Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Women's discus throw explained

Event:	Women's discus throw
Games:	1980 Summer
Date:	31 July 1980 (qualifications) 1 August 1980 (finals)
Venue:	Lenin Central Stadium
Competitors:	18
Nations:	11
Win Label:	Winning distance
Win Value:	69.96
Longnames:	yes
Gold:	Evelin Jahl
Goldnoc:	GDR
Silver:	Mariya Petkova
Silvernoc:	BUL
Bronze:	Tatyana Lesovaya
Bronzenoc:	URS
Prev:	1976
Next:	1984

The Women's Discus Throw event at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union had an entry list of 18 competitors, with one qualifying group and the final (12) held on Friday 1980-08-01.^[1]

Results

Final

RANK	FINAL	DISTANCE
		69.96 m
		67.90 m
		67.40 m
4.		67.08 m
5.		66.12 m
6.		64.38 m
7.		63.84 m
8.		63.14 m
9.		61.16 m
10.		60.86 m
11.		57.78 m
12.		55.06 m

Qualifying round

• Held on Thursday July 31, 1980

RANK	FINAL	DISTANCE
1.		65.52 m
2.		65.02 m
3.		62.86 m
4.		62.20 m
5.		60.84 m
6.		60.40 m
7.		60.32 m
8.		60.22 m
9.		59.48 m
10.		58.66 m
11.		58.60 m
12.		57.80 m
13.		57.62 m
14.		57.38 m
15.		54.90 m
16.		53.76 m
-		NM
-		DNS

See also

• 1976 Women's Olympic Discus Throw (Montreal)
• 1978 Women's European Championships Discus Throw (Prague)
• 1982 Women's European Championships Discus Throw (Athens)
• 1983 Women's World Championships Discus Throw (Helsinki)
• 1984 Women's Olympic Discus Throw (Los Angeles)
• 1986 Women's European Championships Discus Throw (Stuttgart)
• 1987 Women's World Championships Discus Throw (Rome)

External links

• Results

Notes and References

1. Web site: Athletics at the 1980 Moscow Summer Games: Women's Discus Throw . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417174218/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1980/ATH/womens-discus-throw.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 14 January 2018 . sports-reference.com.