Summer Games Gold Medal Winners: Discus Throw
Updated August 28, 2020 |
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1928 | Helena Konopacka, Poland | 129 ft 11.875 in |
1932 | Lillian Copeland, United States | 133 ft 2 in |
1936 | Gisela Mauermayer, Germany | 156 ft 3.175 in |
1948 | Micheline Ostermeyer, France | 137 ft 6.5 in |
1956 | Olga Fikotova, Czechoslovakia | 176 ft 1.5 in |
1960 | Nina Ponomareva, USSR | 180 ft 8.25 in |
1964 | Tamara Press, USSR | 187 ft 10.75 in |
1968 | Lia Manoliu, Romania | 191 ft 2.5 in |
1972 | Faina Melnik, USSR | 218 ft 7 in |
1976 | Evelin Schlaak, East Germany | 226 ft 4 in |
1980 | Evelin Jahl, East Germany | 229 ft 6.5 in |
1984 | Ria Stalman, Netherlands | 214 ft 5 in |
1988 | Martina Hellmann, East Germany | 237 ft 2.25 in |
1992 | Maritza Marten, Cuba | 229 ft 10.25 in |
1996 | Ilke Wyludda, Germany | 228 ft 6.5 in |
2000 | Ellina Zvereva, Belarus | 224 ft 5 in |
2004 | Natalya Sadova, Russia | 219 ft 10.58 in |
2008 | Stephanie Brown Trafton, United States | 212 ft 4.81 in |
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