Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's discus throw explained

Event:	Women's discus throw
Games:	1996 Summer
Date:	28 July 1996 (qualifications) 29 July 1996 (finals)
Venue:	Centennial Olympic Stadium
Competitors:	39
Nations:	25
Win Label:	Winning distance
Win Value:	69.66
Longnames:	yes
Gold:	Ilke Wyludda
Goldnoc:	GER
Silver:	Natalya Sadova
Silvernoc:	RUS
Bronze:	Ellina Zvereva
Bronzenoc:	BLR
Prev:	1992
Next:	2000

These are the official results of the Women's Discus Throw event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There were a total number of 39 competitors, with the qualification round mark set at 62.00 metres.^[1]

Results

Qualification

Qualification Rules: Qualifying performance 62.00 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the Final.

Group	Athlete	Nation	1	2	3	Result	Notes
1	A	Ilke Wyludda		66.78			66.78	Q
2	B	Xiao Yanling		59.56	59.60	65.10	65.10	Q
3	B	Franka Dietzsch		63.94			63.94	Q
4	B	Anja Gündler		53.10	61.72	63.80	63.80	Q
5	A	Olga Chernyavskaya		60.36	59.62	63.02	63.02	Q
6	A	Nicole Grasu		63.00			63.00	Q
6	B	Lisa-Marie Vizaniari		63.00			63.00	Q
8	A	Ellina Zvereva		61.86	62.74		62.74	Q
9	B	Natalya Sadova		59.50	61.36	62.28	62.28	Q
10	B	Mette Bergmann		59.60	62.24		62.24	Q
11	B	Ira Yatchenko		59.60	62.04		62.04	Q
12	A	Teresa Machado		59.14	62.02		62.02	Q
13	B	Bárbara Hechavarría		56.74	61.38	61.98	61.98
14	A	Daniela Costian		61.66	x	61.24	61.66
15	B	Alice Matejková		60.72	59.40	x	60.72
16	A	Maritza Martén		59.70	57.80	60.08	60.08
17	A	Atanaska Angelova		59.82	x	x	59.82
18	A	Anastasia Kelesidou		59.60	58.44	58.56	59.60
19	A	Zdeňka Šilhavá		59.24	57.98	57.14	59.24
20	B	Jacqui McKernan		53.74	58.88	57.60	58.88
21	B	Jacqueline Goormachtigh		55.70	56.94	58.74	58.74
22	A	Ekaterini Voggoli		58.24	55.48	58.70	58.70
23	B	Beatrice Faumuina		57.30	x	58.40	58.40
24	B	Valentina Ivanova		58.30	58.38	58.32	58.38
25	A	Renata Katewicz		x	x	58.24	58.24
25	B	Eha Rünne		x	x	58.24	58.24
27	B	Cristina Boit		58.10	x	x	58.10
28	A	Monia Kari		x	53.02	58.02	58.02
29	B	Olena Antonova		57.56	57.92	54.82	57.92
30	A	Lacy Barnes-Mileham		x	57.48	56.32	57.48
31	B	Stella Tsikouna		x	53.62	56.66	56.66
32	A	Agnese Maffeis		x	x	56.54	56.54
33	B	Suzy Powell		55.06	56.24	53.98	56.24
34	A	Aretha Hill		56.04	55.20	55.14	56.04
35	A	Liliana Martinelli		51.46	55.68	x	55.68
36	A	Corrie de Bruin		x	x	55.48	55.48
37	B	Isabelle Devaluez		55.08	x	53.92	55.08
38	A	Lyudmila Filimonova		x	53.30	x	53.30
39	A	Oumou Traoré		x	39.70	37.16	39.70

Final

! Rank !! Athlete !! Nation !! #1 !! #2 !! #3 !! #4 !! #5 !! #6 !! Result !! Notes

	Ilke Wyludda		68.02	69.66	66.70	67.86	67.34	x	69.66
	Natalya Sadova		62.04	65.66	63.34	66.48	65.72	65.82	66.48
	Ellina Zvereva		63.96	65.64	65.64	63.02	64.10	64.84	65.64
	Franka Dietzsch		64.22	65.48	63.90	63.56	x	x	65.48
	Xiao Yanling		56.90	63.34	63.72	60.86	64.72	x	64.72
	Olga Chernyavskaya		64.70	64.06	x	64.20	61.40	x	64.70
	Nicole Grasu		61.12	63.28	x	59.92	62.78	63.26	63.28
	Lisa-Marie Vizaniari		62.48	x	59.62	60.32	x	59.96	62.48
	Mette Bergmann		59.48	x	62.28				62.28
10	Teresa Machado		61.38	60.48	60.02				61.38
11	Anja Gündler		61.16	60.76	59.48				61.16
12	Ira Yatchenko		x	57.76	60.46				60.46

See also

• 1995 Women's World Championships Discus Throw
• 1997 Women's World Championships Discus Throw

External links

• Official Report
• Results

Notes and References

1. Web site: Athletics at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Women's Discus Throw . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417174218/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1996/ATH/womens-discus-throw.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 15 January 2018 . sports-reference.com.