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

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Women's discus throw
at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
VenueOlympic Stadium
Date28 July 1976 (qualifications)
29 July 1976 (final)
Competitors15 from 9 nations
Winning distance69.00 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Evelin Schlaak
 East Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Mariya Vergova
 Bulgaria
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Gabriele Hinzmann
 East Germany
← 1972
1980 →

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

Records

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

World record  Faina Melnik (URS) 70.52 m. Sochi, Soviet Union June 24, 1976
Olympic record  Faina Melnik (URS) 66.62 m. Munich, West Germany September 10, 1972

This following new Olympic record was set during the competition

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

Results

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Qualification

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The qualification distance was set to 55.00 metres.

Rank Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 Result Note
1 Gabriele Hinzmann  East Germany 65.12 65.12 Q
2 Faina Melnik  Soviet Union 63.74 63.74 Q
3 Carmen Romero  Cuba 63.40 63.40 Q
4 Evelin Schlaak  East Germany 61.86 61.86 Q
5 María Cristina Betancourt  Cuba 61.46 61.46 Q
6 Natalya Gorbachova  Soviet Union 59.84 59.84 Q
7 Argentina Menis  Romania 59.56 59.56 Q
8 Olga Andrianova  Soviet Union 51.72 58.66 58.66 Q
9 Jane Haist  Canada 52.96 57.98 57.98 Q
10 Mariya Vergova  Bulgaria 57.96 57.96 Q
11 Danuta Rosani  Poland x 57.78 57.78 DQ[2]
11 Sabine Engel  East Germany 56.94 56.94 Q
12 Rita Pfister  Switzerland 55.94 55.94 Q
13 Lucette Moreau  Canada 51.56 54.12 55.22 55.22 Q
14 Lynne Winbigler  United States x 48.22 46.96 48.22

Final

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Rank Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Evelin Schlaak  East Germany 69.00 66.80 66.12 x 61.24 64.80 69.00 OR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Mariya Vergova  Bulgaria 62.22 67.30 60.44 59.86 62.70 x 67.30
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Gabriele Hinzmann  East Germany 66.68 66.10 66.84 66.24 66.32 x 66.84
4 Faina Melnik  Soviet Union 64.48 65.42 62.76 66.40 x 64.20 66.40
5 Sabine Engel  East Germany x 61.18 65.46 65.88 64.92 61.18 65.88
6 Argentina Menis  Romania 62.82 62.50 63.70 64.14 65.38 63.48 65.38
7 María Cristina Betancourt  Cuba 61.28 60.24 63.86 59.58 58.28 61.24 63.86
8 Natalya Gorbachova  Soviet Union 63.02 60.98 62.24 x 63.46 x 63.46
9 Carmen Romero  Cuba 60.90 59.90 61.18 61.18
10 Olga Andrianova  Soviet Union 60.80 56.18 59.90 60.80
11 Jane Haist  Canada 59.74 x x 59.74
12 Rita Pfister  Switzerland x 56.72 57.24 57.24
13 Lucette Moreau  Canada 55.88 x 53.00 55.88
Danuta Rosani  Poland DNS

References

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  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games: Women's Discus Throw". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  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. [1]
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