| 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 centimetre 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 | ||
| 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) | – | |||
| 245 | Kinue Hitomi |  JPN | – ( | – | ||||
| 677 | Bobby Rosenfeld |  CAN | – ( | – | ||||
| 159 | Marija Pakarklytė |  LTU | – ( | – | ||||
| 636 | José Pâques | BEL | – ( | – | ||||
| 642 | Sidonia Verschueren | BEL | – ( | – | ||||
| 395 | Vanda Vodicková |  TCH | – ( | – | ||||
| 676 | Ethel Catherwood | CAN | – ( | – | ||||
| 822 | Sara Teitelbaum |  EST | – ( | – |
| Date | 31 July 1928 |
|---|---|
| Format | Top 6 advanced to the final. |
| Pos | Number | Competitor | NOC | Distance | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 430 | Halina Konopacka | POL | 39.17 | ||
| 2 | 574 | Lillian Copeland | USA | 36.33 | ||
| 3 | 754 | Grete Heublein | GER | 35.56 | ||
| 4 | 763 | Milly Reuter | GER | 34.75 | ||
| 5 | 873 | Ruth Svedberg | SWE | 34.68 | ||
| 6 | 412 | Liesl Perkaus | AUT | 33.54 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 245 | Kinue Hitomi | JPN | – | |||
| 677 | Bobby Rosenfeld | CAN | – | |||
| 159 | Marija Pakarklytė | LTU | – | |||
| 636 | José Pâques | BEL | – | |||
| 642 | Sidonia Verschueren | BEL | – | |||
| 395 | Vanda Vodicková | TCH | – | |||
| 676 | Ethel Catherwood | CAN | – | |||
| 822 | Sara Teitelbaum | EST | – |
| Date | 31 July 1928 |
|---|
| Pos | Start Order | Competitor | NOC | Distance | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 | Halina Konopacka | POL | 39.17 | ||
| 2 | 11 | Lillian Copeland | USA | 36.33 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Grete Heublein | GER | 35.56 | ||
| 4 | 8 | Ruth Svedberg | SWE | 34.68 | ||
| 5 | 12 | Maybelle Reichardt | USA | 33.52 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lucienne Velu | FRA | 31.29 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Lena Michaëlis | NED | 31.04 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Paula Mollenhauer | GER | 30.94 | ||
| 9 | 15 | Pierina Borsani | ITA | 30.67 | ||
| 10 | 14 | Elfrīda Karlsone | LAT | 30.60 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Lucie Petit-Diagre | BEL | 25.28 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Jenny Toitgans | BEL | 24.40 | ||
| 7 | Kinue Hitomi | JPN | – | |||
| 10 | Bobby Rosenfeld | CAN | – | |||
| 13 | Marija Pakarklytė | LTU | – |
| Date | 31 July 1928 |
|---|
| Pos | Start Order | Competitor | NOC | Distance | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Milly Reuter | GER | 34.75 | ||
| 2 | 14 | Liesl Perkaus | AUT | 33.54 | ||
| 3 | 8 | Genowefa Kobielska | POL | 32.72 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Charlotte Mäder | GER | 32.22 | ||
| 5 | 12 | Rena MacDonald | USA | 30.25 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Erzsébet Ruda | HUN | 29.65 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Bets Dekens | NED | 29.36 | ||
| 8 | 13 | Berta Jikeli | ROU | 28.19 | ||
| 9 | 11 | Margaret Jenkins | USA | 27.07 | ||
| 5 | José Pâques | BEL | – | |||
| 6 | Sidonia Verschueren | BEL | – | |||
| 7 | Vanda Vodicková | TCH | – | |||
| 9 | Ethel Catherwood | CAN | – | |||
| 10 | Sara Teitelbaum | EST | – |
| Date | 31 July 1928 — 14:00 |
|---|
| Pos | Number | Competitor | NOC | Distance | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 430 | Halina Konopacka | POL | 39.62 | ||
| 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 |
