Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Women's discus throw explained

Event:	Women's discus throw
Games:	1976 Summer
Venue:	Olympic Stadium
Date:	28 July 1976 (qualifications) 29 July 1976 (final)
Competitors:	15
Nations:	9
Win Label:	Winning distance
Win Value:	69.00
Longnames:	yes
Gold:	Evelin Schlaak
Goldnoc:	GDR
Silver:	Mariya Vergova
Silvernoc:	BUL
Bronze:	Gabriele Hinzmann
Bronzenoc:	GDR
Prev:	1972
Next:	1980

The Women's discus throw competition at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal was held on 28–29 July.^[1]

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and olympic records were as follows.

This following new Olympic record was set during the competition

Date	Athlete	Country	Distance	OR	WR	July 29		69.00 m.	OR

Results

Qualification

The qualification distance was set to 55.00 metres.

Rank	Name	Nationality	1	2	3	Result	Note
1			65.12			65.12	Q
2			63.74			63.74	Q
3			63.40			63.40	Q
4			61.86			61.86	Q
5			61.46			61.46	Q
6			59.84			59.84	Q
7			59.56			59.56	Q
8			51.72	58.66		58.66	Q
9			52.96	57.98		57.98	Q
10			57.96			57.96	Q
11			x	57.78		57.78	DQ^[2]
11			56.94			56.94	Q
12			55.94			55.94	Q
13			51.56	54.12	55.22	55.22	Q
14			x	48.22	46.96	48.22

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result	Notes
			69.00	66.80	66.12	x	61.24	64.80	69.00	OR
			62.22	67.30	60.44	59.86	62.70	x	67.30
			66.68	66.10	66.84	66.24	66.32	x	66.84
			64.48	65.42	62.76	66.40	x	64.20	66.40
			x	61.18	65.46	65.88	64.92	61.18	65.88
			62.82	62.50	63.70	64.14	65.38	63.48	65.38
			61.28	60.24	63.86	59.58	58.28	61.24	63.86
			63.02	60.98	62.24	x	63.46	x	63.46
			60.90	59.90	61.18				61.18
10			60.80	56.18	59.90				60.80
11			59.74	x	x				59.74
12			x	56.72	57.24				57.24
13			55.88	x	53.00				55.88

External links

• Official report

Notes and References

1. Web site: Athletics at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games: Women's Discus Throw . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417174217/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1976/ATH/womens-discus-throw.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 13 January 2018 . sports-reference.com.
2. Danuta Rosani's results were deleted after she was disqualified for using anabolic steroids: the first case of such a disqualification in the sport at the Olympics. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417190902/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ro/danuta-rosani-1.html