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.

1 Medallists
2 Results
- 2.1 Qualification
- 2.2 Final
3 References

[edit] Medallists

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

[edit] Results

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

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

[edit] References

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