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

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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.

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Gold Silver Bronze
Soviet Union Tamara Press
Soviet Union		 Unified Team of Germany Ingrid Lotz
Unified Team of Germany		 Romania Lia Manoliu
Romania

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

Place Athlete Nation Best mark Throw 1 Throw 2 Throw 3
1 Virginia Angelova Bulgaria Bulgaria 54.94 metres 54.94 —
2 Ingrid Lotz Unified Team of Germany Unified Team of Germany 54.82 metres 48.38 54.82 —
3 Kriemhild Limberg Unified Team of Germany Unified Team of Germany 54.54 metres 46.59 48.63 54.54
4 Lia Manoliu Romania Romania 53.64 metres 47.80 53.64 —
5 Olimpia Catarama Romania Romania 53.20 metres 46.96 53.20 —
6 Olga Connolly United States United States 53.17 metres 49.99 53.17 —
7 Eugenia Kuznetsova Soviet Union Soviet Union 52.44 metres 49.40 52.44 —
8 Kontsek Kleiber Hungary Hungary 52.35 metres 52.35 —
9 Judit Stugner Hungary Hungary 52.30 metres 48.96 48.49 52.30
10 Isobel Young New Zealand New Zealand 51.94 metres 48.01 51.94 —
11 Doris Lorenz Unified Team of Germany Unified Team of Germany 51.58 metres 51.58 —
12 Jirina Nemcova Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 50.64 metres 50.64 —
13 Tamara Press Soviet Union Soviet Union 50.28 metres 50.28 —
14 Nina Ponomariova Soviet Union Soviet Union 50.18 metres 44.69 44.89 50.18
15 Nancy McCredie Canada Canada 47.27 metres 44.91 47.27 44.75
16 Yokoyama Hiroko Japan Japan 47.18 metres 46.19 47.18 34.48
17 Namjilmaa Dashzeveg Mongolia Mongolia 44.55 metres 43.37 40.26 44.55
18 Josephine de la Vina Philippines Philippines 42.27 metres 40.05 42.27 41.71
19 Pranee Kitipongpitaya Thailand Thailand 38.73 metres 36.21 38.73 34.20
20 Park Young Sook Korea Korea 37.50 metres 37.50 33.27 34.97
21 Juliet Geverkof Iran Iran 30.05 metres X 30.05 X
— Judit Bognar Hungary Hungary Did not start —

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.

Place Athlete Nation Best mark Throw 1 Throw 2 Throw 3 Throw 4 Throw 5 Throw 6
1 Tamara Press Soviet Union Soviet Union 57.27 metres OR X 55.38 50.38 55.23 57.27 56.08
2 Ingrid Lotz Unified Team of Germany Unified Team of Germany 57.21 metres 57.21 X 55.41 X 54.59 54.74
3 Lia Manoliu Romania Romania 56.97 metres 55.90 X X 56.09 56.97 X
4 Virginia Angelova Bulgaria Bulgaria 56.70 metres 47.38 56.56 52.19 56.70 55.77 55.54
5 Eugenia Kuznetsova Soviet Union Soviet Union 55.17 metres 55.17 53.58 X X X 53.80
6 Kontsek Kleiber Hungary Hungary 54.87 metres 54.46 53.05 53.51 53.14 54.87 51.69
7 Kriemhild Limberg Unified Team of Germany Unified Team of Germany 53.81 metres 48.35 53.81 53.02
8 Olimpia Catarama Romania Romania 53.08 metres 53.08 49.99 51.28
9 Jirina Nemcova Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 52.80 metres 49.06 52.80 51.13
10 Judit Stugner Hungary Hungary 52.52 metres 50.88 50.47 52.52
11 Nina Ponomariova Soviet Union Soviet Union 52.48 metres 52.15 51.12 52.48
12 Olga Connolly United States United States 51.58 metres 51.21 X 51.58
13 Isobel Young New Zealand New Zealand 49.59 metres 48.93 46.17 49.59
14 Doris Lorenz Unified Team of Germany Unified Team of Germany 45.63 metres X X 45.63

  • Official Report


The 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo
Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Men's

100 m | 200 m | 400 m | 800 m | 1500 m | 5000 m | 10000 m | 110 m hurdles | 400 m hurdles | 3000 m steeplechase | 4x100 m | 4x400 m | marathon | 20 km walk | 50 km walk | decathlon | long jump | triple jump | high jump | pole vault | shot put | discus | javelin | hammer
Women's

100 m | 200 m | 400 m | 800 m | 80 m hurdles | 4x100 m | pentathlon | long jump | high jump | shot put | discus | javelin
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