1946 European Athletics Championships – Women's discus throw

Events at the 1946 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
10,000 m track walk		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men
Road events
Marathon		men
50 km walk		men
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Javelin throw		men		women
Combined events
Decathlon		men

The women's discus throw at the 1946 European Athletics Championships was held in Oslo, Norway, at Bislett Stadion on 23 August 1946.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Nina Dumbadze  Soviet Union
Silver	Ans Niesink  Netherlands
Bronze	Jadwiga Wajs  Poland

Results

Final

23 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Nina Dumbadze	Soviet Union	44.52
	Ans Niesink	Netherlands	40.46
	Jadwiga Wajs	Poland	39.37
4	Gudrun Eklund	Sweden	36.90
5	Irena Dobrzańska	Poland	36.30
6	Tatyana Sevryukova	Soviet Union	34.05
7	Helena Stachowicz	Poland	31.81
8	Kathleen Dyer-Tilley	United Kingdom	31.34

Qualification

23 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Nina Dumbadze	Soviet Union	44.80	CR Q
2	Jadwiga Wajs	Poland	39.96	Q
3	Tatyana Sevryukova	Soviet Union	38.55	Q
4	Ans Niesink	Netherlands	37.48	Q
5	Gudrun Eklund	Sweden	36.55	Q
6	Helena Stachowicz	Poland	32.92	Q
7	Irena Dobrzańska	Poland	31.37	Q
8	Kathleen Dyer-Tilley	United Kingdom	28.60	Q
9	Edera Cordiale	Italy	NM

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 9 athletes from 6 countries participated in the event.

Italy (1)  Netherlands (1)

Poland (3)  Soviet Union (2)

Sweden (1)

United Kingdom (1)

References

1. European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 367–372, retrieved 13 August 2014