Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Women's discus throw

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Women's discus throw
at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad
Ingrid Lotz, Tamara Press, Lia Manoliu 1964.jpg
Venue Olympic Stadium
Date19 October 1964
Competitors22 from 15 nations
Winning distance57.27 OR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Tamara Press
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Silver medal icon.svg Ingrid Lotz
Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany
Bronze medal icon.svg Lia Manoliu
Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg  Romania
  1960
1968  

The women's discus throw was one of three women's throwing events on the Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics program in Tokyo. It was held on 19 October 1964. 22 athletes from 15 nations entered, with 1 not starting in the qualification round. [1]

Results

Qualification

The qualification standard was 50.00 metres. Each thrower had three attempts to reach that standard.

PlaceAthleteNationBest markThrow 1Throw 2Throw 3
1 Virzhiniya Mikhaylova Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg  Bulgaria 54.9454.94
2 Ingrid Lotz Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany 54.8248.3854.82
3 Kriemhild Limberg Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany 54.5446.5948.6354.54
4 Lia Manoliu Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg  Romania 53.6447.8053.64
5 Olimpia Cataramă Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg  Romania 53.2046.9653.20
6 Olga Connolly Flag of the United States.svg  United States 53.1749.9953.17
7 Yevgeniya Kuznetsova Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 52.4449.4052.44
8 Jolán Kleiber-Kontsek Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 52.3552.35
9 Judit Stugner Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 52.3048.9648.4952.30
10 Valerie Young Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 51.9448.0151.94
11 Doris Lorenz Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany 51.5851.58
12 Jiřina Němcová Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 50.6450.64
13 Tamara Press Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 50.2850.28
14 Nina Ponomaryova Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 50.1844.6944.8950.18
15 Nancy McCredie Flag of Canada (1957-1965).svg  Canada 47.2744.9147.2744.75
16 Hiroko Uchida-Yokoyama Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 47.1846.1947.1834.48
17 Dashzevgiin Namjilmaa Flag of the Mongolian People's Republic (1945-1992).svg  Mongolia 44.5543.3740.2644.55
18 Josephine de la Viña Flag of the Philippines (1936-1985, 1986-1998).svg  Philippines 42.2740.0542.2741.71
19 Pranee Kitipongpitaya Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 38.7336.2138.7334.20
20 Park Yeong-suk Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).svg  South Korea 37.5037.5033.2734.97
21 Juliette Geverkof State Flag of Iran (1964-1980).svg  Iran 30.05X30.05X
Judit Bognár Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary DNS

Final

The marks for the qualification were ignored in the final. Each thrower had three attempts; the top six after those three received three more and counted their best mark of the six. All five of the top throwers defeated the old Olympic record.

PlaceAthleteNationBest markThrow 1Throw 2Throw 3Throw 4Throw 5Throw 6
1Tamara PressFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 57.27 ORX55.3850.3855.2357.2756.08
2Ingrid LotzFlag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany 57.2157.21X55.41X54.5954.74
3Lia ManoliuFlag of Romania (1952-1965).svg  Romania 56.9755.90XX56.0956.97X
4Virginia AngelovaFlag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg  Bulgaria 56.7047.3856.5652.1956.7055.7755.54
5Yevgeniya KuznetsovaFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 55.1755.1753.58XXX53.80
6Jolán Kleiber-KontsekFlag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 54.8754.4653.0553.5153.1454.8751.69
7Kriemhild LimbergFlag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany 53.8148.3553.8153.02
8Olimpia CataramaFlag of Romania (1952-1965).svg  Romania 53.0853.0849.9951.28
9Jiřina NěmcováFlag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 52.8049.0652.8051.13
10Judit StugnerFlag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 52.5250.8850.4752.52
11Nina PonomariovaFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 52.4852.1551.1252.48
12Olga ConnollyFlag of the United States.svg  United States 51.5851.21X51.58
13Valerie YoungFlag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 49.5948.9346.1749.59
14Doris LorenzFlag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany 45.63XX45.63

References

  1. "Athletics at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games: Women's Discus Throw". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2018.