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.

World record progression

Ratified Not ratified Ratified but later rescinded

MarkAthleteLocationDate Berlin 1 October 1922 Berlin 8 July 1923 Paris 23 September 1923 Paris 14 July 1924 Brussels 21 July 1924 Nieuw wereldrecord voor dames, Utrechts Nieuwsblad, 23 July 1924 Les Sports - en vitesse, Le radical, 23 July 1924 Paris 14 September 1924 Prague 11 October 1925 Warsaw 23 May 1926 Braunschweig, Germany 22 August 1926 Warsaw 4 September 1927 Amsterdam 31 July 1928 Pabianice, Poland 15 May 1932 Łódź, Poland 16 May 1932 Hagen, Germany 19 Jun 1932 Łódź, Poland 19 June 1932 Królewska Huta, Poland 15 July 1933 London 11 August 1934 Ulm, Germany 2 June 1935 Nuremberg, Germany 4 June 1935 Munich 23 June 1935 Jena, Germany 29 June 1935 Dresden, Germany 25 August 1935 Berlin 11 July 1936 Moscow 8 August 1948 Gori, Soviet Union 27 May 1951 Odessa, Soviet Union 9 August 1952 Tbilisi, Soviet Union 18 October 1952 Rome 12 September 1960 Moscow 15 July 1961 Sofia, Bulgaria 1 September 1961 London 20 September 1961 Moscow 18 May 1963 Moscow 11 August 1965 São Paulo, Brazil 5 November 1967 Regis-Breitingen, East Germany 26 May 1968 Werdohl, West Germany 24 July 1968 East Berlin, East Germany 18 June 1969 Hamburg, West Germany 27 September 1969 Helsinki 12 August 1971 Munich 4 September 1971 Moscow 31 May 1972 Augsburg, West Germany 24 June 1972 Moscow 4 August 1972 Constanța, Romania 23 September 1972 Riga, Soviet Union 25 May 1973 Moscow 10 July 1973 Edinburgh 7 September 1973 Prague 27 May 1974 Zurich 20 August 1975 Sochi, Soviet Union 24 April 1976 Dresden, East Germany 12 August 1978 Potsdam, East Germany 10 May 1980 Sofia, Bulgaria 13 July 1980 Leselidze, Soviet Union 22 May 1983 Prague 17 August 1984 Nitra, Czechoslovakia 26 August 1984 Neubrandenburg, East Germany 9 July 1988

See also Men's discus throw world record progression

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