Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Women's discus throw
# Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Women's discus throw

The women's discus throw event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1948 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on July 30, 1948. The final was won by Micheline Ostermeyer of France.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.

| World record | Gisela Mauermayer (GER) | 48.31 m | Berlin, Germany | 11 July 1936 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Olympic record | Gisela Mauermayer (GER) | 47.63 m | Berlin, Germany | 4 August 1936 |

## Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

| Date | Time | Round |
| - | - | - |
| Friday, 30 July 1948 | 15:30 | Finals |

## Results

### Final standings

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Distance |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Micheline Ostermeyer | France | 41.92 |
| | Edera Gentile | Italy | 41.17 |
| | Jacqueline Mazéas | France | 40.47 |
| 4 | Jadwiga Wajs-Marcinkiewicz | Poland | 39.30 |
| 5 | Lotte Haidegger | Austria | 38.81 |
| 6 | Ans Panhorst-Niesink | Netherlands | 38.74 |
| 7 | Majken Åberg | Sweden | 38.48 |
| 8 | Ingeborg Mello | Argentina | 38.44 |
| 9 | Frieda Tiltsch | Austria | 37.19 |
| 10 | Paulette Veste | France | 36.84 |
| 11 | Frances Kaszubski | United States | 36.50 |
| 12 | Gudrun Arenander | Sweden | 36.25 |
| 13 | Nel Roos-Lodder | Netherlands | 36.15 |
| 14 | Bevis Reid | Great Britain | 35.84 |
| 15 | Marianne Schläger | Austria | 34.79 |
| 16 | Dorothy Dodson | United States | 34.69 |
| 17 | Gabre Gabric | Italy | 34.17 |
| 18 | Pak Bong-sik | South Korea | 33.80 |
| 19 | Margaret Birtwistle | Great Britain | 33.02 |
| 20 | Elspeth Whyte | Great Britain | 32.46 |
| 21 | Julija Matej | Yugoslavia | 30.25 |
