Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Women's discus throw

Women's discus throw at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Date	19 October
Competitors	22 from 15 nations
Medalists
Tamara Press   Soviet Union   Ingrid Lotz   Germany   Lia Manoliu   Romania

Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men
80 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
Road events
Marathon		men
20 km walk		men
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Combined events
Pentathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The women's discus throw was one of three women's throwing events on the Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics program in Tokyo. It was held on 19 October 1964. 22 athletes from 15 nations entered, with 1 not starting in the qualification round.

Results

Qualification

The qualification standard was 50.00 metres. Each thrower had three attempts to reach that standard.

Place	Athlete	Nation	Best mark		Throw 1	Throw 2	Throw 3
1	Virginia Angelova	Bulgaria	54.94 metres		54.94	—
2	Ingrid Lotz	Germany	54.82 metres		48.38	54.82	—
3	Kriemhild Limberg	Germany	54.54 metres		46.59	48.63	54.54
4	Lia Manoliu	Romania	53.64 metres		47.80	53.64	—
5	Olimpia Catarama	Romania	53.20 metres		46.96	53.20	—
6	Olga Connolly	United States	53.17 metres		49.99	53.17	—
7	Eugenia Kuznetsova	Soviet Union	52.44 metres		49.40	52.44	—
8	Jolán Kleiber-Kontsek	Hungary	52.35 metres		52.35	—
9	Judit Stugner	Hungary	52.30 metres		48.96	48.49	52.30
10	Valerie Young	New Zealand	51.94 metres		48.01	51.94	—
11	Doris Lorenz	Germany	51.58 metres		51.58	—
12	Jirina Nemcova	Czechoslovakia	50.64 metres		50.64	—
13	Tamara Press	Soviet Union	50.28 metres		50.28	—
14	Nina Ponomaryova	Soviet Union	50.18 metres		44.69	44.89	50.18
15	Nancy McCredie	Canada	47.27 metres		44.91	47.27	44.75
16	Yokoyama Hiroko	Japan	47.18 metres		46.19	47.18	34.48
17	Namjilmaa Dashzeveg	Mongolia	44.55 metres		43.37	40.26	44.55
18	Josephine de la Vina	Philippines	42.27 metres		40.05	42.27	41.71
19	Pranee Kitipongpitaya	Thailand	38.73 metres		36.21	38.73	34.20
20	Park Young Sook	South Korea	37.50 metres		37.50	33.27	34.97
21	Juliet Geverkof	Iran	30.05 metres		X	30.05	X
—	Judit Bognar	Hungary	Did not start		—

Final

The marks for the qualification were ignored in the final. Each thrower had three attempts; the top six after those three received three more and counted their best mark of the six. All five of the top throwers defeated the old Olympic record.

Place	Athlete	Nation	Best mark		Throw 1	Throw 2	Throw 3	Throw 4	Throw 5	Throw 6
1	Tamara Press	Soviet Union	57.27 metres OR		X	55.38	50.38	55.23	57.27	56.08
2	Ingrid Lotz	Germany	57.21 metres		57.21	X	55.41	X	54.59	54.74
3	Lia Manoliu	Romania	56.97 metres		55.90	X	X	56.09	56.97	X
4	Virginia Angelova	Bulgaria	56.70 metres		47.38	56.56	52.19	56.70	55.77	55.54
5	Eugenia Kuznetsova	Soviet Union	55.17 metres		55.17	53.58	X	X	X	53.80
6	Jolán Kleiber-Kontsek	Hungary	54.87 metres		54.46	53.05	53.51	53.14	54.87	51.69
7	Kriemhild Limberg	Germany	53.81 metres		48.35	53.81	53.02
8	Olimpia Catarama	Romania	53.08 metres		53.08	49.99	51.28
9	Jirina Nemcova	Czechoslovakia	52.80 metres		49.06	52.80	51.13
10	Judit Stugner	Hungary	52.52 metres		50.88	50.47	52.52
11	Nina Ponomariova	Soviet Union	52.48 metres		52.15	51.12	52.48
12	Olga Connolly	United States	51.58 metres		51.21	X	51.58
13	Valerie Young	New Zealand	49.59 metres		48.93	46.17	49.59
14	Doris Lorenz	Germany	45.63 metres		X	X	45.63

References

• Official Report