The women's discus throw

Discus throw

The discus throw is an event in track and field athletics competition, in which an athlete throws a heavy disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than his or her competitors. It is an ancient sport, as evidenced by the 5th century BC Myron statue, Discobolus...

event was part of the track and field athletics programme

Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics

At the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, 27 athletics events were contested. The competition was held on a 400 meter track and would become the standard for athletics tracks in the future. For the first time, women's events in athletics were included in the Olympic Games program...

 at the 1928 Summer Olympics

1928 Summer Olympics

The 1928 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the IX Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1928 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Amsterdam had bid for the 1920 and 1924 Olympic Games, but had to give way to war-victim Antwerp, Belgium, and Pierre de...

. It was the first medal decision of a women's event in Olympic athletics. The competition was held on Tuesday, July 31, 1928.

Twenty-one discus throwers from twelve nations competed.

Medalists

Records

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

World Record	39.18	Halina Konopacka Halina Konopacka Halina Konopacka , famous athlete, first Polish Olympic Champion . She took part in the Olympic Games in Amsterdam, where she won a gold medal in discus throw breaking her own world record...	Warsaw Warsaw Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most...  (POL Poland Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north... )	September 4, 1927
Olympic Record		-

In the final Halina Konopacka

Halina Konopacka

Halina Konopacka , famous athlete, first Polish Olympic Champion . She took part in the Olympic Games in Amsterdam, where she won a gold medal in discus throw breaking her own world record...

 set a new world record with 39.62 metres.

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		39.17	1	Q
2		36.66	2	Q
3		35.56	3	Q
4		34.68	5	Q
5		33.52	7
6		31.29	10
7		31.04	11
8		30.94	12
9		30.67	13
10		30.60	14
11		25.28	20
12		24.40	21

Group 2

Place	Athlete	Distance	Overall Rank	Qual.
1		34.75	4	Q
2		33.54	6	Q
3		32.72	8
4		32.22	9
5		30.25	15
6		29.65	16
7		29.36	17
8		28.19	18
9		27.07	19

Final

The final was held on the same day and started at 2 p.m.

12-hour clock

The 12-hour clock is a time conversion convention in which the 24 hours of the day are divided into two periods called ante meridiem and post meridiem...

Place	Athlete	Qual. Width	Final Width	Distance
1		39.17	39.62	39.62 WR
2		36.66	37.08	37.08
3		34.68	35.92	35.92
4		34.75	35.86	35.86
5		35.56		35.56
6		33.54		33.54