Women's discus throw world record progression

The first world record in the women's discus throw was recognized by the 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	Ratified but later rescinded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. "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. 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.