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The women's national discus championships are hosted by USA Track & Field at a venue voted on by the committee. The competition has been held in the United States since 1923, five years before it was added to the Olympic Games in 1928.
| Year | Distance | Champion | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 64.25m / 210-9 | Stephanie Brown Trafton | Nike |
| 2008 | 65.20m / 213-11 | Aretha Thurmond | Nike |
| 2007 | 60.63m / 198-11 | Suzy Powell | Asics |
| 2006 | 62.50m / 205-1 | Aretha Thurmond | Nike |
| 2005 | 62.92m / 206-5 | Rebecca Breisch | Nebraska |
| 2004 | 63.55m / 208-6 | Aretha Hill | Nike |
| 2003 | 63.98m / 209-11 | Aretha Hill | Nike |
| 2002 | 211-05 | Kris Kuehl | Nike |
| 2001 | 207-10 | Seilala Sua | Unattached |
| 2000 | 216-2 | Seilala Sua | Reebok |
| 1999 | 203-8 | Seilala Sua | Reebok Bruin |
| 1998 | 204-2 | Seilala Sua | UCLA |
| 1997 | 200-8 | Lacy Barnes-Mileham | Nike |
| 1996 | 198-9 | Suzy Powell | UCLA |
| 1995 | 205-4 | Edie Boyer | Unat-MN |
| 1994 | 195-1 | Connie Price-Smith | Nike Coast |
| 1993 | 208-5 | Connie Price-Smith | Nike Coast |
| 1992 | 202-6 | Connie Price-Smith | Nike Coast |
| 1991 | 199-10 | Lacy Barnes | Nike TC |
| 1990 | 191-6 | Connie Price | Nike North |
| 1989 | 201-11 | Connie Price | Ath West |
| 1988 | 203-9 | Lacy Barnes | Fresno St |
| 1987 | 212-5 | Connie Price | Coast Ath |
| 1986 | 205-9 | Carol Cady | Stanford TC |
| 1985 | 200-9 | Carol Cady | Tr America |
| 1984 | 221-9 | Ria Stalman | adidas/HOL |
| 1983 | 206-3 | Leslie Deniz | Ariz. St |
| 1982 | 203-10 | Ria Stalman | LAN/HOL |
| 1981 | 182-9 | Leslie Deniz | SDSF |
| 1980 | 191-9 | Lorna Griffin | ACA |
| 1979 | 189-5 | Lynne Winbigler | Ore TC |
| 1978 | 178-6 | Lynne Winbigler | Ore TC |
| 1977 | 193-6 | Jane Haist | CANADA |
| 1976 | 174-10 | Lynne Winbigler | Ore TC |
| 1975 | 159-7 | Jean Roberts | Delaware SC/AUS |
| 1974 | 173-11 | Joan Pavelich | Unat |
| 1973 | 173-3 | Jean Roberts | Delaware SC/AUS |
| 1972 | 172-0 | Josephina de la Vina | Daley/PHI |
| 1971 | 179-6 | Josephina de la Vina | Daley/PHI |
| 1970 | 172-3 | Carol Frost | Nebraska TC |
| 1969 | 167-3 | Carol M. Frost | Neb. TC |
| 1968 | 170-10 | Olga Connolly | CulverCTC |
| 1967 | 152-5 | Carol Moseke | NebraskaTC |
| 1966 | 159-8 | Carol Moseke | NebraskaTC |
| 1965 | 157-9 | Lynn Graham | LA Merc. |
| 1964 | 158-4 | Olga Connolly | LA Merc. |
| 1963 | 150-6 | Sharon Shepherd | Cl. Rec |
| 1962 | 172-2 | Olga Connolly | PasadenaTC |
| 1961 | 149-4.5 | Earlene Brown | Unat |
| 1960 | 159-6.5 | Olga Connolly | Spartan AC |
| 1959 | 153-8 | Earlene Brown | Spartan AC |
| 1958 | 152-5.5 | Earlene Brown | Unat |
| 1957 | 147-8 | Olga Connolly | Unat |
| 1956 | 140-11 | Pam Kurrell | Unat |
| 1955 | 117-8 | Alejandra Ilarra | CUBA |
| 115-1 | 2-Marjorie Larney | Equitable | |
| 1954 | 120-11.5 | Marjorie Larney | Equitable |
| 1953 | 123-2 | Janet Dicks | Harrisburg AA |
| 1952 | 114-7.5 | Janet Dicks | Harrisburg AA |
| 1951 | 121-0.125 | Frances Kazubski | Unat |
| 1950 | 113-4.75 | Frances Kazubski | Sandy's |
| 1949 | 129-9 | Frances Kazubski | Unat |
| 1948 | 124-3.375 | Frances Kazubski | W. Lake |
| 1947 | 110-4.75 | Frances Kazubski | PWOAC |
| 1946 | 102-6 | Dorothy Dodson | Unat |
| 1945 | 103-0.25 | Frances Kazubski | PWOAC |
| 1944 | 101-7.75 | Hattie Turner | Tuskegee |
| 1943 | 109-6.25 | Frances Gorn | Cle. PWOAC |
| 1942 | 110-11.75 | Stella Walsh | PWOAC |
| 1941 | 113-10.375 | Stella Walsh | PWOAC |
| 1940 | 114-11 | Cath. Fellmeth | ChicagoPk |
| 1939 | 133-7.5 | Cath. Fellmeth | ChicagoPk |
| 1938 | 126-0.25 | Catherine Fellmeth | Unat |
| 1937 | 107-11 | Elizabeth Lindsey | Ger.AAC |
| 1936 | 123-6.5 | Helen Stephens | Woods Col |
| 1935 | 133-9.5 | Margaret Wright | BrocktonGC |
| 1934 | Not held | ||
| 1933 | 123-0.25 | Ruth Osborn | Unat |
| 1932 | 133-0.75 | Ruth Osborn | Unat |
| 1931 | 108-10.625 | Evelyn Ferrara | Ill. WAC |
| 1930 | 111-6 | Evelyn Ferrara | Ill. WAC |
| 1929 | 113-4 | Rena McDonald | Boston Swim |
| 1928 | 116-9.25 | Maybelle Reichardt | Pas. AC |
| 1927 | 103-8.313 | Lillian Copeland | Pas. AC |
| 1926 | 101-1 | Lillian Copeland | Pas. AC |
| 1925 | 87-2.75 | Maybelle Reichardt | Pas.AC |
| 1924 | 70-0 | Roberta Ranck | Phil. Turn |
| 1923 | 71-9.5 | Babe Wolbert | Unat |
References
- USATF.com