Olympic Games medallists, women’s throws

Shot

  GOLD   SILVER   BRONZE  
1948
1952
1956
1960
1964
1968
1972
1976
1980
1984
1988
1992
1996
2000
2004
2008
Micheline Ostermeyer FRA
Galina Zybina URS(RUS)
Tamara Tyshkevich URS(RUS)
Tamara Press URS(UKR)
Tamara Press URS(UKR)
Margitta Gummel GDR
Nadezhda Chizhova URS(RUS)
Ivanka Khristova BUL
Ilona Slupianek GDR
Claudia Losch FRG
Natalya Lisovskaya URS(RUS)
Svetlana Krivelyova EUN(RUS)
Astrid Kumbernuss GER
Yanina Korolchik BLR
Yumileidi Cumbá CUB
Valerie Vili NZL
13.75
15.28
16.59
17.32
18.14
19.61A
21.03
21.16
22.41
20.48
22.24
21.06
20.56
20.56
19.59
20.56
Amelia Piccinini ITA
Marianne Werner GER(FRG)
Galina Zybina URS(RUS)
Johanna Lüttge GER(GDR)
Renate Culmberger GER(GDR)
Marita Lange GDR
Margitta Gummel GDR
Nadezhda Chizhova URS(RUS)
Svetlana Krachevskaya URS(RUS)
Mihaela Loghin ROM
Kathrin Neimke GDR
Huang Zhihong CHN
Sui Xinmei CHN
Larisa Peleshenko RUS
Nadine Kleinert GER
Natallia Mikhnevich BLR
13.095
14.57
16.53
16.61
17.61
18.78A
20.22
20.96
21.42
20.47
21.07
20.47
19.88
19.92
19.55
20.28
Ina Schäffer AUT
Klavdiya Tochenova URS(RUS)
Marianne Werner GER(FRG)
Earlene Brown USA
Galina Zybina URS(RUS)
Nadezhda Chizhova URS(RUS)
Ivanka Khristova BUL
Helena Fibingerová TCH(CZE)
Margitta Pufe GDR
Gael Martin AUS
Li Meisu CHN
Kathrin Neimke GER
Irina Khudoroshkina RUS
Astrid Kumbernuss GER
Svetlana Krivelyova RUS
Nadezhda Ostapchuk BLR
13.08
14.50
15.61
16.42
17.45
18.19A
19.35
20.67
21.20
19.19
21.06
19.78
19.35
19.62
19.49
19.86

Discus

  GOLD   SILVER   BRONZE  
1928
1932
1936
1948
1952
1956
-
1960
1964
1968
1972
1976
1980
1984
1988
1992
1996
2000
2004
2008
Halina Konopacka POL
Lillian Copeland USA
Gisela Mauermayer GER
Micheline Ostermeyer FRA
Nina Romashkova URS(RUS)
Olga Fikotová TCH(CZE)
-
Nina Ponomaryova URS(RUS)
Tamara Press URS(UKR)
Lia Manoliu ROM
Faina Melnik URS(ARM)
Evelin Schlaak GDR
Evelin Jahl (Schlaak) GDR
Ria Stalman NED
Martina Hellmann GDR
Maritza Martén CUB
Ilke Wyludda GER
Ellina Zvereva BLR
Natalya Sadova RUS
Stephanie Brown-Trafton USA
39.62
40.58
47.63
41.92
51.42
53.69
-
55.10
57.27
58.28A
66.62
69.00
69.96
65.36
72.30
70.06
69.66
68.40
67.02
64.74
Lillian Copeland USA
Ruth Osborn USA
Jadwiga Wajs POL
Edera Gentile ITA
Yelizaveta Bagriantseva URS(RUS)
Irina Beglyakova URS(RUS)
-
Tamara Press URS(UKR)
Ingrid Lotz GER(GDR)
Liesel Westermann FRG
Argentina Menis ROM
Maria Vergova BUL
Maria Petkova (Vergova) BUL
Leslie Deniz USA
Diana Gansky GDR
Tsvetanka Khristova BUL
Natalya Sadova RUS
Anastasia Kelesidou GRE
Anastasia Kelesidou GRE
Yarelis Barrios CUB
37.08
40.12
46.22
41.17
47.08
52.54
-
52.59
57.21
57.76A
65.06
67.30
67.90
64.86
71.88
67.78
66.48
65.71
66.68
63.64
Ruth Svedberg SWE
Jadwiga Wajs POL
Paula Mollenhauer GER
Jacqueline Mazéas FRA
Nina Dumbadze URS(GEO)
Nina Ponomaryova (Romashkova)
URS(RUS)
Lia Manoliu ROM
Lia Manoliu ROM
Jolán Kleiber HUN
Vasilka Stoeva BUL
Gabriele Hinzmann GDR
Tatyana Lesovaya URS(KAZ)
Florenta Craciunescu ROM
Tsvetanka Khristova BUL
Daniela Costian AUS
Ellina Zvereva BLR
Irina Yatchenko BLR
Irina Yatchenko BLR
Olena Antonova UKR
35.92
38.74
39.80
40.47
46.29
52.02
-
52.36
56.97
54.90A
64.34
66.84
67.40
63.64
69.74
66.24
65.64
65.20
66.17
62.59

Hammer

  GOLD   SILVER   BRONZE  
2000
2004
2008
Kamila Skolimowska POL
Olga Kuzenkova RUS
Oksana Menkova BLR
71.16
75.02
76.31
Olga Kuzenkova RUS
Yipsi Moreno CUB
Yipsi Moreno CUB
69.77
73.36
75.20
Kirsten Münchow GER
Yunaika Crawford CUB
Zhang Wenxiu CHN
69.28
73.16
74.32

Javelin

(new model from 2000)

  GOLD   SILVER   BRONZE  
1932
1936
1948
1952
1956
1960
1964
1968
1972
1976
1980
1984
1988
1992
1996
2000
2004
2008
Mildred “Babe” Didriksen USA
Tilly Fleischer GER
Herma Bauma AUT
Dana Zátopková TCH(CZE)
Inese Jaunzeme URS(LAT)
Elvîra Ozolina URS(LAT)
Mihaela Penes ROM
Angéla Németh HUN
Ruth Fuchs GDR
Ruth Fuchs GDR
María Caridad Colón CUB
Tessa Sanderson GBR
Petra Felke GDR
Silke Renk GER
Heli Rantanen FIN
Trine Hattestad NOR
Osleidys Menéndez CUB
Barbora Špotáková CZE
43.68
45.18
45.57
50.47
53.86
55.98
60.54
60.36A
63.88
65.94
68.40
69.56
74.68
68.34
67.94
68.91
71.53
71.42
Ellen Braumüller GER
Luise Krüger GER
Kaisa Parviainen FIN
Aleksandra Chudina URS(RUS)
Marlene Ahrens CHI
Dana Zátopková TCH(CZE)
Márta Rudas HUN
Mihaela Penes ROM
Jacqueline Todten GDR
Marion Becker FRG
Saida Gunba URS(GEO)
Tiina Lillak FIN
Fatima Whitbread GBR
Natalya Shikolenko EUN(BLR)
Louise McPaul AUS
Mirela Tzelili GRE
Steffi Nerius GER
Mariya Abakumova RUS
43.50
43.29
43.79
50.01
50.38
53.78
58.27
59.92A
62.54
64.70
67.76
69.00
70.32
68.26
65.54
67.51
65.82
70.78
Tilly Fleischer GER
Maria Kwasniewska POL
Lily Carlstedt DEN
Yelena Gorchakova URS(RUS)
Nadezhda Konyayeva URS(UKR)
Biruté Kalédiené URS(LTU)
Yelena Gorchakova URS(RUS)
Eva Janko AUT
Kate Schmidt USA
Kate Schmidt USA
Ute Hommola GDR
Fatima Whitbread GBR
Beate Koch GDR
Karen Forkel GER
Trine Hattestad NOR
Osleidys Menéndez CUB
Mirela Manjani (Tzelili) GRE
Christina Obergföll
43.15
41.80
42.08
49.76
50.28
53.45
57.06
58.04A
59.94
63.96
66.56
67.14
67.30
66.86
64.98
66.18
64.29
66.13