Summer Games Gold Medal Winners: Discus Throw

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1928	Helena Konopacka, Poland	129 ft 11.875 in
1932	Lillian Copeland, United States	133 ft 2 in
1936	Gisela Mauermayer, Germany	156 ft 3.175 in
1948	Micheline Ostermeyer, France	137 ft 6.5 in
1956	Olga Fikotova, Czechoslovakia	176 ft 1.5 in
1960	Nina Ponomareva, USSR	180 ft 8.25 in
1964	Tamara Press, USSR	187 ft 10.75 in
1968	Lia Manoliu, Romania	191 ft 2.5 in
1972	Faina Melnik, USSR	218 ft 7 in
1976	Evelin Schlaak, East Germany	226 ft 4 in
1980	Evelin Jahl, East Germany	229 ft 6.5 in
1984	Ria Stalman, Netherlands	214 ft 5 in
1988	Martina Hellmann, East Germany	237 ft 2.25 in
1992	Maritza Marten, Cuba	229 ft 10.25 in
1996	Ilke Wyludda, Germany	228 ft 6.5 in
2000	Ellina Zvereva, Belarus	224 ft 5 in
2004	Natalya Sadova, Russia	219 ft 10.58 in
2008	Stephanie Brown Trafton, United States	212 ft 4.81 in