| Women's discus throw at the Commonwealth Games |
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| Athletics at the 1986 Commonwealth Games | ||
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| Track events | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | women |
| 3000 m | women | |
| 5000 m | men | |
| 10,000 m | men | women |
| 100 m hurdles | women | |
| 110 m hurdles | men | |
| 400 m hurdles | men | women |
| 3000 m steeplechase | men | |
| 4 × 100 m relay | men | women |
| 4 × 400 m relay | men | women |
| Road events | ||
| Marathon | men | women |
| 30 km walk | men | |
| Field events | ||
| High jump | men | women |
| Pole vault | men | |
| Long jump | men | women |
| Triple jump | men | |
| Shot put | men | women |
| Discus throw | men | women |
| Hammer throw | men | |
| Javelin throw | men | women |
| Combined events | ||
| Heptathlon | women | |
| Decathlon | men | |
The women's discus throw event at the 1986 Commonwealth Games was held at the Meadowbank Stadium in Edinburgh on 27 July 1986. [1]
The winning margin was 22 cm which as of 2024 remains the only time the women's discus throw has been won by less than 50 cm at these games.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Notes |
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| Gael Martin | 56.42 | |||||||||
| Venissa Head | 56.20 | |||||||||
| Karen Pugh | 54.72 | 52.84 | 53.18 | 54.72 | PB | |||||
| 4 | Julia Avis | 52.48 | 47.04 | 52.48 | ||||||
| 5 | Gale Zaphiropoulos-Dolegiewicz | 52.28 | ||||||||
| 6 | Kathryn Farr | 51.08 | ||||||||
| 7 | Michelle Brotherton | 49.84 | ||||||||
| 8 | Astra Etiene | 49.80 | 47.84 | x | 49.80 | |||||
| 9 | Jackie McKernan | 48.46 | 49.08 | 49.08 | ||||||
| 10 | Melody Torcolacci | 47.56 | ||||||||
| 11 | Morag Bremner | 47.06 |