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Host City: Barcelona, Spain

Format: Top 12 and ties and all those reaching 62.00 metres advanced to the final.

Date Started: August 2, 1992

Date Finished: August 3, 1992

(Competitors: 28; Countries: 16; Finalists: 12)

Venue(s): Montjuïc Olympic Stadium, Barcelona

Overview by IAAF

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.

Summary by Sports-reference.com

Ilke Wyludda (GER) was slightly favored. She had won the 1990 European Championships and was dominant from 1988-91, when she was upset at the 1991 World Championships by Bulgaria’s Tsvetanka Khristova. Wyludda would never factor and finished only ninth at Barcelona. Cuba’s Maritza Martén, 1987 Pan-American Champion, took the lead in round one with 65.66 (215-5), but Khristova took over in round two with 67.78 (222-4½). In the fifth round, Martén got off 70.06 (229-10¼) to win the gold medal. In 1993 Khristova tested positive for steroids and was banned from competition for four years, effectively ending her career.

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1992 Summer Olympics.

World Record	76.80	Gabriele Reinsch	Neubrandenburg (GDR)	July 9, 1988
Olympic Record	72.30	Martina Hellmann	Seoul (KOR)	September 29, 1988

		Results

*Discus Throw*	Women	Final	3 August

Rank	Mark	Athlete	Country	NOC	Birth Date	Records
1	70.06	Maritza Martén	Cuba	CUB	16 Aug 63
2	67.78	Tsvetanka Khristova	Bulgaria	BUL	14 Mar 62
3	66.24	Daniela Costian	Romania	ROU	30 Apr 65
4	65.52	Larisa Korotkevich	Russia	RUS	3 Jan 67
5	64.02	Olga Chernyavskaya	Russia	RUS	17 Sep 63
6	63.80	Hilda Ramos	Cuba	CUB	1 Sep 64
7	63.74	Iryna Yatchenko	Belarus	BLR	31 Oct 65
8	63.42	Stefaniya Simova	Bulgaria	BUL	5 Jun 63
9	62.16	Ilke Wyludda	Germany	GER	28 Mar 69
10	61.22	Agnese Maffeis	Italy	ITA	9 Mar 65
11	60.82	Min Chunfeng	China	CHN	17 Mar 69
12	60.24	Franka Dietzsch	Germany	GER	22 Jan 68
*Discus Throw*	Women	Qualification	2 August

Rank	Mark	Athlete	Country	NOC	Birth Date	Records
1	67.92	Larisa Korotkevich	Russia	RUS	3 Jan 67
2	65.60	Stefaniya Simova	Bulgaria	BUL	5 Jun 63
3	65.02	Maritza Martén	Cuba	CUB	16 Aug 63
4	64.78	Olga Chernyavskaya	Russia	RUS	17 Sep 63
5	64.26	Ilke Wyludda	Germany	GER	28 Mar 69
6	64.10	Daniela Costian	Romania	ROU	30 Apr 65
7	64.06	Tsvetanka Khristova	Bulgaria	BUL	14 Mar 62
8	63.60	Franka Dietzsch	Germany	GER	22 Jan 68
9	62.82	Hilda Ramos	Cuba	CUB	1 Sep 64
10	62.48	Min Chunfeng	China	CHN	17 Mar 69
11	61.60	Iryna Yatchenko	Belarus	BLR	31 Oct 65
12	60.88	Agnese Maffeis	Italy	ITA	9 Mar 65
13	60.62	Nicoleta Grasu	Romania	ROU	11 Sep 71
14	60.52	Martina Hellmann	Germany	GER	12 Dec 60
15	60.22	Bárbara Echevarría	Cuba	CUB	6 Aug 66
16	59.44	Manuela Tîrneci	Romania	ROU	26 Feb 69
17	59.32	Qiu Qiaoping	China	CHN	31 Jan 71
18	59.04	Vladimíra Racková	Czech Republic	CZE	15 May 67
19	58.92	Ilga Bertulsone	Latvia	LAT	10 Jan 66
20	58.66	Connie Price-Smith	United States	USA	3 Jun 62
21	58.32	Mette Bergmann	Norway	NOR	9 Nov 62
22	58.06	Carla Garrett	United States	USA	31 Jul 67
23	56.68	Cristina Boit	Romania	ROU	14 May 68
24	55.44	Penny Neer	United States	USA	7 Nov 60
25	53.14	Ángeles Barreiro	Spain	ESP	26 Jul 63
26	51.94	Jacqui McKernan	Great Britain	GBR	1 Jul 65
27	51.62	Ursula Weber	Austria	AUT	26 Sep 60
28	49.58	Teresa Machado	Portugal	POR	22 Jul 69

Detailed View

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
Rank	Athlete	1	2	3	4	5	6	Distance	Note
	Maritza Martén (CUB)	65.66	X	X	66.90	70.06	66.36	70.06 m
	Tsvetanka Khristova (BUL)	65.14	67.78	65.32	X	X	X	67.78 m
	Daniela Costian (AUS)	64.40	64.08	64.24	64.92	66.24	65.94	66.24 m
4	Larisa Korotkevich (EUN)	60.94	X	65.52	X	64.30	X	65.52 m
5	Olga Burova (EUN)	64.02	X	62.80	61.84	X	63.32	64.02 m
6	Hilda Ramos (CUB)	62.16	X	62.72	59.28	X	63.80	63.80 m
7	Irina Yatchenko (EUN)	60.76	62.40	63.74	X	X	X	63.74 m
8	Stefania Simova (BUL)	X	63.42	63.08	60.20	62.38	60.98	62.42 m

9	Ilke Wyludda (GER)	62.16	61.04	X				62.16 m
10	Agnese Maffeis (ITA)	61.22	60.80	X				61.22 m
11	Min Chunfeng (CHN)	59.06	60.82	X				60.82 m
12	Franka Dietzsch (GER)	60.24	X	X				60.24 m

Qualification

Group A	Team	Dist.	1.	2.	3.
1. Larisa Korotkevich	EUN	67.92m	67.92
2. Maritza Marten	CUB	65.02m	65.02
3. Daniela Costian	AUS	64.10m	X	64.10
4. Tsvetanka Khristova	BUL	64.06m	64.06
5. N. Gradinaru	ROM	60.62m	58.24	X	60.62
6. M. Hellmann	GER	60.52m	59.00	X	60.52
7. B. Echevarria	CUB	60.22m	X	60.22	X
8. Qiaoping Qiu	CHN	59.32m	59.32	58.14	58.88
9. V. Malatova	TCH	59.04m	56.46	57.84	59.04
10.Ilga Bertulsone	LAT	58.92m	58.92	58.62	X
11.C. Price-Smith	USA	58.66m	58.66	X	X
12.Mette Bergmann	NOR	58.32m	X	58.32	X
13.Carla Garrett	USA	58.06m	55.24	X	58.06
14.J. Mckernan	GBR	51.94m	51.94	X	X

Group B	Team	Dist.	1.	2.	3.
1. Stefania Simova	BUL	65.60m	65.60
2. Olga Burova	EUN	64.78m	64.78
3. Ilke Wyludda	GER	64.26m	64.26
4. Franka Dietzsch	GER	63.60m	63.60
5. Hilda Ramos	CUB	62.82m	62.82
6. Chunfeng Min	CHN	62.48m	61.82	61.96	62.48
7. Irina Yatchenko	EUN	61.60m	58.38	61.60	60.38
8. Agnese Maffeis	ITA	60.88m	60.88	X	59.10
9. Manuela Tirneci	ROM	59.44m	X	59.44	56.24
10.Cristina Boit	ROM	56.68m	X	56.68	X
11.Penny Neer	USA	55.44m	55.44	54.40	55.08
12.A. Barreiro	ESP	53.14m	53.14	X	X
13.Ursula Weber	AUT	51.62m	X	51.62	X
14.Teresa Machado	POR	49.58m	49.58	X	X