Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Women's discus throw
Appearance
Women's discus throw at the Games of the XXI Olympiad | ||||||||||
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Venue | Olympic Stadium | |||||||||
Date | 28 July 1976 (qualifications) 29 July 1976 (final) | |||||||||
Competitors | 15 from 9 nations | |||||||||
Winning distance | 69.00 OR | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics | ||
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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 |
5000 m | men | |
10,000 m | men | |
100 m hurdles | women | |
110 m hurdles | men | |
400 m hurdles | men | |
3000 m steeplechase | men | |
4 × 100 m relay | men | women |
4 × 400 m relay | men | women |
Road events | ||
Marathon | men | |
20 km walk | men | |
Field events | ||
Long jump | men | women |
Triple jump | men | |
High jump | men | women |
Pole vault | men | |
Shot put | men | women |
Discus throw | men | women |
Javelin throw | men | women |
Hammer throw | men | |
Combined events | ||
Pentathlon | women | |
Decathlon | men | |
The Women's discus throw competition at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal was held on 28–29 July.[1]
Records
[edit]Prior to the competition, the existing world and olympic records were as follows.
World record | 70.52 m. | Sochi, Soviet Union | June 24, 1976 | |
Olympic record | 66.62 m. | Munich, West Germany | September 10, 1972 |
This following new Olympic record was set during the competition
Date | Athlete | Country | Distance | OR | WR | July 29 | Evelin Schlaak | 69.00 m. | OR |
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Results
[edit]Qualification
[edit]The qualification distance was set to 55.00 metres.
Rank | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | Result | Note |
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1 | Gabriele Hinzmann | 65.12 | 65.12 | Q | |||
2 | Faina Melnik | 63.74 | 63.74 | Q | |||
3 | Carmen Romero | 63.40 | 63.40 | Q | |||
4 | Evelin Schlaak | 61.86 | 61.86 | Q | |||
5 | María Cristina Betancourt | 61.46 | 61.46 | Q | |||
6 | Natalya Gorbachova | 59.84 | 59.84 | Q | |||
7 | Argentina Menis | 59.56 | 59.56 | Q | |||
8 | Olga Andrianova | 51.72 | 58.66 | 58.66 | Q | ||
9 | Jane Haist | 52.96 | 57.98 | 57.98 | Q | ||
10 | Mariya Vergova | 57.96 | 57.96 | Q | |||
Danuta Rosani | x | 57.78 | DQ[2] | ||||
11 | Sabine Engel | 56.94 | 56.94 | Q | |||
12 | Rita Pfister | 55.94 | 55.94 | Q | |||
13 | Lucette Moreau | 51.56 | 54.12 | 55.22 | 55.22 | Q | |
14 | Lynne Winbigler | x | 48.22 | 46.96 | 48.22 |
Final
[edit]Rank | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Notes |
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Evelin Schlaak | 69.00 | 66.80 | 66.12 | x | 61.24 | 64.80 | 69.00 | OR | ||
Mariya Vergova | 62.22 | 67.30 | 60.44 | 59.86 | 62.70 | x | 67.30 | |||
Gabriele Hinzmann | 66.68 | 66.10 | 66.84 | 66.24 | 66.32 | x | 66.84 | |||
4 | Faina Melnik | 64.48 | 65.42 | 62.76 | 66.40 | x | 64.20 | 66.40 | ||
5 | Sabine Engel | x | 61.18 | 65.46 | 65.88 | 64.92 | 61.18 | 65.88 | ||
6 | Argentina Menis | 62.82 | 62.50 | 63.70 | 64.14 | 65.38 | 63.48 | 65.38 | ||
7 | María Cristina Betancourt | 61.28 | 60.24 | 63.86 | 59.58 | 58.28 | 61.24 | 63.86 | ||
8 | Natalya Gorbachova | 63.02 | 60.98 | 62.24 | x | 63.46 | x | 63.46 | ||
9 | Carmen Romero | 60.90 | 59.90 | 61.18 | 61.18 | |||||
10 | Olga Andrianova | 60.80 | 56.18 | 59.90 | 60.80 | |||||
11 | Jane Haist | 59.74 | x | x | 59.74 | |||||
12 | Rita Pfister | x | 56.72 | 57.24 | 57.24 | |||||
13 | Lucette Moreau | 55.88 | x | 53.00 | 55.88 | |||||
Danuta Rosani | DNS |
References
[edit]- ^ "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.
- ^ 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. [1]