Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Women's discus throw
# Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Women's discus throw

The women's discus throw event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1936 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on August 4, 1936. The final was won by Gisela Mauermayer of Germany.

## Results

### Final standings

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Distance | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Gisela Mauermayer | Germany | 47.63 | OR |
| | Jadwiga Wajs | Poland | 46.22 | |
| | Paula Mollenhauer | Germany | 39.80 | |
| 4 | Ko Nakamura | Japan | 38.24 | |
| 5 | Hide Mineshima | Japan | 37.35 | |
| 6 | Birgit Lundström | Sweden | 35.92 | |
| 7 | Ans Panhorst-Niesink | Netherlands | 35.21 | |
| 8 | Gertrude Wilhelmsen | United States | 34.43 | |
| 9 | Helen Stephens | United States | 34.33 | |
| 10 | Gabre Gabric | Italy | 34.31 | |
| 11 | Margarethe Held | Austria | 34.05 | |
| 12 | Margaréta Schieferová | Czechoslovakia | 34.03 | |
| 13 | Veronika Kohlbach | Austria | 34.00 | |
| 14 | Lucienne Velu | France | 33.95 | |
| 15 | Fumi Kojima | Japan | 33.66 | |
| 16 | Tini Koopmans | Netherlands | 33.50 | |
| 17 | Vera Neferović | Yugoslavia | 33.02 | |
| 18 | Evelyn Ferrara | United States | 32.52 | |
| 19 | Anna Hagemann | Germany | 28.48 | |

Key: OR = Olympic record

