Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Women's discus throw

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Women's discus throw
at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Venue Olympic Stadium
DatesSeptember 9 & September 10, 1972
Competitors17 from 10 nations
Winning throw66.62 OR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Faina Melnik
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Silver medal icon.svg Argentina Menis
Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania
Bronze medal icon.svg Vasilka Stoeva
Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria
  1968
1976  

The women's discus throw field event at the 1972 Olympic Games took place on September 9 & September 10. [1] Armenia Soviet Faina Melnik was the strong favorite to win the gold. She has broken the world record five times since 1971 as well as being the European Champion in the same year. But twice in 1972 she had been beaten by Romanian Argentina Menis. Menis took the lead in round one breaking the Olympic record throw of 64.28 m (210 ft 10+12 in). In the start of the fourth round Menis lead with Melnik in fifth. Menis then improved her distance to 65.06 m (213 ft 5+12 in). Melnike threw next and overtook Menis with a throw of 66.62 m (218 ft 7 in) which held on to win the gold. Thirteen days later, Menis broke Melnik's world record with a throw of 67.32 m (220 ft 10+12 in). [2]

Records

Standing records prior to the 1972 Summer Olympics
World record Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Faina Melnik  (URS)  66.76 mJuly 4, 1972 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Moscow, Soviet Union
Olympic record Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Lia Manoliu  (ROM)  58.28 mOctober 18, 1968 Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico City, Mexico
Broken records during the 1972 Summer Olympics
Olympic record Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Faina Melnik  (URS)  66.62 mSeptember 10, 1972 Flag of Germany.svg  Munich, West Germany

Results

All throwers reaching 55.00 m (180 ft 5+12 in) and the top 12 including ties, advanced to the finals. All qualifiers are shown in blue. All distances are listed in metres.

Qualifying

RankNameNationalityMark1st throw2nd throw3rd throw
1 Argentina Menis Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 61.58
OR
61.58pp
2 Faina Melnik Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 61.2653.0061.26p
3 Tamara Danilova Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 60.3460.34pp
4 Gabriele Hinzmann Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 59.8059.80pp
5 Liesel Westermann Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 58.2658.26pp
6 Carmen Ionescu Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 57.82x57.82p
7 Brigitte Berendonk Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 56.9054.7456.90p
8 Svetla Bozhkova Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 56.4254.5256.42p
9 Lia Manoliu Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 55.8855.88pp
10 Rosemary Payne Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 55.56x53.5655.56
11 Vasilka Stoeva Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 55.26x55.26p
12 Lyudmila Muravyova Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 55.2455.24pp
13 Josephine de la Viña Flag of the Philippines (1936-1985, 1986-1998).svg  Philippines 53.2951.08x53.29
14 Radostina Vasekova Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 53.86xx53.86
15 Krystyna Nadolna Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 52.52x47.4252.52
16 Olga Connolly Flag of the United States.svg  United States 51.5851.58x50.76
17 Maggy Wauters Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 49.6249.62xx
Ok-Ja Paik Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).svg  South Korea DNS
Jolán Kleiber-Kontsek Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary DNS
Rosa Molina Flag of Chile.svg  Chile DNS

Final

RankNameNationalityMark1st throw2nd throw3rd throw4th throw5th throw6th throw
Gold medal icon.svg Faina Melnik Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 66.62
OR
60.5661.3257.9666.62
OR
62.76x
Silver medal icon.svg Argentina Menis Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 65.0664.28
OR
59.8260.8865.06
OR
63.7864.90
Bronze medal icon.svg Vasilka Stoeva Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 64.3461.08x64.2062.2464.3462.10
4 Tamara Danilova Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 62.8662.64
OR
58.1462.8661.14xx
5 Liesel Westermann Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 62.18x57.0462.1861.66xx
6 Gabriele Hinzmann Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 61.7257.5259.1460.1261.0861.7260.22
7 Carmen Ionescu Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 60.4257.7858.7657.0659.08x60.42
8 Lyudmila Muravyova Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 59.0057.5257.9259.00x58.8657.20
9 Lia Manoliu Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 58.5058.1858.50x
10 Svetla Bozhkova Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 56.7256.5056.72x
11 Brigitte Berendonk Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 56.5855.60x56.58
12 Rosemary Payne Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 56.5056.50x52.26

Key: OR = Olympic record; p = pass; x = fault; NM = no mark

References

  1. "Athletics at the 1972 Munich City Summer Games: Women's Discus Throw". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  2. Sports Reference. "Athletics at the 1972 München Summer Games: Women's Discus Throw". Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 4 January 2012.