Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Women's discus throw

The women's discus throw event was part of the track and field athletics programme

Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics

At the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, 33 athletics events were contested, 24 for men and 9 for women. Three events made their Olympic debut at these Games: women's 200 metres, women's long jump and women's shot put...

at the 1948 Summer Olympics

1948 Summer Olympics

The 1948 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XIV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was held in London, England, United Kingdom. After a 12-year hiatus because of World War II, these were the first Summer Olympics since the 1936 Games in Berlin...

. The competition was held on July 30, 1948. The final was won by Frenchwoman

French people

The French are a nation that share a common French culture and speak the French language as a mother tongue. Historically, the French population are descended from peoples of Celtic, Latin and Germanic origin, and are today a mixture of several ethnic groups...

Micheline Ostermeyer.

Final standings

Rank	Name	Nationality	Distance
	Micheline Ostermeyer Micheline Ostermeyer Micheline Ostermeyer was a French athlete and concert pianist.A great-niece of the French author Victor Hugo, and a niece of the composer Lucien Paroche, Ostermeyer, who was Jewish, was born in Rang-du-Fliers, Pas-de-Calais...	align=left	\| 41.92
	Edera Gentile Edera Gentile Edera Cordiale is an Italian athlete who competed mainly in the Discus.She competed for Italy in the 1948 Summer Olympics held in London, United Kingdom in the Discus where she won the Silver medal splitting the French athletes Micheline Ostermeyer and Jacqueline Mazéas.In 1950 in the European...		41.17
	Jacqueline Mazeas Jacqueline Mazéas Jacqueline Mazéas is a French athlete who competed mainly in the discus event. She was born in Denain, Nord. She competed for France in the 1948 Summer Olympics held in London, United Kingdom in the discus where she won the bronze medal.-References:...		40.47
4	Jadwiga Wajs-Marcinkiewicz		39.30
5	Lotte Haidegger		38.81
6	Ans Panhorst-Niesink		38.74
7	Majken Åberg		38.48
8	Ingeborg Mello Ingeborg Mello Ingeborg Mello de Preiss was a female track and field athlete from Argentina, competing in the discus throw and the shot put. She represented her native country twice at the Summer Olympics: 1948 and 1952. She won the gold medal in the women's discus throw and the shot put event at the 1951 Pan...		38.44
9	Frieda Tiltsch		37.19
10	Paulette Veste		36.84
11	Frances Kaszubski		36.50
12	Gudrun Arenander Gudrun Arenander Gudrun Eivor Elisabeth Arenander, née Eklund, is a former Swedish discus thrower who competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. Competing out of IFK Lidingö, she finished 12th in a field of 21 participants at the women's discus throw...		36.25
13	Nel Roos-Lodder		36.15
14	Bevis Reid		35.84
15	Marianne Schläger		34.79
16	Dorothy Dodson Dorothy Dodson Dorothy Lucille Dodson was a distinguished American track and field athlete whose career spanned the late 1930s through late 1940s; Dodson's specialty was the throwing events. From 1939 to 1949 - with the exception of 1940 - Dorothy participated in every U.S...		34.69
17	Gabre Gabric-Calvesi Gabre Gabric-Calvesi Ljubica "Gabre" Gabric-Calvesi is an Italian track and field athlete who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics and in the 1948 Summer Olympics. Her best discus throw is 43.35m .-Biography:...		34.17
18	Pak Bong-Sik		33.80
19	Margaret Lucas		33.02
20	Elspeth Whyte		32.46
21	Julija Matej		30.25

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