1926 Women's World Games – discus throw
The discus throw event at the 1926 Women's World Games in Gothenburg at the Slottsskogsvallen was held on 27 August 1926.
| Discus throw at the 1926 Women's World Games | ||||||||||
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 Polish Halina Konopacka won the gold medal | ||||||||||
| Venue | Slottsskogsvallen | |||||||||
| Location | Gothenburg, Sweden | |||||||||
| Dates | August 27 | |||||||||
| Winning score | 37.71 m | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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It was the first time the discus throw event was held at the Women's World Games.
Polish Halina Konopacka won the event with a distance of 37.71 meter. It was listed as a new world record,[1] however just several days before the Games German Milly Reuter had thrown 38.34 meter in Braunschweig. Behind Konopacka Japanese Kinue Hitomi won the silver medal and Swedish Elsa Svensson the bronze medal.[2]
Records
changeThese was the standing world record (in metres) prior to the 1926 Women's World Games.[3]
| World record |  Milly Reuter (GER) |
38.34 | Braunschweig, German | 22 August 1926 | [3] |
Results
change| Rank | Name | Nationality | Distance | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Halina Konopacka |  Poland |
37.71 | |
 |
Kinue Hitomi |  Japan |
33.62 | |
 |
Elsa Svensson |  Sweden |
31.78 | |
| 4 | Ruth Svedberg | Sweden |
31.39 | |
| 5 | Florence Birchenough |  Great Britain |
28.73 | |
| 6 | Elfriede Karlson |  Latvia |
27.97 | |
| 7 | ? | ? | ||
| 8 | ? | ? | ||
| 9 | Lucie Petit-Diagre |  France |
26.88 | [4] |
References
change- ↑ Svenska dagbladets Årsbok 1926 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Svenska Dagbladet. 1927. p. 217-218. Retrieved 13 June 2024 – via runeberg.org.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 90 lat polskiej lekkoatletyki 1919 - 2009 (PDF) (in Polish). Warsaw: Polish Athletics Association. 2009. p. 27. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "13th IAAF World Championships In Athletics: IAAF Statistics Handbook, Berlin 2011" (PDF). Monte Carlo: IAAF Media & Public Relations Department. 2011. pp. 647–48. Archived from the original (pdf) on August 18, 2012. Retrieved 8 March 2013.
- ↑ "LUCIE (GEORGETTE) PETIT". French Athletics (in French).
Other websites
change- Image of Konopacka (winner)
- Image of Hitomi during the event (runner-up)
- Newspaper image of Hitomi during the event (runner-up)