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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	Nr	Athlete	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 (31 July 1928)

Top six advanced to the final.

Pos	Athlete	NOC	Distance
1	Halina Konopacka	POL	39.17	QOR
2	Lillian Copeland	USA	36.33	QOR
3	Grete Heublein	GER	35.56	QOR
4	Milly Reuter	GER	34.75	Q
5	Ruth Svedberg	SWE	34.68	Q
6	Liesl Perkaus	AUT	33.54	Q
7	Maybelle Reichardt	USA	33.52
8	Genowefa Kobielska	POL	32.72
9	Charlotte Mäder	GER	32.22
10	Lucienne Velu	FRA	31.29
11	Lena Michaëlis	NED	31.04
12	Paula Mollenhauer	GER	30.94
13	Pierina Borsani	ITA	30.67
14	Elfrīda Karlsone	LAT	30.60
15	Rena MacDonald	USA	30.25
16	Erzsébet Ruda	HUN	29.65
17	Bets Dekens	NED	29.36
18	Berta Jikeli	ROU	28.19
19	Margaret Jenkins	USA	27.07
20	Lucie Petit-Diagre	BEL	25.28
21	Jenny Toitgans	BEL	24.40
DNS	Kinue Hitomi	JPN	–
DNS	Bobby Rosenfeld	CAN	–
DNS	Marija Pakarklytė	LTU	–
DNS	José Pâques	BEL	–
DNS	Sidonia Verschueren	BEL	–
DNS	Vanda Vodicková	TCH	–
DNS	Ethel Catherwood	CAN	–
DNS	Sara Teitelbaum	EST	–

Qualifying Round, Group A (31 July 1928)

Pos	Athlete	NOC	Distance
1	Halina Konopacka	POL	39.17	OR
2	Lillian Copeland	USA	36.33	OR
3	Grete Heublein	GER	35.56	OR
4	Ruth Svedberg	SWE	34.68
5	Maybelle Reichardt	USA	33.52
6	Lucienne Velu	FRA	31.29
7	Lena Michaëlis	NED	31.04
8	Paula Mollenhauer	GER	30.94
9	Pierina Borsani	ITA	30.67
10	Elfrīda Karlsone	LAT	30.60
11	Lucie Petit-Diagre	BEL	25.28
12	Jenny Toitgans	BEL	24.40
DNS	Kinue Hitomi	JPN	–
DNS	Bobby Rosenfeld	CAN	–
DNS	Marija Pakarklytė	LTU	–

Qualifying Round, Group B (31 July 1928)

Pos	Athlete	NOC	Distance
1	Milly Reuter	GER	34.75
2	Liesl Perkaus	AUT	33.54
3	Genowefa Kobielska	POL	32.72
4	Charlotte Mäder	GER	32.22
5	Rena MacDonald	USA	30.25
6	Erzsébet Ruda	HUN	29.65
7	Bets Dekens	NED	29.36
8	Berta Jikeli	ROU	28.19
9	Margaret Jenkins	USA	27.07
DNS	José Pâques	BEL	–
DNS	Sidonia Verschueren	BEL	–
DNS	Vanda Vodicková	TCH	–
DNS	Ethel Catherwood	CAN	–
DNS	Sara Teitelbaum	EST	–

Final Round (31 July 1928 — 14:00)

Pos	Athlete	NOC	Distance
1	Halina Konopacka	POL	39.62	WR
2	Lillian Copeland	USA	37.08
3	Ruth Svedberg	SWE	35.92
4	Milly Reuter	GER	35.86
5	Grete Heublein	GER	35.56
6	Liesl Perkaus	AUT	33.54