Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Women's discus throw
Women's discus throw at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Olympic Stadium | ||||||||||||
Date | 19 October | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 22 from 15 nations | ||||||||||||
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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.[1]
Results
Qualification
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 | |
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1 | Virzhiniya Mikhaylova | ![]() | 54.94 | 54.94 | — | ||
2 | Ingrid Lotz | ![]() | 54.82 | 48.38 | 54.82 | — | |
3 | Kriemhild Limberg | ![]() | 54.54 | 46.59 | 48.63 | 54.54 | |
4 | Lia Manoliu | ![]() | 53.64 | 47.80 | 53.64 | — | |
5 | Olimpia Cataramă | ![]() | 53.20 | 46.96 | 53.20 | — | |
6 | Olga Connolly | ![]() | 53.17 | 49.99 | 53.17 | — | |
7 | Yevgeniya Kuznetsova | ![]() | 52.44 | 49.40 | 52.44 | — | |
8 | Jolán Kleiber-Kontsek | ![]() | 52.35 | 52.35 | — | ||
9 | Judit Stugner | ![]() | 52.30 | 48.96 | 48.49 | 52.30 | |
10 | Valerie Young | ![]() | 51.94 | 48.01 | 51.94 | — | |
11 | Doris Lorenz | ![]() | 51.58 | 51.58 | — | ||
12 | Jiřina Němcová | ![]() | 50.64 | 50.64 | — | ||
13 | Tamara Press | ![]() | 50.28 | 50.28 | — | ||
14 | Nina Ponomaryova | ![]() | 50.18 | 44.69 | 44.89 | 50.18 | |
15 | Nancy McCredie | ![]() | 47.27 | 44.91 | 47.27 | 44.75 | |
16 | Hiroko Uchida-Yokoyama | ![]() | 47.18 | 46.19 | 47.18 | 34.48 | |
17 | Dashzevgiin Namjilmaa | ![]() | 44.55 | 43.37 | 40.26 | 44.55 | |
18 | Josephine de la Viña | ![]() | 42.27 | 40.05 | 42.27 | 41.71 | |
19 | Pranee Kitipongpitaya | ![]() | 38.73 | 36.21 | 38.73 | 34.20 | |
20 | Park Yeong-suk | ![]() | 37.50 | 37.50 | 33.27 | 34.97 | |
21 | Juliette Geverkof | ![]() | 30.05 | X | 30.05 | X | |
— | Judit Bognár | ![]() | DNS | — |
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 | Throw 1 | Throw 2 | Throw 3 | Throw 4 | Throw 5 | Throw 6 | |
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1 | Tamara Press | ![]() | 57.27 OR | X | 55.38 | 50.38 | 55.23 | 57.27 | 56.08 | |
2 | Ingrid Lotz | ![]() | 57.21 | 57.21 | X | 55.41 | X | 54.59 | 54.74 | |
3 | Lia Manoliu | ![]() | 56.97 | 55.90 | X | X | 56.09 | 56.97 | X | |
4 | Virginia Angelova | ![]() | 56.70 | 47.38 | 56.56 | 52.19 | 56.70 | 55.77 | 55.54 | |
5 | Yevgeniya Kuznetsova | ![]() | 55.17 | 55.17 | 53.58 | X | X | X | 53.80 | |
6 | Jolán Kleiber-Kontsek | ![]() | 54.87 | 54.46 | 53.05 | 53.51 | 53.14 | 54.87 | 51.69 | |
7 | Kriemhild Limberg | ![]() | 53.81 | 48.35 | 53.81 | 53.02 | ||||
8 | Olimpia Catarama | ![]() | 53.08 | 53.08 | 49.99 | 51.28 | ||||
9 | Jiřina Němcová | ![]() | 52.80 | 49.06 | 52.80 | 51.13 | ||||
10 | Judit Stugner | ![]() | 52.52 | 50.88 | 50.47 | 52.52 | ||||
11 | Nina Ponomariova | ![]() | 52.48 | 52.15 | 51.12 | 52.48 | ||||
12 | Olga Connolly | ![]() | 51.58 | 51.21 | X | 51.58 | ||||
13 | Valerie Young | ![]() | 49.59 | 48.93 | 46.17 | 49.59 | ||||
14 | Doris Lorenz | ![]() | 45.63 | X | X | 45.63 |
References
- ^ "Athletics at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games: Women's Discus Throw". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2018.