nina Romashkova-PonomaryovaURS Tamara PressURS Lia ManoliuROU
1964 Tamara PressURS Ingrid LotzGER Lia ManoliuROU
1968 Lia ManoliuROU Liesel WestermannFRG Jolán Kleiber-KontsekHUN
1972 Faina MelnikURS Argentina MenisROU Vasilka StoevaBUL
1976 Evelin SchlaakGDR Mariya VergovaBUL Gabriele HinzmannGDR
1980 Evelin JahlGDR Mariya PetkovaBUL Tatyana LesovayaURS
1984 Ria StalmanNED Leslie DenizUSA Florenţa CrăciunescuROU
1988 Martina HellmannGDR Diana GanskyGDR Tsvetanka HristovaBUL
1992 Maritza MarténCUB Tsvetanka HristovaBUL Daniela CostianAUS
1996 Ilke WyluddaGER Nataliya SadovaRUS Elina ZveravaBLR
2000 Elina ZveravaBLR Anastasia KelesidouGRE Iryna YatchankaBLR
2004 Nataliya SadovaRUS Anastasia KelesidouGRE Věra Pospíšilová-CechlováCZE
2008 Stephanie Brown-TraftonUSA Olena AntonovaUKR Song AiminCHN
2012 Sandra PerkovićCRO Li YanfengCHN Yarelis BarriosCUB
2016 Sandra PerkovićCRO Mélina Robert-MichonFRA Denia CaballeroCUB
2020 Valarie AllmanUSA Kristin PudenzGER Yaimé PérezCUB
2024 Valarie AllmanUSA Feng BinCHN Sandra ElkaševićCRO

Medals by country

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
Soviet Union URS 4 3 3 10
United States USA 4 3 0 7
East Germany GDR 3 1 1 5
Germany GER 2 2 1 5
Croatia CRO 2 0 1 3
Romania ROU 1 1 3 5
France FRA 1 1 1 3
Poland POL 1 1 1 3
Russian Federation RUS 1 1 0 2
Cuba CUB 1 0 3 4
Belarus BLR 1 0 2 3
Czechoslovakia TCH 1 0 0 1
Netherlands NED 1 0 0 1
Bulgaria BUL 0 3 2 5
People's Republic of China CHN 0 2 1 3
Greece GRE 0 2 0 2
Italy ITA 0 1 0 1
Ukraine UKR 0 1 0 1
West Germany FRG 0 1 0 1
Australia AUS 0 0 1 1
Czechia CZE 0 0 1 1
Hungary HUN 0 0 1 1
Sweden SWE 0 0 1 1

Top medallists

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Nina Romashkova-Ponomaryova RUS
URS
2 0 1 3
Sandra Perković-Elkašević CRO 2 0 1 3
Evelin Schlaak-Jahl GDR 2 0 0 2
Valarie Allman USA 2 0 0 2
Nataliya Sadova RUS 1 1 0 2
Tamara Press RUS
URS
1 1 0 2
Lillian Copeland USA 1 1 0 2

Best performance by country

Olympic and Intercalated results only.
Country Games Athlete/Team Placement
Argentina ARG 1956 Summer Olympics Isabel Avellán 6 See all
Australia AUS 1992 Summer Olympics Daniela Costian 3 Bronze See all
Austria AUT 1948 Summer Olympics Lotte Haidegger 5 See all
1952 Summer Olympics Lotte Haidegger 5
Belarus BLR 2000 Summer Olympics Elina Zverava 1 Gold See all
Belgium BEL 1972 Summer Olympics Maggy Wauters 17 r1/2 See all
Brazil BRA 2020 Summer Olympics Izabela da Silva 11 See all
Bulgaria BUL 1976 Summer Olympics Mariya Vergova 2 Silver See all
1980 Summer Olympics Mariya Petkova 2 Silver
1992 Summer Olympics Tsvetanka Hristova 2 Silver
Cameroon CMR 1984 Summer Olympics Agathe Ngo Nack 16 r1/2 See all
Canada CAN 1976 Summer Olympics Jane Haist 11 See all
Chile CHI 2016 Summer Olympics Karen Gallardo 18 r1/2 See all
Chinese Taipei TPE 2012 Summer Olympics Li Wen-Hua 21 See all
Colombia COL 1988 Summer Olympics María Isabel Urrutia 17 r1/2 See all
Cook Islands COK 2008 Summer Olympics Tereapii Tapoki 36 r1/2 See all
Croatia CRO 2012 Summer Olympics Sandra Perković 1 Gold See all
2016 Summer Olympics Sandra Perković 1 Gold
Cuba CUB 1992 Summer Olympics Maritza Martén 1 Gold See all
Czechia CZE 2004 Summer Olympics Věra Pospíšilová-Cechlová 3 Bronze See all
Czechoslovakia TCH 1956 Summer Olympics Olga Fikotová 1 Gold See all
Denmark DEN 1960 Summer Olympics Karen Inge Halkier 17 r1/2 See all
East Germany GDR 1976 Summer Olympics Evelin Schlaak 1 Gold See all
1980 Summer Olympics Evelin Jahl 1 Gold
1988 Summer Olympics Martina Hellmann 1 Gold
Estonia EST 1996 Summer Olympics Eha Rünne =25 r1/2 See all
Finland FIN 1984 Summer Olympics Ulla Lundholm 4 See all
France FRA 1948 Summer Olympics Micheline Ostermeyer 1 Gold See all
Germany GER 1936 Summer Olympics Gisela Mauermayer 1 Gold See all
1996 Summer Olympics Ilke Wyludda 1 Gold
Great Britain GBR 1984 Summer Olympics Meg Ritchie 5 See all
Greece GRE 2000 Summer Olympics Anastasia Kelesidou 2 Silver See all
2004 Summer Olympics Anastasia Kelesidou 2 Silver
Hungary HUN 1968 Summer Olympics Jolán Kleiber-Kontsek 3 Bronze See all
India IND 2012 Summer Olympics Krishna Poonia 6 See all
2020 Summer Olympics Kamalpreet Kaur 6
Ireland IRL 1984 Summer Olympics Pat Walsh 9 See all
Islamic Republic of Iran IRI 1964 Summer Olympics Juliette Geverkof 21 r1/2 See all
Israel ISR 1952 Summer Olympics Olga Winterberg 19 r1/2 See all
Italy ITA 1948 Summer Olympics Edera Cordiale-Gentile 2 Silver See all
Jamaica JAM 2020 Summer Olympics Shadae Lawrence 7 See all
Japan JPN 1936 Summer Olympics Ko Nakamura 4 See all
1952 Summer Olympics Toyoko Yoshino 4
Kazakhstan KAZ 2016 Summer Olympics Mariya Telushkina 32 r1/2 See all
Latvia LAT 1928 Summer Olympics Elfrīda Karlsone 14 See all
Lithuania LTU 2012 Summer Olympics Zinaida Sendriūtė 8 See all
Mali MLI 1996 Summer Olympics Oumou Traoré 39 r1/2 See all
Mauritius MRI 1984 Summer Olympics Christine Béchard 17 r1/2 See all
Mongolia MGL 1968 Summer Olympics Dashzevgiin Namjilmaa 12 See all
Mozambique MOZ 1980 Summer Olympics Ludovina de Oliveira AC r1/2 See all
Netherlands NED 1984 Summer Olympics Ria Stalman 1 Gold See all
New Zealand NZL 2004 Summer Olympics Beatrice Faumuina 6 See all
Nigeria NGR 2016 Summer Olympics Chinwe Okoro 14 r1/2 See all
Norway NOR 1996 Summer Olympics Mette Bergmann 9 See all
Paraguay PAR 2000 Summer Olympics Mariana Canillas 32 r1/2 See all
People's Republic of China CHN 2012 Summer Olympics Li Yanfeng 2 Silver See all
2024 Summer Olympics Feng Bin 2 Silver
Philippines PHI 1972 Summer Olympics Josephine de la Viña 13 r1/2 See all
Poland POL 1928 Summer Olympics Halina Konopacka 1 Gold See all
Portugal POR 2020 Summer Olympics Liliana Cá 5 See all
Republic of Korea KOR 1948 Summer Olympics Park Bong-Sik 18 See all
Republic of Moldova MDA 2024 Summer Olympics Alexandra Emilianov 11 See all
Romania ROU 1968 Summer Olympics Lia Manoliu 1 Gold See all
Russian Federation RUS 2004 Summer Olympics Nataliya Sadova 1 Gold See all
Serbia SRB 2008 Summer Olympics Dragana Tomašević 12 r1/2 See all
Serbia and Montenegro SCG 2004 Summer Olympics Dragana Tomašević 37 r1/2 See all
South Africa RSA 2004 Summer Olympics Elizna Naudé 19 r1/2 See all
2008 Summer Olympics Elizna Naudé 19 r1/2
Soviet Union URS 1952 Summer Olympics Nina Romashkova 1 Gold See all
1960 Summer Olympics Nina Romashkova-Ponomaryova 1 Gold
1964 Summer Olympics Tamara Press 1 Gold
1972 Summer Olympics Faina Melnik 1 Gold
Spain ESP 2016 Summer Olympics Sabina Asenjo 23 r1/2 See all
Sweden SWE 1928 Summer Olympics Ruth Svedberg 3 Bronze See all
Switzerland SUI 1976 Summer Olympics Rita Pfister 12 See all
Thailand THA 2020 Summer Olympics Subenrat Insaeng 18 r1/2 See all
Tonga TGA 1988 Summer Olympics Siololovau Ikavuka 21 r1/2 See all
Tunisia TUN 2000 Summer Olympics Monia Kari 23 r1/2 See all
Türkiye TUR 2000 Summer Olympics Oksana Mert 27 r1/2 See all
Ukraine UKR 2008 Summer Olympics Olena Antonova 2 Silver See all
Unified Team EUN 1992 Summer Olympics Larisa Korotkevich 4 See all
United States USA 1932 Summer Olympics Lillian Copeland 1 Gold See all
2008 Summer Olympics Stephanie Brown-Trafton 1 Gold
2020 Summer Olympics Valarie Allman 1 Gold
2024 Summer Olympics Valarie Allman 1 Gold
West Germany FRG 1968 Summer Olympics Liesel Westermann 2 Silver See all
Yugoslavia YUG 1956 Summer Olympics Nada Kotlušek 12 See all
Zimbabwe ZIM 1984 Summer Olympics Mariëtte van Heerden 14 r1/2 See all