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Athletics (Track & Field) World Records



Women's Discus. World Record Progression

IAAF era:

 TIME         ATHLETE                       COUNTRY	   DATE	     VENUE
76.80m.  Gabriele Reinsch              (GDR)  09 Jul 88  Neubrandenburg
74.56m.  Zdenka S?ilhavá               (TCH)  26 Aug 84  Nitra
73.36m.  Irina Meszynski               (GDR)  17 Aug 84  Praha
73.26m.  Galina Savinkova              (URS)  22 May 83  Leselidze
71.80m.  Maria Petkova                 (BUL)  13 Jul 80  Sofia
71.50m.  Evelin Jahl                   (GDR)  10 May 80  Potsdam
70.72m.  Evelin Jahl                   (GDR)  12 Aug 78  Dresden
70.50m.  Faina Melnik                  (URS)  24 Apr 76  Sochi
70.20m.  Faina Melnik                  (URS)  20 Aug 75  Zürich
69.90m.  Faina Melnik                  (URS)  27 May 74  Praha
69.48m.  Faina Melnik                  (URS)  27 Sep 73  Edinburgh
67.58m.  Faina Melnik                  (URS)  10 Jul 73  Moscow
67.44m.  Faina Melnik                  (URS)  25 May 73  Riga
67.32m.  Argentina Menis               (ROM)  23 Sep 72  Constanta
66.76m.  Faina Melnik                  (URS)  04 Aug 72  Moscow
65.48m.  Faina Melnik                  (URS)  24 Jun 72  Augsburg
65.42m.  Faina Melnik                  (URS)  31 May 72  Moscow
64.88m.  Faina Melnik                  (URS)  04 Sep 71  Münich
64.22m.  Faina Melnik                  (URS)  12 Aug 71  Helsinki
63.96m.  Liesel Westermann             (FRG)  27 Sep 69  Hamburg
62.70m.  Liesel Westermann             (FRG)  18 Jun 69  Berlin
62.54m.  Liesel Westermann             (FRG)  24 Jul 68  Werdohl 
61.64m.  Christine Spielberg           (GDR)  26 May 68  Regis Breitingen
61.26m.  Liesel Westermann             (FRG)  05 Nov 67  Sao Paulo
59.70m.  Tamara Press                  (URS)  11 Aug 65  Moscow
59.29m.  Tamara Press                  (URS)  18 May 63  Moscow
58.98m.  Tamara Press                  (URS)  20 Sep 61  London
58.06m.  Tamara Press                  (URS)  01 Sep 61  Sofia
57.43m.  Tamara Press                  (URS)  15 Jul 61  Moscow
57.15m.  Tamara Press                  (URS)  12 Sep 60  Rome
57.04m.  Nina Dumbadze                 (URS)  18 Oct 52  Tbilisi
53.61m.  Nina Romashkova/Ponomaryova   (URS)  09 Aug 52  Odessa
53.37m.  Nina Dumbadze                 (URS)  27 May 51  Gori
53.25m.  Nina Dumbadze                 (URS)  08 Aug 48  Moscow
50.50m.  Nina Dumbadze                 (URS)  29 Aug 46  Sarpsborg
49.88m.  Nina Dumbadze                 (URS)  14 Aug 44  Moscow
49.54m.  Nina Dumbadze                 (URS)  29 Oct 39  Tbilisi
49.11m.  Nina Dumbadze                 (URS)  18 Sep 39  Moscow
48.31m.  Gisela Mauermayer             (GER)  11 Jul 36  Berlin

FSFI era:

47.99m.  Gisela Mauermayer             (GER)  14 Jun 36  Münich
47.12m.  Gisela Mauermayer             (GER)  14 Jun 36  Münich 
47.12m.  Gisela Mauermayer             (GER)  25 Aug 35  Dresden
46.10m.  Gisela Mauermayer             (GER)  29 Jun 35  Jena
45.97m.  Gisela Mauermayer             (GER)  29 Jun 35  Jena
45.53m.  Gisela Mauermayer             (GER)  23 Jun 35  Münich
44.77m.  Gisela Mauermayer             (GER)  23 Jun 35  Münich
44.76m.  Gisela Mauermayer             (GER)  04 Jun 35  Nüremberg
44.51m.  Gisela Mauermayer             (GER)  04 Jun 35  Nüremberg
44.34m.  Gisela Mauermayer             (GER)  02 Jun 35  Ulm
44.19m.  Jadwiga Wajs                  (POL)  15 Aug 34  Brussels
43.795m. Jadwiga Wajs                  (POL)  11 Aug 34  London
43.08m.  Jadwiga Wajs                  (POL)  11 Aug 34  London
44.60m.  Jadwiga Wajs                  (POL)  30 Jul 33  Bialystok
43.08m.  Jadwiga Wajs                  (POL)  15 Jul 33  Królewska Huta
42.56m.  Jadwiga Wajs                  (POL)  03 May 33  Pabianice
42.43m.  Jadwiga Wajs                  (POL)  19 Jun 32  Lódz
40.84m.  Grete Heublein                (GER)  19 Jun 32  Hagen
40.39m.  Jadwiga Wajs                  (POL)  16 May 32  Lódz
40.345m. Jadwiga Wajs                  (POL)  15 May 32  Pabianice
39.76m.  Jadwiga Wajs                  (POL)  08 May 32  Lódz
39.62m.  Halina Konopacka              (POL)  31 Jul 28  Amsterdam
39.18m.  Halina Konopacka              (POL)  04 Sep 27  Warsaw
38.34m.  Milly Reuter                  (GER)  22 Aug 26  Braunschweig
38.28m.  Milly Reuter                  (GER)  22 Aug 26  Braunschweig
34.90m.  Halina Konopacka              (POL)  08 Aug 26  Warsaw
34.15m.  Halina Konopacka              (POL)  23 May 26  Warsaw
33.01m.  Emilie Reuter                 (GER)  13 May 26  Frankfurt
31.15m.  Marie Vidláková               (TCH)  11 Oct 25  Praha
33.405m. Halina Konopacka              (POL)  21 Jun 25  Warsaw
31.23m.  Halina Konopacka              (POL)  10 May 25  Warsaw
30.225m. Lucienne Velu                 (FRA)  19 Sep 24  Paris
30.10m.  Violette Gouraud-Morris       (FRA)  04 Aug 24  London
28.325m. Lucie Petit/Daigré            (FRA)  21 Jul 24  Brussels  
27.70m.  Lucie Petit                   (FRA)  14 Jul 24  Paris 
27.39m.  Yvonne Tembouret              (FRA)  23 Sep 23  Paris   
 
Unsanctioned meeting: 
76.92m. Martina Hellmann               (GDR)  06 Sep 88  Kienbaum 
78.14m. Martina Hellmann               (GDR)  06 Sep 98  Kienbaum 

                   



Womens Discus World Records Progression
Les progressions des records du monde d'athlétisme
Récords Mundials de Atletismo
Leichtathletik Weltrekorde


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