Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Women's discus throw

Women's discus throw; at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
Dates	July 30 (final)
Competitors	19
Medalists

The women's discus throw event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1948 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on July 30, 1948. The final was won by Micheline Ostermeyer of France.[1]

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Records

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.

World record	Gisela Mauermayer (GER)	48.31 m	Berlin, Germany	11 July 1936
Olympic record	Gisela Mauermayer (GER)	47.63 m	Berlin, Germany	4 August 1936

Date	Time	Round
Friday, 30 July 1948	15:30	Finals

Rank	Name	Nationality	Distance
	Micheline Ostermeyer	France	41.92
	Edera Gentile	Italy	41.17
	Jacqueline Mazéas	France	40.47
4	Jadwiga Wajs-Marcinkiewicz	Poland	39.30
5	Lotte Haidegger	Austria	38.81
6	Ans Panhorst-Niesink	Netherlands	38.74
7	Majken Åberg	Sweden	38.48
8	Ingeborg Mello	Argentina	38.44
9	Frieda Tiltsch	Austria	37.19
10	Paulette Veste	France	36.84
11	Frances Kaszubski	United States	36.50
12	Gudrun Arenander	Sweden	36.25
13	Nel Roos-Lodder	Netherlands	36.15
14	Bevis Reid	Great Britain	35.84
15	Marianne Schläger	Austria	34.79
16	Dorothy Dodson	United States	34.69
17	Gabre Gabric	Italy	34.17
18	Pak Bong-sik	South Korea	33.80
19	Margaret Birtwistle	Great Britain	33.02
20	Elspeth Whyte	Great Britain	32.46
21	Julija Matej	Yugoslavia	30.25

"Athletics at the 1948 Berlin Summer Games: Women's Discus Throw". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 11 January 2018.

Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad, The (1948). The Official Report of the Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad. LA84 Foundation. Retrieved 5 September 2016.

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Discus throw at the Olympic Games
Summary
Men	1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016
Women	1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016
See also: 1912 Men's two handed discus throw

Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men
800 m	men
1500 m	men
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men
80 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men
3000 m steeplechase	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men
Road events
Marathon	men
10 km walk	men
50 km walk	men
Field events
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Combined events
Decathlon	men