Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Women's discus throw explained

Event:	Women's discus throw
Games:	1960 Summer
Venue:	Olympic Stadium
Dates:	September 3 (qualifying round) September 5 (final round)
Competitors:	24
Nations:	10
Win Value:	55.10
Win Label:	Winning distance
Longnames:	yes
Gold:	Nina Romashkova
Goldnoc:	URS
Silver:	Tamara Press
Silvernoc:	URS
Bronze:	Lia Manoliu
Bronzenoc:	ROU
Prev:	1956
Next:	1964

The women's discus throw throwing event at the 1960 Olympic Games took place on September 3 & September 5.^[1]

Results

Top 12 throwers and ties plus all throwers reaching 47.00 metres advanced to the finals. All distances are listed in metres.

Rank	Mark	1	2	3
1	53.68	53.68	–	–
2	52.22	52.22	–	–
3	51.47	51.47	–	–
4	51.17	42.43	51.17	–
5	50.86	50.86	–	–
6	49.86	49.86	–	–
7	49.36	49.36	–	–
8	49.34	49.34	–	–
9	48.57	48.57	–	–
10	48.32	x	48.32	–
11	47.02	x	44.29	47.02
12	46.91	46.91	45.79	42.80
13	46.75	x	46.75	x
14	46.74	45.94	46.74	42.93
15	45.86	45.86	x	45.78
16	44.94	44.94	x	39.26
17	43.99	41.06	42.02	43.99
18	43.78	x	43.78	x
19	43.23	43.23	40.35	42.34
20	43.11	43.11	41.36	42.20
21	41.12	x	x	41.12
22	30.84	x	30.84	x
23	NM	x	x	x
24	NM	x	x	x

Rank	Mark	1	2	3	4	5	6	Notes
	55.10	44.48	52.42	53.39	51.68	55.10 OR	54.42	OR
	52.59	51.64	46.82	x	50.92	x	52.59
	52.36	52.36	x	46.29	50.59	48.78	46.96
4	51.47	51.47	x	45.30	47.40	48.12	46.38
5	51.43	51.43	51.39	50.96	49.69	50.62	51.25
6	51.29	51.29	35.83	47.29	x	35.20	45.80
7	50.95	50.95	47.46	48.82
8	50.12	50.12	48.62	x
9	49.86	49.86	49.42	x
10	48.81	45.26	x	48.81
11	48.28	48.28	46.62	38.51
12	43.96	42.70	43.76	43.96

Key: OR = Olympic record; NM = no mark

Web site: Athletics at the 1960 Rome Summer Games: Women's Discus Throw . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417174235/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1960/ATH/womens-discus-throw.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 12 January 2018 . sports-reference.com.