1971 European Athletics Championships – Women's discus throw

Events at the
1971 European
Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
5000 m men
10,000 m men
100 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men
3000 m
steeplechase		 men
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men women
Road events
Marathon men
20 km walk men
50 km walk men
Field events
High jump men women
Pole vault men
Long jump men women
Triple jump men
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Hammer throw men
Javelin throw men women
Combined events
Pentathlon women
Decathlon men

The women's discus throw at the 1971 European Athletics Championships was held in Helsinki, Finland, at Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 11 and 12 August 1971.[1]

Medalists

Gold Faina Melnik
 Soviet Union
Silver Liesel Westermann
 West Germany
Bronze Lyudmila Muravyeva
 Soviet Union

Results

Final

12 August

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1st Faina Melnik  Soviet Union 64.22 WR
2nd Liesel Westermann  West Germany 61.68
3rd Lyudmila Muravyeva  Soviet Union 59.48
4 Argentina Menis  Romania 59.04
5 Tamara Danilova  Soviet Union 58.28
6 Olimpia Cataramă  Romania 57.22
7 Anni Mickler  East Germany 57.00
8 Christine Spielberg  East Germany 56.20
9 Jolán Kleiber  Hungary 55.06
10 Brigitte Berendonk  West Germany 54.48
11 Judit Abaházi  Hungary 51.88
12 Rosemary Payne  United Kingdom 50.20

Qualification

11 August

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1 Tamara Danilova  Soviet Union 57.52 Q
2 Lyudmila Muravyeva  Soviet Union 56.84 Q
3 Argentina Menis  Romania 56.38 Q
4 Jolán Kleiber  Hungary 56.12 Q
5 Liesel Westermann  West Germany 55.94 Q
6 Brigitte Berendonk  West Germany 55.24 Q
7 Olimpia Cataramă  Romania 55.16 Q
8 Faina Melnik  Soviet Union 54.58 q
9 Judit Abaházi  Hungary 54.56 q
10 Anni Mickler  East Germany 53.76 q
11 Christine Spielberg  East Germany 53.44 q
12 Rosemary Payne  United Kingdom 52.98 q
13 Lia Manoliu  Romania 52.26
14 Judit Bognár  Hungary 52.12
15 Karin Illgen  East Germany 50.60
16 Despina Kafenidou  Greece 47.30

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 16 athletes from 7 countries participated in the event.

References

  1. ↑ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 412–420, retrieved 13 August 2014
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