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Sports > Olympics > The Olympic Games Summary > Summer Games: Gold Medals > Track and Field–Women

Summer Games Gold Medal Winners: Discus Throw

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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