Women's discus throw world record progression

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The first

International Association of Athletics Federations in 1923. As of 2013, 55 world records have been ratified by the IAAF in the event.[1]

World record progression

Ratified
Not ratified
Ratified but later rescinded
Mark Athlete Location Date
24.90 m (81 ft 8+1⁄4 in)  Lilli Henoch (GER) Berlin 1 October 1922
26.62 m (87 ft 4 in)  Lilli Henoch (GER) Berlin 8 July 1923
27.39 m (89 ft 10+1⁄4 in)  Yvonne Tembouret (FRA) Paris 23 September 1923[1]
27.70 m (90 ft 10+1⁄2 in)  
Lucie Petit
 (FRA)		 Paris 14 July 1924[1]
28.325 m (92 ft 11 in)  Lisette Petré (BEL) Brussels 21 July 1924[2][3]
30.225 m (99 ft 1+3⁄4 in)  Lucienne Velu (FRA) Paris 14 September 1924[1]
31.15 m (102 ft 2+1⁄4 in)  Maria Vidlaková (TCH) Prague 11 October 1925[1]
34.15 m (112 ft 1⁄4 in)  Halina Konopacka (POL) Warsaw 23 May 1926[1]
38.34 m (125 ft 9+1⁄4 in)  Milly Reuter (GER) Braunschweig, Germany 22 August 1926[1]
39.18 m (128 ft 6+1⁄2 in)  Halina Konopacka (POL) Warsaw 4 September 1927[1]
39.62 m (129 ft 11+3⁄4 in)  Halina Konopacka (POL) Amsterdam 31 July 1928[1]
40.345 m (132 ft 4+1⁄4 in)  Jadwiga Wajs (POL) Pabianice, Poland 15 May 1932[1]
40.39 m (132 ft 6 in)  Jadwiga Wajs (POL) Łódź, Poland 16 May 1932[1]
40.84 m (133 ft 11+3⁄4 in)  Grete Heublein (GER) Hagen, Germany 19 Jun 1932[1]
42.43 m (139 ft 2+1⁄4 in)  Jadwiga Wajs (POL) Łódź, Poland 19 June 1932[1]
43.08 m (141 ft 4 in)  Jadwiga Wajs (POL)
Królewska Huta
, Poland		 15 July 1933[1]
43.795 m (143 ft 8 in)  Jadwiga Wajs (POL) London 11 August 1934[1]
44.34 m (145 ft 5+1⁄2 in)  Gisela Mauermayer (GER) Ulm, Germany 2 June 1935[1]
44.76 m (146 ft 10 in)  Gisela Mauermayer (GER) Nuremberg, Germany 4 June 1935[1]
45.53 m (149 ft 4+1⁄2 in)  Gisela Mauermayer (GER) Munich 23 June 1935[1]
46.10 m (151 ft 2+3⁄4 in)  Gisela Mauermayer (GER) Jena, Germany 29 June 1935[1]
47.12 m (154 ft 7 in)  Gisela Mauermayer (GER) Dresden, Germany 25 August 1935[1]
48.31 m (158 ft 5+3⁄4 in)  Gisela Mauermayer (GER) Berlin 11 July 1936[1]
53.25 m (174 ft 8+1⁄4 in)  Nina Dumbadze (URS) Moscow 8 August 1948[1]
53.37 m (175 ft 1 in)  Nina Dumbadze (URS) Gori, Soviet Union 27 May 1951[1]
53.61 m (175 ft 10+1⁄2 in)  
Nina Romashkova
 (URS)
Odessa
, Soviet Union		 9 August 1952[1]
57.04 m (187 ft 1+1⁄2 in)  Nina Dumbadze (URS) Tbilisi, Soviet Union 18 October 1952[1]
57.15 m (187 ft 6 in)  Tamara Press (URS) Rome 12 September 1960[1]
57.43 m (188 ft 5 in)  Tamara Press (URS) Moscow 15 July 1961[1]
58.06 m (190 ft 5+3⁄4 in)  Tamara Press (URS) Sofia, Bulgaria 1 September 1961[1]
58.98 m (193 ft 6 in)  Tamara Press (URS) London 20 September 1961[1]
59.29 m (194 ft 6+1⁄4 in)  Tamara Press (URS) Moscow 18 May 1963[1]
59.70 m (195 ft 10+1⁄4 in)  Tamara Press (URS) Moscow 11 August 1965[1]
61.26 m (200 ft 11+3⁄4 in)  Liesel Westermann (FRG) São Paulo, Brazil 5 November 1967[1]
61.64 m (202 ft 2+3⁄4 in)  Christine Spielberg (GDR) Regis-Breitingen, East Germany 26 May 1968[1]
62.54 m (205 ft 2 in)  Liesel Westermann (FRG) Werdohl, West Germany 24 July 1968[1]
62.70 m (205 ft 8+1⁄2 in)  Liesel Westermann (FRG) East Berlin, East Germany 18 June 1969[1]
63.96 m (209 ft 10 in)  Liesel Westermann (FRG) Hamburg, West Germany 27 September 1969[1]
64.22 m (210 ft 8+1⁄4 in)  Faina Melnik (URS) Helsinki 12 August 1971[1]
64.88 m (212 ft 10+1⁄4 in)  Faina Melnik (URS) Munich 4 September 1971[1]
65.42 m (214 ft 7+1⁄2 in)  Faina Melnik (URS) Moscow 31 May 1972[1][4]
65.48 m (214 ft 9+3⁄4 in)  Faina Melnik (URS) Augsburg, West Germany 24 June 1972[1][4]
66.76 m (219 ft 1⁄4 in)  Faina Melnik (URS) Moscow 4 August 1972[1][4]
67.32 m (220 ft 10+1⁄4 in)  Argentina Menis (ROU) Constanța, Romania 23 September 1972[1][4]
67.44 m (221 ft 3 in)  Faina Melnik (URS) Riga, Soviet Union 25 May 1973[1][4]
67.58 m (221 ft 8+1⁄2 in)  Faina Melnik (URS) Moscow 10 July 1973[1][4]
69.48 m (227 ft 11+1⁄4 in)  Faina Melnik (URS) Edinburgh 7 September 1973[1][4]
69.90 m (229 ft 3+3⁄4 in)  Faina Melnik (URS) Prague 27 May 1974[1][4]
70.20 m (230 ft 3+3⁄4 in)  Faina Melnik (URS)
Zurich
 20 August 1975[1][4]
70.50 m (231 ft 3+1⁄2 in)  Faina Melnik (URS) Sochi, Soviet Union 24 April 1976[1][4]
70.72 m (232 ft 1⁄4 in)  Evelin Jahl (GDR) Dresden, East Germany 12 August 1978[1][4]
71.50 m (234 ft 6+3⁄4 in)  Evelin Jahl (GDR) Potsdam, East Germany 10 May 1980[1][4]
71.80 m (235 ft 6+3⁄4 in)  Mariya Petkova (BUL) Sofia, Bulgaria 13 July 1980[1][4]
73.26 m (240 ft 4+1⁄4 in)  Galina Savinkova (URS) Leselidze, Soviet Union 22 May 1983[1][4]
73.36 m (240 ft 8 in)  Irina Meszynski (GDR) Prague 17 August 1984[1][4]
74.56 m (244 ft 7+1⁄4 in)  Zdeňka Šilhavá (TCH) Nitra, Czechoslovakia 26 August 1984[1][4]
76.80 m (251 ft 11+1⁄2 in)  Gabriele Reinsch (GDR) Neubrandenburg, East Germany 9 July 1988[1][4]

See also

  • Men's discus world record progression

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc "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.
  2. ^ (in Dutch) Nieuw wereldrecord voor dames, Utrechts Nieuwsblad, 23 July 1924
  3. ^ (in French) Les Sports - en vitesse, Le radical, 23 July 1924
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Larsson, Peter (February 28, 2013). "All-time women's best discus throw". Track and Field all-time Performances Homepage. Peter Larsson. Archived from the original on December 13, 2012. Retrieved March 8, 2013.
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