Sport-Olympic.com

  •  
  •  
  •  
  •  
  •  

All Athletics Menu

1928 Olympic Games Amsterdam, Netherlands - Women's Discus Throw

 

 

Host City: Amsterdam, Netherlands Format: Top six advanced to the final.
Date Started: July 31, 1928  
Date Finished: July 31, 1928  
(Competitors: 21; Countries: 12)  
    Venue(s): Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam
Overview by IAAF    Olympic_Stadium_Amsterdam_1928.jpg
Between 1925 and 1927 Halina Konopacka had set five world records, of which two were ratified. Her cast of 39.17 in the qualifying round missed her record by one centimetre. The 27 year-old, throwing while clad in her usual outfit of shorts, singlet and beret, improved in the final with a world record of 39.62, to become the first-ever Olympic women’s athletics gold medallist.
       
Summary by Sports-reference.com      
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.
 

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1928 Summer Olympics.

World Record 39.18 Poland Halina Konopacka Warsaw (POL) September 4, 1927
Olympic Record   -    

In the final Halina Konopacka set a new world record with 39.62 metres.

 
        Results          
 
Discus Throw Women     Final 31 July        
                   
Rank Mark     Athlete Country NOC Age Records Notes
1 39.62     Halina Konopacka Poland POL 28 WR  
2 37.08     Lillian Copeland United States USA 23    
3 35.92     Ruth Svedberg Sweden SWE 25    
4 35.86     Milly Reuter Germany GER 23    
5 35.56     Grete Heublein Germany GER 20    
6 33.54     Liesl Perkaus Austria AUT 22    
Discus Throw Women     Qualifying Round 31 July        
                   
Rank Mark     Athlete Country NOC Age Records Notes
1 39.17   Q Halina Konopacka Poland POL 28 OR  
2 36.33   Q Lillian Copeland United States USA 23 OR  
3 35.56   Q Grete Heublein Germany GER 20 OR  
4 34.75   Q Milly Reuter Germany GER 23    
5 34.68   Q Ruth Svedberg Sweden SWE 25    
6 33.54   Q Liesl Perkaus Austria AUT 22    
7 33.52     Maybelle Reichardt United States USA 20    
8 32.72     Genowefa Kobielska Poland POL 22    
9 32.22     Charlotte Mäder Germany GER 22    
10 31.29     Lucienne Velu France FRA 26    
11 31.04     Lena Michaëlis Netherlands NED 22    
12 30.94     Paula Mollenhauer Germany GER 19    
13 30.67     Piera Borsani Italy ITA 18    
14 30.60     Elfrīda Karlsone Latvia LAT 24    
15 30.25     Rena MacDonald United States USA 21    
16 29.65     Erzsébet Ruda Hungary HUN 23    
17 29.36     Bets Dekens Netherlands NED 21    
18 28.19     Berta Jikeli Romania ROU 17    
19 27.07     Margaret Jenkins United States USA 24    
20 25.28     Lucie Petit-Diagre Belgium BEL 26    
21 24.40     Jenny Toitgans Belgium BEL 23    

 Detailed View

 

Qualification

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  
 

Final

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
 
 

 

 

 

Real time web analytics, Heat map tracking

Olympic Games

Full

Results

All Events

 

Athletics in Olympic Games

Full RESULTS

All ATHLETICS

Events

189619001904190619081912192019241928193219361948195219561960196419681972197619801984198819921996200020042008201220162016
You are here: Home Athletics Olympic Games (Athletics) 1928 Amsterdam 1928 Olympic Games Amsterdam, Netherlands - Women's Discus Throw