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.

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, 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.

Records
These was the standing world record (in metres) prior to the 1926 Women's World Games.

Results
Rank  Name  Nationality  Distance  Notes   Halina Konopacka    37.71    Kinue Hitomi    33.62    Elsa Svensson    31.78   4  Ruth Svedberg    31.39    5  Florence Birchenough   28.73   6  Elfriede Karlson   27.97   7  ? ?   8  ? ?    9  Lucie Petit-Diagre    26.88  

References

Other websites
Image of Konopacka (winner)
Image of Hitomi during the event (runner-up)
Newspaper image of Hitomi during the event (runner-up)

Category:1926 Women's World Games