1938 European Athletics Championships – Women's discus throw

Events at the 1938 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men
800 m		men
1500 m		men
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men
80 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men
Road events
Marathon		men
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Combined events
Decathlon		men

The women's discus throw at the 1938 European Athletics Championships was held in Vienna, at the time part of German Reich, at Praterstadion on 18 September 1938.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Gisela Mauermayer  Germany
Silver	Hildegard Sommer  Germany
Bronze	Paula Möllenhauer  Germany

Results

Final

18 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Gisela Mauermayer	Germany	44.80	CR
	Hildegard Sommer	Germany	40.95
	Paula Möllenhauer	Germany	39.81
4	Birgit Lundström	Sweden	38.12
5	Genowefa Cejzik	Poland	36.51
6	Gabre Gabric-Calvesi	Italy	35.53
7	Ans Niesink	Netherlands	35.48
8	Bevis Reid	United Kingdom	34.19
9	Britta Awall	Sweden	33.26
10	Kathleen Dyer-Tilley	United Kingdom	33.18
11	Ágnes Nadányi	Hungary	31.08

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 11 athletes from 7 countries participated in the event.

Germany (3)  Hungary (1)

Italy (1)  Netherlands (1)

Poland (1)  Sweden (2)

United Kingdom (2)

References

1. European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 363–367, retrieved 13 August 2014