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Discus Throw

Year  Distance  
1928 Halina Konopacka, POL 129-113/4 WR
1932 Lillian Copeland, USA 133- 2 OR
1936 Gisela Mauermayer, GER 156- 3 OR
1948 Micheline Ostermeyer, FRA 137- 6  
1952 Nina Romaschkova, USSR 168- 8 OR
1956 Olga Fikotová, CZE 176- 1 OR
1960 Nina Ponomaryeva, USSR 180- 9 OR
1964 Tamara Press, USSR 187-10 OR
1968 Lia Manoliu, ROM 191- 2 OR
1972 Faina Melnik, USSR 218- 7 OR
1976 Evelin Schlaak, E. Ger 226- 4 OR
1980 Evelin Schlaak Jahl, E. Ger 229- 6 OR
1984 Ria Stalman, NED214- 5  
1988 Martina Hellmann, E. Ger 237- 21/2 OR
1992 Maritza Marten, CUB 229-10  
1996Ilke Wyludda, GER228- 6 
2000Ellina Zvereva, BLR224- 5 
2004 Natalya Sadova, RUS219-10 
2008 Stephanie Brown Trafton, USA212- 4 
2012 Sandra Perkovic, CRO226- 7 

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