Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Women's discus throw

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Women's discus throw
at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
Venue Olympic Stadium
Date28 July 1976 (qualifications)
29 July 1976 (final)
Competitors15 from 9 nations
Winning distance69.00 OR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Evelin Schlaak
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
Silver medal icon.svg Mariya Vergova
Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria
Bronze medal icon.svg Gabriele Hinzmann
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
  1972
1980  

The Women's discus throw competition at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal was held on 28–29 July. [1]

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and olympic records were as follows.

World recordFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Faina Melnik  (URS)70.52 m. Sochi, Soviet Union June 24, 1976
Olympic recordFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Faina Melnik  (URS)66.62 m. Munich, West Germany September 10, 1972

This following new Olympic record was set during the competition

DateAthlete CountryDistance OR WR July 29 Evelin Schlaak 69.00 m.OR

Results

Qualification

The qualification distance was set to 55.00 metres.

RankNameNationality#1#2#3ResultNote
1 Gabriele Hinzmann Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 65.1265.12Q
2 Faina Melnik Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 63.7463.74Q
3 Carmen Romero Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba 63.4063.40Q
4 Evelin Schlaak Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 61.8661.86Q
5 María Cristina Betancourt Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba 61.4661.46Q
6 Natalya Gorbachova Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 59.8459.84Q
7 Argentina Menis Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 59.5659.56Q
8 Olga Andrianova Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 51.7258.6658.66Q
9 Jane Haist Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 52.9657.9857.98Q
10 Mariya Vergova Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 57.9657.96Q
11 Danuta Rosani Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland x57.7857.78DQ [2]
11 Sabine Engel Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 56.9456.94Q
12 Rita Pfister Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 55.9455.94Q
13 Lucette Moreau Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 51.5654.1255.2255.22Q
14 Lynne Winbigler Flag of the United States.svg  United States x48.2246.9648.22

Final

RankNameNationality#1#2#3#4#5#6ResultNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Evelin Schlaak Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 69.0066.8066.12x61.2464.8069.00 OR
Silver medal icon.svg Mariya Vergova Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 62.2267.3060.4459.8662.70x67.30
Bronze medal icon.svg Gabriele Hinzmann Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 66.6866.1066.8466.2466.32x66.84
4 Faina Melnik Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 64.4865.4262.7666.40x64.2066.40
5 Sabine Engel Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany x61.1865.4665.8864.9261.1865.88
6 Argentina Menis Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 62.8262.5063.7064.1465.3863.4865.38
7 María Cristina Betancourt Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba 61.2860.2463.8659.5858.2861.2463.86
8 Natalya Gorbachova Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 63.0260.9862.24x63.46x63.46
9 Carmen Romero Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba 60.9059.9061.1861.18
10 Olga Andrianova Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 60.8056.1859.9060.80
11 Jane Haist Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 59.74xx59.74
12 Rita Pfister Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland x56.7257.2457.24
13 Lucette Moreau Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 55.88x53.0055.88
Danuta Rosani Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland DNS

References

  1. "Athletics at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games: Women's Discus Throw". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  2. Danuta Rosani's results were deleted after she was disqualified for using anabolic steroids: the first case of such a disqualification in the sport at the Olympics.