Athletics at the 1930 Women's World Games – discus throw

Discus throw
at the 1930 Women's World Games
Discus throw ; at the 1930 Women's World Games
Venue	Letná Stadium
Location	Prague
Dates	September 7 (qualification); September 7 (final);
Winning score	35.23
Medalists
	← 1926 1934 →

The discus throw event at the 1930 Women's World Games was held in Prague at the Letná Stadium, with the qualification and final being held on 7 September 1930.

20 athletes from 12 nations competed in the event.^[1]

Entrants

In August 1930 entrants were published of the athletes of 5 nations: the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, Italy and Great Britain. Listed below are the athletes from these nations who were entered for the discus throw event.^[2]^[3]

Nationality	Name
Great Britain	Allison
Great Britain	Florence Birchenough
Great Britain	Louise Fawcett
Great Britain	Mark Weston
Italy	Jolanda Bacchelli
Italy	Pierina Borsani
Italy	Vittorina Vivenza
Netherlands	Dora Wevers
Sweden	Maj Jacobsson
Sweden	Ruth Svedberg
Sweden	Elsa Svensson
Switzerland	Colette

Results

Qualification

The qualification took place in the morning of 7 September 1930, under bad weather conditions.^[4]^[5]

Polish Halina Konopacka won the qualification ahead of German Tilly Fleischer and Italian Vittorina Vivenza. Swedish Elsa Svensson, Latvian Karlson and British Weston also qualified.^[5] The Dutch Dora Wevers had three invalid throws and so didn't qualify.^[4]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Distance	Notes
1	Halina Konopacka	Poland	36.29 m	Q
2	Tilly Fleischer	Germany	35.82 m	Q
3	Vittorina Vivenza	Italy	35.32 m	Q
4	Elsa Svensson	Sweden	34.5 m	Q
5	Elfriede Karlson	Latvia	34.2 m	Q
6	Mark Weston	Great Britain	33.7 m	Q
7	?
8	?
?	?
-	Dora Wevers	Netherlands	-, -, -

Final

The final took place in the afternoon of 7 September. The weather was still bad.^[6]^[5]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Distance
	Halina Konopacka	Poland	36.80
	Tilly Fleischer	Germany	35.82
	Vittorina Vivenza	Italy	35.23
4	Elfriede Karlson	Latvia	34.74
5	Elsa Svensson	Sweden	34.32
6	Mark Weston	Great Britain	33.70

Source:^[1]

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 90 lat polskiej lekkoatletyki 1919 - 2009 (PDF) (in Polish). Warsaw: Polish Athletics Association. 2009. p. 27. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
↑ "Nederlandsche Atleten naar Praag en Brussel". Arnhemsche courant (in Dutch). 27 August 1930. Retrieved 27 June 2022 – via Delpher.
↑ "Derde werdeldspelen". De avondpost (in Dutch). 15 August 1930. Retrieved 27 June 2022 – via Delpher.
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 "Mej. Gisolf scheurde een spier". Het volk (in Dutch). 8 September 1930. Retrieved 27 June 2022 – via Delpher.
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 "Onze dames blinken uit". De avondpost (in Dutch). 9 September 1930. Retrieved 27 June 2022 – via Delpher.
↑ "De derde vrouwenwereldspelen". Het Vaderland (in Dutch). 8 September 1930. Retrieved 29 June 2022 – via Delpher.

[Polish-1] 1.0 ^1.1 90 lat polskiej lekkoatletyki 1919 - 2009 (PDF) (in Polish). Warsaw: Polish Athletics Association. 2009. p. 27. Retrieved 13 June 2024.

[2] "Nederlandsche Atleten naar Praag en Brussel". Arnhemsche courant (in Dutch). 27 August 1930. Retrieved 27 June 2022 – via Delpher.

[3] "Derde werdeldspelen". De avondpost (in Dutch). 15 August 1930. Retrieved 27 June 2022 – via Delpher.

[results2-4] 4.0 ^4.1 "Mej. Gisolf scheurde een spier". Het volk (in Dutch). 8 September 1930. Retrieved 27 June 2022 – via Delpher.

[results-5] 5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 "Onze dames blinken uit". De avondpost (in Dutch). 9 September 1930. Retrieved 27 June 2022 – via Delpher.

[September7-6] "De derde vrouwenwereldspelen". Het Vaderland (in Dutch). 8 September 1930. Retrieved 29 June 2022 – via Delpher.

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