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Discus Throw (Women's)
 
First Gold Medalist
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 POL Halina Konopacka

Games: 21 games in 17 countries
First Held: 1928 Summer Games
Last Held: 2016 Summer Games

Participants: 322 from 70 countries
Top Athlete Medalist(s): ROU Lia Manoliu and URS Nina Romashkova-Ponomaryova (3 medals)
Top Country Medalist(s): URS Soviet Union (10 medals)


 

Discus Throw for women

Discus Throw for Women at Olympics: Discus throwing is one of the ancient games contested since the historical days. The practice of discus throwing dates back to the 5 th century B.C. It has been included in the athletics program of major competitions. During the discus throw competition, the athletes have to throw a lens shaped disc made from heavy metal with the border covered with rubber, wood, plastic or metal. The athletes competing in the discus throw event have to work hard to acquire the throwing technique. Women competed in the discus throwing event for the first time in1914. At that time, the weight of the disc was 1.25 kilogram. Later, the standard weight of the disc thrown was fixed to 1 kilogram.

Discus Throw for Women in Summer Olympics: Discus throwing event was included in the women's athletics program at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games. After the 1928 Games, the event has been contested regularly during the Olympic athletics competition.

Rules for Discus Throw for Women at Olympics: The International Association of Athletics Federations or IAAF is authorized to set rules, which should be followed during the track and field athletics competitions. The rules important for the discus throw event at the international competitions are-

 
  • The IAAF has specified the weight of the disc used in the discus throw event.
  • The distance covered by the disc is the distance from the border of the circle to the point on the landing area, where the disc touched the ground.
  • An athlete is not permitted to leave the circle until the disc thrown by her has touched the ground in the landing area. She is also not allowed to exit without the consent of the judge.
  • Each athlete is given eight chances to throw the disc. The best throw is recorded to determine the winner of the event.
  • To break the tie between two athletes, the second best throw of the athletes are evaluated.

Medal Winners in the Discus Throw for Women at Olympics: Martina Hellmann, Gisela Beyer, Tsvetanka Khristova, Galina Savinkova, Irina Meszynski, Daniela Costian, Diana Sachse-Gansky, Ilke Wyludda, Zdenka Silhava, Gabriele Reinsch, Natalya Sadova, Ellina Zvereva, Maritza Marten, Ria Stalman, Evelin Schlaak, Faina Melnik, Lia Manoliu, Tamara Press, Nina Romashkova, Olga Fikotova, Micheline Ostermeyer, Gisela Mauermayer, Lillian Copeland and Halina Konopacka are some of the leading athletes in the domain of the discus throwing event at the international level.
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Olympic history: Women’s discus

by Steve Smythe May 16, 2016

Steve Smythe takes a look back at women’s discus events at the Olympic Games

The discus was the first women’s event to be completed at the first Olympics catering for both sexes in 1928. Despite this history, the event has seen very few famous athletes that have stood the test of time and many of the medallists have been discredited with drug-taking. The 2012 result, for example, was amended after the event.

The 2016 event could see a contest, though, between world champion Denia Caballero and defending champion Sandra Perkovic, who between them had the top 14 throws of 2015.

1928 to 2012

Halina Konopacka of Poland broke her own world record in 1928 in Amsterdam to become the first women’s Olympic track and field champion, comfortably with 39.62m. Poland were also favourites for gold in Los Angeles in 1932 but the then world record-holder, Jadwiga Wajs, was beaten by two Americans, headed by local law student Lillian Copeland, who improved the Olympic record by a metre.

Copeland, who was Jewish, boycotted the 1936 ‘Hitler Olympics’ in Berlin. She surely wouldn’t have won, though, as home athlete Gisela Mauermayer added seven metres to her Olympic record with a 47.63m throw to just miss her world record. Wajs improved to second.

Mauermayer still held the world record of 48.31m when the Olympics returned in 1948, but she had lost both her world and Olympic records by the end of the 1952 Games in Helsinki. In Finland, Nina Romaschkova threw a big 51.42m to win by more than four metres as her Soviet team-mate and world record-holder Nina Dumbadze was an off-form third.

Romaschkova broke her compatriot’s record shortly after that, but Dumbadze responded with a 57.04m world record that lasted through the 1956 and 1960 Olympics. However, Romaschkova proved the better, more enduring competitor and under her married name of Ponomaryova she finished third in Melbourne and then won in an Olympic record 55.10m in Rome in 1960. Despite her two gold medals, she had gained more notoriety earlier for being arrested for stealing five hats in Oxford Street in 1956!

The 1956 champion, Olga Fikotova, competed for the Czech Republic that year but after marrying Olympic hammer champion Harold Connolly, she finished seventh for the USA in 1960.

Germany’s Liesel Westermann broke the 60-metre and 200-foot barrier in 1967 but could only finish second in 1968 in Mexico to Lia Manoliu’s 58.28m Olympic record. It was the Romanian’s fifth attempt, having been sixth, ninth, third and third on her previous attempts. At 36 she became the oldest women’s Olympic champion.

Standards shot up from 1971 and the Soviet’s Faina Melnik became the first to break 64, 65 and 66 metres and she won in Munich in an Olympic record 66.62m as all the top eight broke the previous Olympic best. Melnik also bettered the 68, 69 and 70-metre barriers too, but in Montreal in 1976 she was only fourth as 20-year-old Evelin Schlaak caused a surprise with a 69.00m win.

Married under the name Jahl, the East German successfully defended her title in Moscow in 1980, upping her Olympic record to 69.96m as she had the four longest throws.

World champion Marina Hellmann improved the record to a still-standing 72.30m in Seoul in 1988. World record-holder Gabriele Reinsch was almost 10 metres down on her recent 76.88m throw and finished seventh. Her record has yet to be beaten but the world’s No.1 through the 90s, Ilke Wyludda, struggled competitively and had missed even qualifying for the final in 1992 and had failed to win in four World Championships. She won her first global gold, though, in Atlanta in 1996 and her 69.66m gave her a three-metre win.

Russian Natalya Sadova won narrowly in Athens in 2004 to beat home favourite Anastasia Kelesidou with a fifth-round throw, but the Russian failed a drugs test a few years later.

American Stephanie Brown Trafton pulled off a shock win in Beijing in 2008 with the shortest winning distance for 40 years, while Perkovic won in 2012 after the original silver medallist Darya Pishchalnikova lost second place for failing an earlier drugs test.

Most memorable Olympic discus: Tokyo 1964

The silver medallist in Rome in 1960, Tamara Press, improved the world record shortly afterwards and the Soviet was favourite for Tokyo in 1964. She was lucky to win in Japan though. She was only 13th best in qualifying, though her 50.28m edged past the 50 metre automatic qualifying mark.

In the final she started with a no-throw and was only fourth after four rounds. A 57.27m fifth round put her ahead but only by six centimetres and she held on to win gold as the first four were separated by less than two feet (57cm) and Ingrid Lotz of East Germany and Lia Manoliu of Romania gained the other medals.

Press also won the shot in 1960 and 1964. The first four were separated by less than two feet (57cm) and Ingrid Lotz of East Germany and Lia Manoliu of Romania gained the other medals.

The Romanian would go on to win in Mexico in 1968 and in 1972 became the first athlete to compete in six Olympics. Tessa Sanderson equalled that feat in the javelin in 1996.

Discus Throw (Women's) History Year by Year (by IAAF) 1896-2012
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Amsterdam, 31 Jul 1928
(Competitors: 21; Countries: 12)

Final

The final was held on the same day and started at 2 p.m.

Place Athlete Qual. Width Final Width Distance
1  Halina Konopacka (POL) 39.17 39.62 39.62 WR
2  Lillian Copeland (USA) 36.66 37.08 37.08
3  Ruth Svedberg (SWE) 34.68 35.92 35.92
4  Milly Reuter (GER) 34.75 35.86 35.86
5  Grete Heublein (GER) 35.56   35.56
6  Liesl Perkaus (AUT) 33.54   33.54
Between 1925 and 1927 Halina Konopacka had set five world records, of which two were ratified. Her cast of 39.17 in the qualifying round missed her record by one centimetre. The 27 year-old, throwing while clad in her usual outfit of shorts, singlet and beret, improved in the final with a world record of 39.62, to become the first-ever Olympic women’s athletics gold medallist.
Los Angeles, 2 Aug 1932
(Competitors: 9; Countries: 4)

Final standings

Rank Name Nationality Distance Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) Lillian Copeland United States 40.58 OR
2nd, silver medalist(s) Ruth Osburn United States 40.12 OR
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Jadwiga Wajs Poland 38.74  
4 Tilly Fleischer Germany 36.12  
5 Grete Heublein Germany 34.66  
6 Stanisława Walasiewicz Poland 33.60  
7 Mitsue Ishizu Japan 33.52  
8 Ellen Braumüller Germany 33.15  
9 Margaret Jenkins United States 30.22  
Osborn led throughout the competition with her opening throw of 40.12, until the final round. Copeland wound up, and, throwing from a standing position rather than spinning as all the other throwers were doing, hurled the discus out to 40.58 to win. Wajs won the bronze on the first of three appearances in Olympic finals over a period of 16 years.
Berlin, 4 Aug 1936
(Competitors: 19; Countries: 11)

nal standings

Rank Name Nationality Distance Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) Gisela Mauermayer Germany 47.63 OR
2nd, silver medalist(s) Jadwiga Wajs Poland 46.22  
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Paula Mollenhauer Germany 39.80  
4 Ko Nakamura-Yoshino Japan 38.24  
5 Hide Mineshima Japan 37.35  
6 Birgit Lundström Sweden 35.92  
7 Ans Panhorst-Niesink Netherlands 35.21  
8 Gertrude Wilhelmsen United States 34.43  
9 Helen Stephens United States 34.33  
10 Gabre Gabric Italy 34.31  
11 Margarethe Held Austria 34.05  
Wajs, the World Games Champion in 1934, had seen her world record broken 11 times by Mauermayer in 1935-36, with the German taking the record from 44.19 to 48.31. The last of these came in Berlin at the German Championships just three weeks before the Olympics. Mauermayer followed Wajs’s opening throw of 44.69 with the winning effort of 47.63. Wajs reacted well, throwing 46.22, the longest competitive throw of her career, to place an excellent second, more than 6m clear of third place. Mauermayer was deemed the perfect example of Aryan womanhood, and her Nazi connections meant that she lost her teaching job after the war.
London, 30 Jul 1948
(Competitors: 21; Countries: 11)

Final standings

Rank Name Nationality Distance Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) Micheline Ostermeyer France 41.92  
2nd, silver medalist(s) Edera Gentile Italy 41.17  
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Jacqueline Mazeas France 40.47  
4 Jadwiga Wajs-Marcinkiewicz Poland 39.30  
5 Lotte Haidegger Austria 38.81  
6 Ans Panhorst-Niesink Netherlands 38.74  
7 Majken Åberg Sweden 38.48  
8 Ingeborg Mello Argentina 38.44  
9 Frieda Tiltsch Austria 37.19  
10 Paulette Veste France 36.84  
11 Frances Kaszubski United States 36.50  
Ostermeyer only learned how to throw the discus in 1948, and placed second in her national champions behind Mazéas, three weeks before the Olympics. The athletic (1.79/73Kg) Ostermeyer began with 40.45, and won from Gentile with her final throw. Ostermeyer was a concert pianist, who managed to combine sport and art closely; on the day she qualified for the Olympic team in Bordeaux she gave a concert. To put her win in perspective it should be noted that Nina Dumbadze set a world record of 53.25 eight days after the Olympic event, and had 12 competitions beyond the best of anyone else in 1948.
Helsinki, 20 Jul 1952
(Competitors: 20; Countries: 16; Finalists: 18)

Final

Rank Athlete Nationality Result
1st, gold medalist(s) Nina Ponomaryova Soviet Union 51.42 OR
2nd, silver medalist(s) Yelisaveta Bagriantseva Soviet Union 47.08
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Nina Dumbadze Soviet Union 46.29
4 Ko Nakamura-Yoshino Japan 43.81
5 Lotte Haidegger Austria 43.49
6 Lia Manoliu Romania 42.65
7 Ingeborg Pfüller Argentina 41.73
8 Ilona Szikora-Józsá Hungary 41.61
9 Marianne Werner Germany 41.03
10 Yvette Williams New Zealand 40.48
11 Kaarina Koivuniemi Finland 40.33
12 Ingeborg Mello Argentina 39.04
The USSR was expected to do well in the first women’s final of the ’52 Games, with the event previewed in Leichtathletik under the heading “Romashkova or Dumbadze?”. With the two separated by one centimetre on pre-Olympic lists, it was difficult to make predictions. The younger woman took over in round 2 with 50.84, the best mark of the season, which she supplanted in the next round with 51.42. Anticlimactically, Dumbadze had an off-day, with a best of only 46.29 behind Bagryantseva’s 47.08. The USSR thus celebrated it’s entrance to the Olympic arena with a clean sweep. Romashkova capped her Olympic triumph with a world record 53.61 three weeks later, though Dumbadze had the final word of 1952 with a mark of 57.04 in October. Finland’s greatest thrower Matti Järvinen stated after the event that Zátopková was the best technician of the event on view at the Helsinki Games.
Melbourne, 23 Nov 1956
(Competitors: 22; Countries: 12; Finalists: 13)

Final classification

RANK NAME ATHLETE DISTANCE
Med 1.png  Olga Fikotová (TCH) 53.69 m
Med 2.png  Irina Beglyakova (URS) 52.54 m
Med 3.png  Nina Ponomaryeva (URS) 52.02 m
4.  Earlene Brown (USA) 51.35 m
5.  Albina Yelkina (URS) 48.20 m
6.  Isabel Avellán (ARG) 46.73 m
7.  Jirina Voborilova (TCH) 45.84 m
8.  Stepanka Mertova (TCH) 45.78 m
9.  Lia Manoliu (ROU) 43.90 m
10.  Marianne Werner (EUA) 43.34 m
11.  Paola Paternoster (ITA) 42.83 m
12.  Nada Kotlusek (YUG) 42.16 m
Ponomaryova was expected to retain her title ahead of Beglyakova, with Fikotová and Mertová likely to battle out for the bronze. Fikotová led the qualifying with 50.77, but was fourth until the third round, when she threw 52.04 to take the lead. Beglyakova immediately responded with 52.54, and retained the lead from Fikotová until the fifth round. The Czech threw 53.69 in the fifth round to become the third-best thrower ever and win the gold, with Ponomaryova producing her best in the same round, to edge Brown for the bronze medal. For Fikotová, Melbourne was memorable not just for the gold medal, as she met (and three months later married) Harold Connolly, winner of the hammer. Ponomaryova had given Fikotová coaching tips in 1955, and was visibly upset to see how good a job she had done.
Rome, 5 Sep 1960
(Competitors: 24; Countries: 16; Finalists: 12)

Final

Rank Name Nationality Mark Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) Nina Romashkova Soviet Union 55.10 OR
2nd, silver medalist(s) Tamara Press Soviet Union 52.59  
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Lia Manoliu Romania 52.36  
4 Kriemhild Limberg Germany 51.47  
5 Yevgeniya Kuznetsova Soviet Union 51.43  
6 Earlene Brown United States 51.29  
7 Olga Fikotová United States 50.95
8 Jiřina Němcová Czechoslovakia 50.12
9 Irene Schuch Germany 49.86
10 Valerie Sloper New Zealand 48.81
11 Štěpánka Mertová Czechoslovakia 48.28
12 Wivianne Bergh Sweden 43.96
Press, the European Champion, was favoured to win from Ponomaryova, but the 1952 winner showed her competitive abilities, taking the lead in round 2 from Manoliu by 6cm with 52.42. She then improved to 53.39 in the next round, before launching the winner – 55.10 – in the fifth. Press moved past Manoliu with her final effort of 52.59, but was even then outshone by Ponomaryova, who reached 54.42 with her sixth round throw. Ponomaryova became the first woman to regain an Olympic title with her Rome win.
Tokyo, 19 Oct 1964
(Competitors: 21; Countries: 16; Finalists: 14)

Final

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
1 Tamara Press Soviet Union 57.27 metres OR
2 Ingrid Lotz Germany 57.21 metres
3 Lia Manoliu Romania 56.97 metres
4 Virginia Angelova Bulgaria 56.70 metres
5 Eugenia Kuznetsova Soviet Union 55.17 metres
6 Jolán Kleiber-Kontsek Hungary 54.87 metres
7 Kriemhild Limberg Germany 53.81 metres
8 Olimpia Catarama Romania 53.08 metres
9 Jirina Nemcova Czechoslovakia 52.80 metres
10 Judit Stugner Hungary 52.52 metres
11 Nina Ponomariova Soviet Union 52.48 metres
12 Olga Connolly United States 51.58 metres
13 Valerie Young New Zealand 49.59 metres
14 Doris Lorenz Germany 45.63 metres
Press was again the favourite, though Ponomaryova was there to defend her title. This time Press was not to be denied; she had the topsix pre-Olympic performances, but trailed Lotz, who produced a German record and moved to second place on the world all-time list with her opening throw of 57.21. Press was placed only fourth until the penultimate round when she finally connected with a good throw and reached 57.27 to take the gold medal. Lia Manoliu produced two throws of more than 56m, and overtook Angelova in the fifth round. The range of just 57cm between first and fourth made it the closest Olympic discus in history. Ponomaryova was a below-par 11th with 52.48.
Mexico City, 18 Oct 1968
(Competitors: 16; Countries: 9)

Results

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) Lia Manoliu Romania 58.28 OR
2nd, silver medalist(s) Liesel Westermann West Germany 57.76  
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Jolán Kleiber-Kontsek Hungary 54.90  
4 Anita Otto East Germany 54.40  
5 Antonina Popova Soviet Union 53.42  
6 Olga Fikotová United States 52.96  
7 Christine Spielberg East Germany 52.86  
8 Brigitte Berendonk West Germany 52.80  
9 Lyudmila Muravyova Soviet Union 52.26  
10 Karin Illgen East Germany 52.18  
11 Judit Stugner Hungary 52.08  
12 Dashzevgiin Namjilmaa Mongolia 50.76  
13 Olimpia Cataramă Romania 50.20  
14 Carol Moseke United States 48.28  
15 Jean Roberts Australia 46.26
The two Germanies laid claim to the world record in 1968 in the shape of Spielberg and Westermann, but both were vulnerable before the Games, with Manoliu having the best competitive record. The Romanian, in her fifth Olympics, won the gold medal with her first throw, and only Westermann, with her second round throw, was able to get within 3m. Berendonk later became well known in Germany for her 1991 book “Doping. Von der Forschung zum Betrug” about systematic doping violations in the GDR.
Munich, 10 Sep 1972
(Competitors: 17; Countries: 10; Finalists: 12)

Final

Rank Name Nationality Mark
1st, gold medalist(s) Faina Melnik Soviet Union 66.62
OR
2nd, silver medalist(s) Argentina Menis Romania 65.06
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Vasilka Stoeva Bulgaria 64.34
4 Tamara Danilova Soviet Union 62.86
5 Liesel Westermann West Germany 62.18
6 Gabriele Hinzmann East Germany 61.72
7 Carmen Ionescu Romania 60.42
8 Lyudmila Muravyova Soviet Union 59.00
9 Lia Manoliu Romania 58.50
10 Svetla Bozhkova Bulgaria 56.72
11 Brigitte Berendonk West Germany 56.58
12 Rosemary Payne Great Britain 56.50
Melnik was the European Champion and world record holder, but had been beaten twice by Menis twice during 1972. The Romanian opened up well in the final, overtaking Danilova’s Olympic record 62.64 with 64.28, while Melnik struggled to reach 60.56. By the fourth round, Melnik was in fifth place, and Menis improved her lead to 65.06. Melnik had produced a relaxed throw of 67m in the warm up, and she reproduced this form in the fourth to take the lead with 66.62. Menis, who had earlier improved to 65.06, responded in the final round with 64.90. Stoeva completed the medallists with her fifth round 64.34.
Montreal, 29 Jul 1976
(Competitors: 15; Countries: 9; Finalists: 14)

Final

Rank Athlete Result
1st, gold medalist(s)  Evelin Schlaak (GDR) 69.00 m OR
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Mariya Vergova (BUL) 67.30 m
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Gabriele Hinzmann (GDR) 66.84 m
4  Faina Melnik (URS) 66.40 m
5  Sabine Engel (GDR) 65.88 m
6  Argentina Menis (ROM) 65.38 m
7  María Cristina Betancourt (CUB) 63.86 m
8  Natalia Gorbacheva (URS) 63.46 m
9  Carmen Romero (CUB) 61.18 m
10  Olga Andrianova (URS) 60.80 m
11  Jane Haist (CAN) 59.74 m
12  Rita Pfister (SUI) 57.24 m
13  Lucette Moreau (CAN) 55.88 m

There was a qualifying round held. The only competitor to fail to reach the 55.00m auto qualifying mark was Lynne Winbigler  United States with a 48.22m.

Danuta Rosani  Poland also competed. Her results have been removed due to her disqualification for using anabolic steroids, the first case of such a disqualification in the sport at the Olympics.
Melnik was described by Track and Field News as “a certainty”. She took the lead in round 1 with 64.48, only to be passed by the opening throws of Hinzmann (66.68) and Schlaak, whose 69.00 was a GDR record and moved her to third on the all-time list. Melnik improved to 65.42 and finally 66.40 in round 4, but had slipped out of the medals after Vergova threw 67.30 in the second round. Melnik’s fifth-round throw of 68.60 brought her up to second, but it was later ruled illegal because Melnik had stepped in front of the circle before her throw. The high standard was emphasised by Menis’s 65.38 for sixth place, which was further than she threw for silver in 1972. Danuta Rosani (POL) reached the final but was disqualified after failing a doping test; it was the first such disqualification in Olympic athletics.
Moscow, 1 Aug 1980
(Competitors: 17; Countries: 10; Finalists: 12)

Final

RANK FINAL DISTANCE
Med 1.png  Evelin Jahl (GDR) 69.96 m
Med 2.png  Mariya Petkova (BUL) 67.90 m
Med 3.png  Tatyana Lesovaya (URS) 67.40 m
4.  Gisela Beyer (GDR) 67.08 m
5.  Margitta Pufe (GDR) 66.12 m
6.  Florenţa Ţacu (ROU) 64.38 m
7.  Galina Murašova (URS) 63.84 m
8.  Svetla Bozhkova (BUL) 63.14 m
9.  Meg Ritchie (GBR) 61.16 m
10.  Carmen Romero (CUB) 60.86 m
11.  Zdena Bartoňová (TCH) 57.78 m
12.  Ágnes Herczegh (HUN) 55.06 m
Petkova improved upon her Montreal 67.30 with 67.68 in the opening round to lead the final from Udo Beyer’s younger sister Gisela, who threw 67.08. Jahl, the reigning champion, justified her role of favourite with 69.76 in the second round. It was the first of four successive throws beyond the best of anyone else, which was 67.90 by Petkova in the last round. Lesovaya was close to the Bulgarian with her fifth round 67.40. Jahl’s best throw came in the third round, but her superiority was absolute; her six throws averaged 68.24.
Los Angeles, 11 Aug 1984
(Competitors: 17; Countries: 14; Finalists: 12)

Final

1st, gold medalist(s)  Ria Stalman (NED) 65.36 m  
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Leslie Deniz (USA) 64.86 m  
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Florența Crăciunescu (ROU) 63.64 m  
4  Ulla Lundholm (FIN) 62.84 m  
5  Meg Ritchie (GBR) 62.58 m  
6  Ingra Manecke (FRG) 58.56 m  
7  Venissa Head (GBR) 58.18 m  
8  Gael Martin (AUS) 55.88 m  
 
9  Patricia Walsh (IRL) 55.38 m  
10  Laura De Snoo (USA) 54.84 m  
11  Jiao Yunxiang (CHN) 53.32 m  
12  Lorna Griffin (USA) 50.16 m
Stalman was favourite to win, and she went to the front in round 1 with 64.50. The surprise occurred in round 5 when Deniz threw close to her US record with 64.86 to move ahead. Stalman reacted well, launching the winning throw in the last round. To put the event in perspective, the “Druzhba” meeting in Prague saw Meszynski (GDR) throw a world record 73.36, as seven throwers threw beyond 66m.
Seoul, 29 Sep 1988
(Competitors: 22; Countries: 13; Finalists: 12)

Final

RANK ATHLETE DISTANCE
Med 1.png  Martina Hellmann (GDR) 72.30 m
Med 2.png  Diana Gansky (GDR) 71.88 m
Med 3.png  Tsvetanka Khristova (BUL) 69.74 m
4.  Svetla Mitkova (BUL) 69.14 m
5.  Ellina Zvereva (URS) 68.94 m
6.  Zdeňka Šilhavá (TCH) 67.84 m
7.  Gabriele Reinsch (GDR) 67.26 m
8.  Hou Xuemei (CHN) 65.94 m
9.  Yu Hourun (CHN) 64.08 m
10.  Larisa Mikhalchenko (URS) 64.08 m
11.  Carol Cady (USA) 63.42 m
12.  Galina Murasova (URS) NM
Reinsch, the world record holder, was expected to win from her GDR teammates, and she threw 66.88 to place just behind Hellmann in the qualifying round. The double World Champion took control of the final with her opening throw of 71.84, more than 4m clear of the field, and it was not until round 5 that anyone else exceeded 68m. By that point Hellmann had four throws beyond the best of anyone else, with a top throw of 72.30. Gansky finally connected with a big throw in round 5, 71.88, after Khristova had thrown 69.74 to move into a medal position. The international experience of Hellmann and European Champion Gansky paid off, as Reinsch never looked likely to threaten for a medal.
Barcelona, 3 Aug 1992
(Competitors: 28; Countries: 16; Finalists: 12)

Final

1st, gold medalist(s)  Maritza Martén (CUB) 70.06 m  
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Tsvetanka Khristova (BUL) 67.78 m  
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Daniela Costian (AUS) 66.24 m  
4  Larisa Korotkevich (EUN) 65.52 m  
5  Olga Burova (EUN) 64.02 m  
6  Hilda Ramos (CUB) 63.80 m  
7  Irina Yatchenko (EUN) 63.74 m  
8  Stefania Simova (BUL) 62.42 m  
 
9  Ilke Wyludda (GER) 62.16 m  
10  Agnese Maffeis (ITA) 61.22 m  
11  Min Chunfeng (CHN) 60.82 m  
12  Franka Dietzsch (GER) 60.24 m  
The biggest surprise of the qualifying was the failure of reigning champion Hellmann, who reached 60.52 and missed the final by 36cm. Four of the finalists had reached 70m during the season, with Martén the most recent at that level with two such efforts in Spain just before the Games. The Cuban led after the first round with 65.66, but was overtaken in the next round by Bulgarian veteran Khristova, World Champion in 1991 and European champion nine years earlier, who reached 67.78. The Bulgarian would have only one more valid throw, but held the lead for three more rounds. In the interim Germany’s Wyludda, one of the 70m throwers, could reach only 62.16 for ninth place. Costian, the former Romanian, moved past Korotkevich (65.52) in the fifth round with 66.24, and two throws later Martén stepped up and the stocky (1.72/92Kg) yet athletic Cuban spun quickly and sent the discus out to 70.06 for the gold.
Atlanta, 29 Jul 1996
(Competitors: 39; Countries: 24; Finalists: 12)

Final classification

RANK FINAL DISTANCE
Med 1.png  Ilke Wyludda (GER) 69.66 m
Med 2.png  Natalya Sadova (RUS) 66.48 m
Med 3.png  Ellina Zvereva (BLR) 65.64 m
4.  Franka Dietzsch (GER) 65.48 m
5.  Xiao Yanling (CHN) 64.72 m
6.  Olga Chernyavskaya (RUS) 64.70 m
7.  Nicoleta Grasu (ROU) 63.28 m
8.  Lisa-Marie Vizaniari (AUS) 62.48 m
9.  Mette Bergmann (NOR) 62.28 m
10.  Teresa Machado (POR) 61.38 m
11.  Anja Gündler (GER) 61.16 m
12.  Ira Yatchenko (BLR) 60.46 m
Two European titles and undefeated seasons in 1989-90 could not mask the fact that Wyludda had never fulfilled her potential at the global level. Her only Olympic appearance had been a lowly ninth in Barcelona and she had twice won world silvers after being the gold medal favourite. Atlanta made up for this, as she reached 66.78 in the qualifying, and then produced five throws in the final beyond the best of the opposition. Her opening throw of 68.02 effectively quelled the other throwers, and she then boomed the winner of 69.66 in the second round. Her winning margin of 3.18m was only 2cm less than the difference between second and seventh. Sadova was nevertheless a solid second, with four throws better than bronze medallist Zvereva.
Sydney, 27 Sep 2000
(Competitors: 32; Countries: 20; Finalists: 13)

Final

1st, gold medalist(s)  Ellina Zvereva (BLR) 68.40 m SB
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Anastasia Kelesidou (GRE) 65.71 m  
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Irina Yatchenko (BLR) 65.20 m  
4  Natalya Sadova (RUS) 65.00 m  
5  Styliani Tsikouna (GRE) 64.08 m  
6  Franka Dietzsch (GER) 63.18 m  
7  Ilke Wyludda (GER) 63.16 m  
8  Lisa-Marie Vizaniari (AUS) 62.57 m  
 
9  Ekaterini Voggoli (GRE) 61.57 m  
10  Seilala Sua (USA) 59.85 m  
11  Teresa Machado (POR) 59.50 m  
12  Beatrice Faumuina (NZL) 58.69 m  
13  Yu Xin (CHN) 58.34 m  
In an event where longevity is the norm, five of the top eight in Sydney repeated from Atlanta, with just one (Vizaniari) taking the same position as in 1996. The most venerable of all was Zvereva, who had placed fifth back in 1988. On this occasion she dominated the competition, as her worst of four measured throws was good enough to take gold. Having settled matters with her opening throw of 67.00, she improved to 68.40 two rounds later. Her winning margin of 2.69m was one of the greatest in Olympic history (Ponomaryova 4.34 in 1952, Wyludda 3.18 in 1996). Kelesídou’s opening effort of 65.71 held up for second place ahead of Yatchenko, who went ahead of Sadova with her 5th throw. The winner, aged 39 years 316 days, became the oldest-ever Olympic athletics champion.
Athens, 21 Aug 2004
(Competitors: 42; Countries: 28; Finalists: 12)

Final

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) Natalya Sadova Russia 67.02  
2nd, silver medalist(s) Anastasia Kelesidou Greece 66.68  
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Věra Pospíšilová-Cechlová Czech Republic 66.08  
4 Olena Antonova Ukraine 65.75  
5 Nicoleta Grasu Romania 64.92 SB
6 Beatrice Faumuina New Zealand 63.45  
7 Ekaterini Voggoli Greece 62.37  
8 Li Yanfeng China 61.05  
9 Joanna Wiśniewska Poland 60.74  
10 Styliani Tsikouna Greece 59.48  
  Yania Ferrales Cuba NM  
  Iryna Yatchenko Belarus 66.17 DSQ
The only country with more than one finalist was Greece, and all three of their athletes qualified. Vóggoli, the Greek Champion, and Sadova were the slight favourites. It was Sadova who led the field after the first round, with 64.79. Cechlová took the lead in round two with 66.08, but was overtaken in the next stanza by Yatchenko (66.17) and Kelesídou (66.68) to the delight of the home crowd. Sadova went from fourth to first in the penultimate round with 67.02, and backed it up with her final cast of 66.68. Each of the medallists had been medal winners previously, Sadova in 1996, while Kelesídou and Yatchenko had occupied the same positions in 2000. It was only after the Games that it was revealed Sadova was to be stripped of her other global title – the 2001 world gold – because a positive test for caffeine. Then in 2006 she was caught again and suspended for two years.
Beijing, 18 Aug 2008
(Competitors: 38; Countries: 24; Finalists: 12)

Final

Rank Athlete Nationality Result Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) Stephanie Brown Trafton United States 64.74  
2nd, silver medalist(s) Yarelis Barrios Cuba 63.64  
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Olena Antonova Ukraine 62.59 SB
4 Song Aimin China 62.20  
5 Vera Pospíšilová-Cechlová Czech Republic 61.75  
6 Ellina Zvereva Belarus 60.82  
7 Li Yanfeng China 60.68  
8 Mélina Robert-Michon France 60.66  
 
9 Dani Samuels Australia 60.15  
10 Aretha Thurmond United States 59.80  
11 Iryna Yatchenko Belarus 59.27  
12 Nicoleta Grasu Romania 58.63
The qualifying was led by Brown Trafton with 62.77, but Grasu (62.51) and Barrios (62.23) were more highly regarded as medal prospects, particularly after defending champion Sadova (58.11) failed to qualify. The 1988 finalist Zvereva opened the final with 60.43, which led until Brown Trafton launched her first throw to 64.74. No Olympic discus title had been won with a throw lesser than 65m since 1968, but Brown Trafton’s effort would hold up against all assaults. Barrios, with 63.17 and 63.64 would be the closest. The first American female Olympic discus throw champion since 1932 reflected “my goal was to come to the Bird’s Nest to lay a golden egg, and that’s what I did.”
London, 4 Aug 2012
(Competitors: 35; Countries: 23; Finalists: 12)

Final

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) Sandra Perković Croatia 69.11 NR
2nd, silver medalist(s) Li Yanfeng China 67.22  
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Yarelys Barrios Cuba 66.38  
4 Nadine Müller Germany 65.94  
5 Mélina Robert-Michon France 63.98 SB
6 Krishna Poonia India 63.62  
7 Stephanie Brown Trafton United States 63.01  
8 Zinaida Sendriūtė Lithuania 61.68  
9 Anna Rüh Germany 61.36  
10 Ma Xuejun China 61.02  
11 Dani Samuels Australia 60.40  
N/A Darya Pishchalnikova Russia 67.56 DQ
  • Darya Pishchalnikova, who had been originally awarded the silver medal, had been tested positive for the anabolic steroid oxandrolone and her medal and record were revoked.
Eight throwers exceeded the qualifying distance of 63.00 headed by Barrios’s 65.94, and five of the top six qualifiers would fill the original top five positions in the final. The odd one out was reigning champion Brown Trafton, whose best throw of over 66 metres in round two was a sector foul.
Li and Barrios reached 67.22 and 66.38 in the second round before Perkoviæ took over with 68.11. The Croatian really connected with her third throw, which landed at 69.11 and the gold medal was settled. Her country had its first Olympic Champion in athletics. Darya Pishchalnikova (RUS), who had reached 70.69 a month before the Games, almost erased her tendency to lean to the left on the release of the discus to throw 65.56 in round five and win the silver medal. It transpired that the Russian had actually tested positive for steroids in May 2012. Once that was confirmed, Pishchalnikova was banned for 10 years and the IAAF annulled all her results from that date. The IOC also decided to strip the Russian of her silver and promote all those below her, though that development was not made public until the autumn of 2015.
Missing the final by two places (or one place disregarding Pishchalnikova) was 40 year-old Nicoleta Grasu (ROU), competing at her sixth Olympics.
Rio de Janeiro, 16 Aug 2016
(Competitors: 34; Countries: 23; Finalists: 12)

Final

Rank Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Sandra Perković  Croatia x x 69.21 x x x 69.21  
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Mélina Robert-Michon  France 65.52 64.83 65.08 x 66.73 x 66.73 NR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Denia Caballero  Cuba 61.80 x 65.34 63.82 x 64.64 65.34  
4 Dani Samuels  Australia 63.57 x 61.21 61.95 62.87 64.90 64.90  
5 Su Xinyue  China 63.88 61.02 64.37 62.20 63.87 x 64.37  
6 Nadine Müller  Germany 63.13 x x x x x 63.13  
7 Chen Yang  China 63.11 x 60.47 59.19 x x 63.11  
8 Feng Bin  China 62.26 60.27 63.06 61.14 x 61.85 63.06  
9 Julia Fischer  Germany 60.69 x 62.67 Did not advance 62.67  
10 Zinaida Sendriute  Lithuania 58.25 59.95 61.89 Did not advance 61.89 SB
11 Shanice Craft  Germany x 58.39 59.85 Did not advance 59.85  
– Yaime Pérez  Cuba x x x Did not advance NM  

Mélina Robert-Michon took the lead with a 65.52 m on the first throw of the final competition. On the second throw, Nadine Müller threw 63.13 m. On the third throw, Su Xinyue threw 63.88 m to move into silver position. Those three throws held up until Dani Samuels displaced Müller near the end of the round. Müller couldn't land another legal throw. Nobody could improve their position through the second round. In the third round, world champion Denia Caballero moved into silver position with her best 65.34 m. Two throws later, Sandra Perković lander her only legal throw of the competition 69.21 m (227 ft 0 in) to leapfrog from the brink of elimination to gold. The medal positions were set, but on her fifth round throw Robert-Michon, improved her mark to 66.73 m, a new French record.

The following evening the medals were presented by Claudia Bokel, IOC member, Germany and Geoffrey Gardner, Council Member of the IAAF.

Discus Throw (Women's) Progression of Olympic Record
  
Discus Throw
35,56 [119-11] 5     Grete Heublein (Q) attempt GER Amsterdam 1928
36.33! [119-2½] -     Lillian Copeland (Q) attempt USA Amsterdam 1928
39.17! [128-6] -     Halina Konopacka (Q) attempt POL Amsterdam 1928
39,62 [130-0] 1   WR Halina Konopacka (6) attempt POL Amsterdam 1928
40,12 [131-7½] 2     Ruth Osburn (6) attempt USA Los Angeles 1932
40,58 [133-2] 1     Lillian Copeland (6) attempt USA Los Angeles 1932
44.69! [146-7½] -     Jadwiga Wajs (1) attempt POL Berlin 1936
47,63 [156-3] 1     Gisela Mauermayer (1) attempt GER Berlin 1936
50.84! [166-9] -     Nina Ponomareva (2) attempt URS Helsinki 1952
51,42 [168-8] 1     Nina Ponomareva (3) attempt URS Helsinki 1952
51.74! [169-9] -     Irina Beglyakova (1) attempt URS Melbourne 1956
52.04! [170-9] -     Olga Fikotová (3) attempt TCH Melbourne 1956
52,54 [172-4] 2     Irina Beglyakova (3) attempt URS Melbourne 1956
53,69 [176-1½] 1     Olga Fikotová (5) attempt TCH Melbourne 1956
55.10 [180-9] 1     Nina Ponomareva (5) attempt URS Rome 1960
55,17 [181-0] 5     Yevgeniya Kuznetsova (1) attempt URS Tokyo 1964
55.90! [183-5] -     Lia Manoliu (1) attempt ROU Tokyo 1964
57,21 [187-8½] 2     Ingrid Lotz (1) attempt GDR Tokyo 1964
57,27 [187-10½] 1     Tamara Press (5) attempt URS Tokyo 1964
58,28 [191-2½] 1     Lia Manoliu (1) attempt ROU Mexico City 1968
61,58 [202-0] Q     Argentina Menis (1) attempt ROU Munich 1972
62.64! [205-6] -     Tamara Danilova (1) attempt URS Munich 1972
64.28! [210-11] -     Argentina Menis (1) attempt ROU Munich 1972
65,06 [213-5] 2     Argentina Menis (4) attempt ROU Munich 1972
66,62 [218-7] 1     Faina Melnik (4) attempt URS Munich 1972
66.68! [218-9] -     Gabriele Hinzmann (1) attempt GDR Montréal 1976
69.00 [226-4] 1     Evelin Schlaak (1) attempt GDR Montréal 1976
69.76! [228-10] -     Evelin Schlaak-Jahl (2) attempt GDR Moscow 1980
69,96 [229-6] 1     Evelin Schlaak-Jahl (3) attempt GDR Moscow 1980
71.84! [235-8] -     Martina Hellmann (1) attempt GDR Seoul 1988
72.30 [237-2] 1     Martina Hellmann (4) attempt GDR Seoul 1988

Discus Throw (Women's) 200 All time Best Perfomances
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    Discus Throw                  
1 72.30   Martina Hellmann 12 Dec 1960 East Germany GDR 1 Final Seoul 29 September 1988
2 71.88   Diana Gansky 14 Dec 1963 East Germany GDR 2 Final Seoul 29 September 1988
3 70.06   Maritza Martén 16 Aug 1963 Cuba CUB 1 Final Barcelona 3 August 1992
4 69.96   Evelin Jahl 28 Mar 1956 East Germany GDR 1 Final Moscow 1 August 1980
5 69.74   Tsvetanka Khristova 14 Mar 1962 Bulgaria BUL 3 Final Seoul 29 September 1988
6 69.66   Ilke Wyludda 28 Mar 1969 Germany GER 1 Final Atlanta 29 July 1996
7 69.21   Sandra Perković 21 Jun 1990   CRO 1 Final Rio de Janeiro 16 August 2016
8 69.14   Svetla Sinirtas 17 Jun 1964 Bulgaria BUL 4 Final Seoul 29 September 1988
9 69.11   Sandra Perković 21 Jun 1990 Croatia CRO 1 Final London 4 August 2012
10 69.00   Evelin Jahl 28 Mar 1956 East Germany GDR 1 Final Montreal 29 July 1976
11 68.94   Ellina Zvereva 16 Nov 1960 Soviet Union URS 5 Final Seoul 29 September 1988
12 68.40   Ellina Zvereva 16 Nov 1960 Belarus BLR 1 Final Sydney 27 September 2000
13 67.92   Larisa Korotkevich 3 Jan 1967 Russia RUS 1 Qualification Barcelona 2 August 1992
14 67.90   Mariya Petkova 3 Nov 1950 Bulgaria BUL 2 Final Moscow 1 August 1980
15 67.84   Zdenka Šilhavá 15 Jun 1954 Czechoslovakia TCH 6 Final Seoul 29 September 1988
16 67.78   Tsvetanka Khristova 14 Mar 1962 Bulgaria BUL 2 Final Barcelona 3 August 1992
17 67.40   Tatyana Lesovaya 24 Apr 1956 Soviet Union URS 3 Final Moscow 1 August 1980
18 67.30   Mariya Petkova 3 Nov 1950 Bulgaria BUL 2 Final Montreal 29 July 1976
19 67.26   Gabriele Reinsch 23 Sep 1963 East Germany GDR 7 Final Seoul 29 September 1988
20 67.22   Li Yanfeng 15 May 1979 China CHN 2 Final London 4 August 2012
21 67.12   Martina Hellmann 12 Dec 1960 East Germany GDR 1 Qualification Seoul 28 September 1988
22 67.08   Gisela Beyer 16 Jul 1960 East Germany GDR 4 Final Moscow 1 August 1980
23 67.02   Natalya Sadova 15 Jul 1972 Russia RUS 1 Final Athens 21 August 2004
24 66.88   Gabriele Reinsch 23 Sep 1963 East Germany GDR 2 Qualification Seoul 28 September 1988
25 66.84   Gabriele Hinzmann 31 May 1947 East Germany GDR 3 Final Montreal 29 July 1976
26 66.78   Ilke Wyludda 28 Mar 1969 Germany GER 1 Qualification Atlanta 28 July 1996
27 66.73   Mélina Robert-Michon 18 Jul 1979   FRA 2 Final Rio de Janeiro 16 August 2016
28 66.68   Anastasía Kelesídou 28 Nov 1972 Greece GRE 2 Final Athens 21 August 2004
29 66.62   Faina Melnik 9 Jun 1945 Soviet Union URS 1 Final Munich 10 September 1972
30 66.52   Zdenka Šilhavá 15 Jun 1954 Czechoslovakia TCH 3 Qualification Seoul 28 September 1988
31 66.48   Natalya Sadova 15 Jul 1972 Russia RUS 2 Final Atlanta 29 July 1996
32 66.40   Faina Melnik 9 Jun 1945 Soviet Union URS 4 Final Montreal 29 July 1976
33 66.38   Yarelis Barrios 12 Jul 1983 Cuba CUB 3 Final London 4 August 2012
34 66.24   Daniela Costian 30 Apr 1965 Romania ROU 3 Final Barcelona 3 August 1992
35 66.12   Margitta Droese 10 Sep 1952 East Germany GDR 5 Final Moscow 1 August 1980
36 66.08   Věra Cechlová 19 Nov 1978 Czech Republic CZE 3 Final Athens 21 August 2004
37 65.94   Hou Xuemei 27 Feb 1962 China CHN 8 Final Seoul 29 September 1988
38 65.94   Yarelis Barrios 12 Jul 1983 Cuba CUB 1 Qualification London 3 August 2012
39 65.94   Nadine Müller 21 Nov 1985 Germany GER 4 Final London 4 August 2012
40 65.92   Tsvetanka Khristova 14 Mar 1962 Bulgaria BUL 4 Qualification Seoul 28 September 1988
41 65.89   Nadine Müller 21 Nov 1985 Germany GER 2 Qualification London 3 August 2012
42 65.88   Sabine Engel 21 Apr 1954 East Germany GDR 5 Final Montreal 29 July 1976
43 65.75   Olena Antonova 16 Jun 1972 Ukraine UKR 4 Final Athens 21 August 2004
44 65.74   Sandra Perković 21 Jun 1990 Croatia CRO 3 Qualification London 3 August 2012
45 65.71   Anastasía Kelesídou 28 Nov 1972 Greece GRE 2 Final Sydney 27 September 2000
46 65.64   Ellina Zvereva 16 Nov 1960 Belarus BLR 3 Final Atlanta 29 July 1996
47 65.60   Stefaniya Simova 5 Jun 1963 Bulgaria BUL 2 Qualification Barcelona 2 August 1992
48 65.52   Margitta Droese 10 Sep 1952 East Germany GDR 1 Qualification Moscow 31 July 1980
49 65.52   Larisa Korotkevich 3 Jan 1967 Russia RUS 4 Final Barcelona 3 August 1992
50 65.48   Franka Dietzsch 22 Jan 1968 Germany GER 4 Final Atlanta 29 July 1996
51 65.40   Diana Gansky 14 Dec 1963 East Germany GDR 5 Qualification Seoul 28 September 1988
52 65.38   Argentina Menis 19 Jul 1948 Romania ROU 6 Final Montreal 29 July 1976
53 65.38   Yaimí Pérez 29 May 1991   CUB 1 Qualification Rio de Janeiro 15 August 2016
54 65.36   Ria Stalman 11 Dec 1951 Netherlands NED 1 Final Los Angeles 11 August 1984
55 65.34   Denia Caballero 13 Jan 1990   CUB 3 Final Rio de Janeiro 16 August 2016
56 65.20   Iryna Yatchenko 31 Oct 1965 Belarus BLR 3 Final Sydney 27 September 2000
57 65.14   Su Xinyue 8 Nov 1991   CHN 2 Qualification Rio de Janeiro 15 August 2016
58 65.12   Gabriele Hinzmann 31 May 1947 East Germany GDR 1 Qualification Montreal 28 July 1976
59 65.10   Xiao Yanling 27 Mar 1968 China CHN 2 Qualification Atlanta 28 July 1996
60 65.06   Argentina Menis 19 Jul 1948 Romania ROU 2 Final Munich 10 September 1972
61 65.02   Mariya Petkova 3 Nov 1950 Bulgaria BUL 2 Qualification Moscow 31 July 1980
62 65.02   Maritza Martén 16 Aug 1963 Cuba CUB 3 Qualification Barcelona 2 August 1992
63 65.00   Natalya Sadova 15 Jul 1972 Russia RUS 4 Final Sydney 27 September 2000
64 64.92   Nicoleta Grasu 11 Sep 1971 Romania ROU 5 Final Athens 21 August 2004
65 64.90   Dani Samuels 26 May 1988   AUS 4 Final Rio de Janeiro 16 August 2016
66 64.89   Stephanie Brown Trafton 1 Dec 1979 United States USA 4 Qualification London 3 August 2012
67 64.86   Leslie Deniz 25 May 1962 United States USA 2 Final Los Angeles 11 August 1984
68 64.81   Ellina Zvereva 16 Nov 1960 Belarus BLR 1 Qualification Sydney 25 September 2000
69 64.81   Sandra Perković 21 Jun 1990   CRO 3 Qualification Rio de Janeiro 15 August 2016
70 64.78   Olga Chernyavskaya 17 Sep 1963 Russia RUS 4 Qualification Barcelona 2 August 1992
71 64.74   Stephanie Brown Trafton 1 Dec 1979 United States USA 1 Final Beijing 18 August 2008
72 64.72   Xiao Yanling 27 Mar 1968 China CHN 5 Final Atlanta 29 July 1996
73 64.70   Olga Chernyavskaya 17 Sep 1963 Russia RUS 6 Final Atlanta 29 July 1996
74 64.68   Svetla Sinirtas 17 Jun 1964 Bulgaria BUL 6 Qualification Seoul 28 September 1988
75 64.62   Natalya Sadova 15 Jul 1972 Russia RUS 2 Qualification Sydney 25 September 2000
76 64.48   Věra Cechlová 19 Nov 1978 Czech Republic CZE 1 Qualifying Round Group A Athens 20 August 2004
77 64.48   Li Yanfeng 15 May 1979 China CHN 5 Qualification London 3 August 2012
78 64.46   Dani Samuels 26 May 1988   AUS 4 Qualification Rio de Janeiro 15 August 2016
79 64.38   Florenta Craciunescu 7 May 1955 Romania ROU 6 Final Moscow 1 August 1980
80 64.37   Su Xinyue 8 Nov 1991   CHN 5 Final Rio de Janeiro 16 August 2016
81 64.34   Vasilka Stoyeva 14 Jan 1940 Bulgaria BUL 3 Final Munich 10 September 1972
82 64.33   Natalya Sadova 15 Jul 1972 Russia RUS 2 Qualifying Round Group A Athens 20 August 2004
83 64.32   Larisa Mikhalchenko 16 May 1963 Soviet Union URS 7 Qualification Seoul 28 September 1988
84 64.26   Ilke Wyludda 28 Mar 1969 Germany GER 5 Qualification Barcelona 2 August 1992
85 64.20   Olena Antonova 16 Jun 1972 Ukraine UKR 1 Qualifying Round Group B Athens 20 August 2004
86 64.13   Anastasía Kelesídou 28 Nov 1972 Greece GRE 2 Qualifying Round Group B Athens 20 August 2004
87 64.10   Daniela Costian 30 Apr 1965 Romania ROU 6 Qualification Barcelona 2 August 1992
88 64.08   Yu Hourun 9 Jul 1964 China CHN 9 Final Seoul 29 September 1988
89 64.08   Larisa Mikhalchenko 16 May 1963 Soviet Union URS 10 Final Seoul 29 September 1988
90 64.08   Stilianí Tsikoúna 19 Oct 1972 Greece GRE 5 Final Sydney 27 September 2000
91 64.07   Beatrice Faumuina 23 Oct 1974 New Zealand NZL 3 Qualifying Round Group A Athens 20 August 2004
92 64.06   Tsvetanka Khristova 14 Mar 1962 Bulgaria BUL 7 Qualification Barcelona 2 August 1992
93 64.02   Olga Chernyavskaya 17 Sep 1963 Russia RUS 5 Final Barcelona 3 August 1992
94 63.98   Mélina Robert-Michon 18 Jul 1979 France FRA 5 Final London 4 August 2012
95 63.97   Dani Samuels 26 May 1988 Australia AUS 6 Qualification London 3 August 2012
96 63.94   Franka Dietzsch 22 Jan 1968 Germany GER 3 Qualification Atlanta 28 July 1996
97 63.86   María Cristina Betancourt 15 Dec 1947 Cuba CUB 7 Final Montreal 29 July 1976
98 63.84   Galina Murashova 22 Dec 1955 Soviet Union URS 7 Final Moscow 1 August 1980
99 63.80   Hilda Ramos 1 Sep 1964 Cuba CUB 6 Final Barcelona 3 August 1992
100 63.80   Anja Möllenbeck 18 Mar 1972 Germany GER 4 Qualification Atlanta 28 July 1996
101 63.74   Faina Melnik 9 Jun 1945 Soviet Union URS 2 Qualification Montreal 28 July 1976
102 63.74   Iryna Yatchenko 31 Oct 1965 Belarus BLR 7 Final Barcelona 3 August 1992
103 63.67   Nadine Müller 21 Nov 1985   GER 5 Qualification Rio de Janeiro 15 August 2016
104 63.64   Florenta Craciunescu 7 May 1955 Romania ROU 3 Final Los Angeles 11 August 1984
105 63.64   Anastasía Kelesídou 28 Nov 1972 Greece GRE 3 Qualification Sydney 25 September 2000
106 63.64   Yarelis Barrios 12 Jul 1983 Cuba CUB 2 Final Beijing 18 August 2008
107 63.62   Krishna Poonia 5 May 1982 India IND 6 Final London 4 August 2012
108 63.60   Franka Dietzsch 22 Jan 1968 Germany GER 8 Qualification Barcelona 2 August 1992
109 63.54   Krishna Poonia 5 May 1982 India IND 7 Qualification London 3 August 2012
110 63.46   Natalya Gorbachova 24 Jul 1947 Soviet Union URS 8 Final Montreal 29 July 1976
111 63.45   Beatrice Faumuina 23 Oct 1974 New Zealand NZL 6 Final Athens 21 August 2004
112 63.42   Carol Cady 6 Jun 1962 United States USA 11 Final Seoul 29 September 1988
113 63.42   Stefaniya Simova 5 Jun 1963 Bulgaria BUL 8 Final Barcelona 3 August 1992
114 63.40   Carmen Romero 6 Oct 1950 Cuba CUB 3 Qualification Montreal 28 July 1976
115 63.39   Ekateríni Vóggoli 30 Oct 1970 Greece GRE 4 Qualifying Round Group A Athens 20 August 2004
116 63.28   Nicoleta Grasu 11 Sep 1971 Romania ROU 7 Final Atlanta 29 July 1996
117 63.26   Ellina Zvereva 16 Nov 1960 Soviet Union URS 8 Qualification Seoul 28 September 1988
118 63.18   Franka Dietzsch 22 Jan 1968 Germany GER 6 Final Sydney 27 September 2000
119 63.16   Ilke Wyludda 28 Mar 1969 Germany GER 7 Final Sydney 27 September 2000
120 63.14   Svetla Bozhkova 13 Mar 1951 Bulgaria BUL 8 Final Moscow 1 August 1980
121 63.13   Nadine Müller 21 Nov 1985   GER 6 Final Rio de Janeiro 16 August 2016
122 63.11   Chen Yang 10 Jul 1991   CHN 7 Final Rio de Janeiro 16 August 2016
123 63.06   Feng Bin 3 Apr 1994   CHN 8 Final Rio de Janeiro 16 August 2016
124 63.02   Olga Chernyavskaya 17 Sep 1963 Russia RUS 5 Qualification Atlanta 28 July 1996
125 63.01   Stephanie Brown Trafton 1 Dec 1979 United States USA 7 Final London 4 August 2012
126 63.00   Lisa-Marie Vizaniari 14 Dec 1971 Australia AUS 6 Qualification Atlanta 28 July 1996
127 63.00   Nicoleta Grasu 11 Sep 1971 Romania ROU 6 Qualification Atlanta 28 July 1996
128 62.98   Anna Rüh 17 Jun 1993 Germany GER 8 Qualification London 3 August 2012
129 62.97   Ilke Wyludda 28 Mar 1969 Germany GER 4 Qualification Sydney 25 September 2000
130 62.94   Denia Caballero 13 Jan 1990   CUB 6 Qualification Rio de Janeiro 15 August 2016
131 62.86   Tamara Danilova 30 Jul 1939 Soviet Union URS 4 Final Munich 10 September 1972
132 62.86   Gisela Beyer 16 Jul 1960 East Germany GDR 3 Qualification Moscow 31 July 1980
133 62.86   Yu Hourun 9 Jul 1964 China CHN 9 Qualification Seoul 28 September 1988
134 62.84   Ulla Lundholm 21 Jan 1957 Finland FIN 4 Final Los Angeles 11 August 1984
135 62.82   Hilda Ramos 1 Sep 1964 Cuba CUB 9 Qualification Barcelona 2 August 1992
136 62.79   Zinaida Sendriūtė 20 Dec 1984 Lithuania LTU 9 Qualification London 3 August 2012
137 62.77   Stephanie Brown Trafton 1 Dec 1979 United States USA 1 Qualification Beijing 15 August 2008
138 62.74   Ellina Zvereva 16 Nov 1960 Belarus BLR 8 Qualification Atlanta 28 July 1996
139 62.72   Carol Cady 6 Jun 1962 United States USA 10 Qualification Seoul 28 September 1988
140 62.72   Iryna Yatchenko 31 Oct 1965 Belarus BLR 5 Qualification Sydney 25 September 2000
141 62.67   Julia Fischer 1 Apr 1990   GER 9 Final Rio de Janeiro 16 August 2016
142 62.66   Ma Xuejun 26 Mar 1985 China CHN 10 Qualification London 3 August 2012
143 62.64   Hou Xuemei 27 Feb 1962 China CHN 11 Qualification Seoul 28 September 1988
144 62.59   Olena Antonova 16 Jun 1972 Ukraine UKR 3 Final Beijing 18 August 2008
145 62.59   Mélina Robert-Michon 18 Jul 1979   FRA 7 Qualification Rio de Janeiro 15 August 2016
146 62.58   Meg Ritchie 6 Jul 1952 Great Britain GBR 5 Final Los Angeles 11 August 1984
147 62.57   Lisa-Marie Vizaniari 14 Dec 1971 Australia AUS 8 Final Sydney 27 September 2000
148 62.54   Galina Murashova 22 Dec 1955 Soviet Union URS 12 Qualification Seoul 28 September 1988
149 62.51   Nicoleta Grasu 11 Sep 1971 Romania ROU 2 Qualification Beijing 15 August 2008
150 62.48   Min Chunfeng 17 Mar 1969 China CHN 10 Qualification Barcelona 2 August 1992
151 62.48   Lisa-Marie Vizaniari 14 Dec 1971 Australia AUS 8 Final Atlanta 29 July 1996
152 62.47   Lisa-Marie Vizaniari 14 Dec 1971 Australia AUS 6 Qualification Sydney 25 September 2000
153 62.47   Mélina Robert-Michon 18 Jul 1979 France FRA 11 Qualification London 3 August 2012
154 62.37   Ekateríni Vóggoli 30 Oct 1970 Greece GRE 7 Final Athens 21 August 2004
155 62.28   Mette Bergmann 9 Nov 1962 Norway NOR 9 Final Atlanta 29 July 1996
156 62.28   Natalya Sadova 15 Jul 1972 Russia RUS 9 Qualification Atlanta 28 July 1996
157 62.26   Iryna Yatchenko 31 Oct 1965 Belarus BLR 3 Qualification Beijing 15 August 2008
158 62.24   Mette Bergmann 9 Nov 1962 Norway NOR 10 Qualification Atlanta 28 July 1996
159 62.23   Yarelis Barrios 12 Jul 1983 Cuba CUB 4 Qualification Beijing 15 August 2008
160 62.21   Mélina Robert-Michon 18 Jul 1979 France FRA 5 Qualification Beijing 15 August 2008
161 62.20   Tatyana Lesovaya 24 Apr 1956 Soviet Union URS 4 Qualification Moscow 31 July 1980
162 62.20   Song Aimin 15 Mar 1978 China CHN 4 Final Beijing 18 August 2008
163 62.18   Liesel Westermann 2 Nov 1944 West Germany FRG 5 Final Munich 10 September 1972
164 62.16   Ilke Wyludda 28 Mar 1969 Germany GER 9 Final Barcelona 3 August 1992
165 62.04   Iryna Yatchenko 31 Oct 1965 Belarus BLR 11 Qualification Atlanta 28 July 1996
166 62.02   Teresa Machado 22 Jul 1969 Portugal POR 12 Qualification Atlanta 28 July 1996
167 62.01   Feng Bin 3 Apr 1994   CHN 8 Qualification Rio de Janeiro 15 August 2016
168 61.98   Bárbara Echevarría 6 Aug 1966 Cuba CUB 13 Qualification Atlanta 28 July 1996
169 61.91   Nicoleta Grasu 11 Sep 1971 Romania ROU 5 Qualifying Round Group A Athens 20 August 2004
170 61.91   Seema Antil 27 Jul 1983 India IND 12 Qualification London 3 August 2012
171 61.90   Aretha Thurmond 14 Aug 1976 United States USA 6 Qualification Beijing 15 August 2008
172 61.89   Zinaida Sendriūtė 20 Dec 1984   LTU 10 Final Rio de Janeiro 16 August 2016
173 61.88   Seilala Sua 25 Feb 1978 United States USA 7 Qualification Sydney 25 September 2000
174 61.86   Evelin Jahl 28 Mar 1956 East Germany GDR 4 Qualification Montreal 28 July 1976
175 61.86   Nicoleta Grasu 11 Sep 1971 Romania ROU 13 Qualification London 3 August 2012
176 61.83   Julia Fischer 1 Apr 1990   GER 9 Qualification Rio de Janeiro 15 August 2016
177 61.75   Věra Cechlová 19 Nov 1978 Czech Republic CZE 5 Final Beijing 18 August 2008
178 61.72   Gabriele Hinzmann 31 May 1947 East Germany GDR 6 Final Munich 10 September 1972
179 61.72   Stilianí Tsikoúna 19 Oct 1972 Greece GRE 3 Qualifying Round Group B Athens 20 August 2004
180 61.72   Dani Samuels 26 May 1988 Australia AUS 7 Qualification Beijing 15 August 2008
181 61.68   Zinaida Sendriūtė 20 Dec 1984 Lithuania LTU 8 Final London 4 August 2012
182 61.67   Song Aimin 15 Mar 1978 China CHN 8 Qualification Beijing 15 August 2008
183 61.66   Daniela Costian 30 Apr 1965 Australia AUS 14 Qualification Atlanta 28 July 1996
184 61.61   Věra Cechlová 19 Nov 1978 Czech Republic CZE 9 Qualification Beijing 15 August 2008
185 61.60   Iryna Yatchenko 31 Oct 1965 Belarus BLR 11 Qualification Barcelona 2 August 1992
186 61.59   Stilianí Tsikoúna 19 Oct 1972 Greece GRE 8 Qualification Sydney 25 September 2000
187 61.58   Argentina Menis 19 Jul 1948 Romania ROU 1 Qualification Munich 9 September 1972
188 61.57   Ekateríni Vóggoli 30 Oct 1970 Greece GRE 9 Final Sydney 27 September 2000
189 61.54   Yania Ferrales 28 Jul 1977 Cuba CUB 4 Qualifying Round Group B Athens 20 August 2004
190 61.48   Joanna Wiśniewska 24 May 1972 Poland POL 6 Qualifying Round Group A Athens 20 August 2004
191 61.46   María Cristina Betancourt 15 Dec 1947 Cuba CUB 5 Qualification Montreal 28 July 1976
192 61.44   Gia Lewis-Smallwood 1 Apr 1979 United States USA 14 Qualification London 3 August 2012
193 61.44   Chen Yang 10 Jul 1991   CHN 10 Qualification Rio de Janeiro 15 August 2016
194 61.38   Teresa Machado 22 Jul 1969 Portugal POR 10 Final Atlanta 29 July 1996
195 61.36   Anna Rüh 17 Jun 1993 Germany GER 9 Final London 4 August 2012
196 61.35   Li Yanfeng 15 May 1979 China CHN 5 Qualifying Round Group B Athens 20 August 2004
197 61.33   Beatrice Faumuina 23 Oct 1974 New Zealand NZL 9 Qualification Sydney 25 September 2000
198 61.29   Ekateríni Vóggoli 30 Oct 1970 Greece GRE 10 Qualification Sydney 25 September 2000
199 61.29   Li Yanfeng 15 May 1979 China CHN 10 Qualification Beijing 15 August 2008
200 61.26   Faina Melnik 9 Jun 1945 Soviet Union URS 2 Qualification Munich 9 September 1972
  
   
  Pefomances annulled cause of doping
  67.56   Darya Pishchalnikova 19 Jul 1985 Russia RUS 2 Final London 4 August 2012
  66.17   Irina Yatchenko 31 Oct 1965 Belarus BLR 3 Final Athens 21 August 2004
  65.02   Darya Pishchalnikova 19 Jul 1985 Russia RUS 1 Qualification London 3 August 2012
  63.04   Irina Yatchenko 31 Oct 1965 Belarus BLR 3 Qualification Athens 20 August 2004

 

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