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

Women's discus throw
at the Games of the XXI Olympiad

Venue

Medalists

	Evelin Schlaak	East Germany
	Mariya Vergova	Bulgaria
	Gabriele Hinzmann	East Germany

Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics
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
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 competition at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal was held on 28–29 July.

Results

Final

Rank	Athlete	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result
01 !	Evelin Schlaak (GDR)	69.00	66.80	66.12	x	61.24	64.80	69.00 m OR
02 !	Mariya Vergova (BUL)	62.22	67.30	60.44	59.86	62.70	x	67.30 m
03 !	Gabriele Hinzmann (GDR)	66.68	66.10	66.84	66.24	66.32	x	66.84 m
4	Faina Melnik (URS)	64.48	65.42	62.76	66.40	x	64.20	66.40 m
5	Sabine Engel (GDR)	x	61.18	65.46	65.88	64.92	61.18	65.88 m
6	Argentina Menis (ROM)	62.82	62.50	63.70	64.14	65.38	63.48	65.38 m
7	María Cristina Betancourt (CUB)	61.28	60.24	63.86	59.58	58.28	61.24	63.86 m
8	Natalia Gorbacheva (URS)	63.02	60.98	62.24	x	63.46	x	63.46 m
9	Carmen Romero (CUB)	60.90	59.90	61.18				61.18 m
10	Olga Andrianova (URS)	60.80	56.18	59.90				60.80 m
11	Jane Haist (CAN)	59.74	x	x				59.74 m
12	Rita Pfister (SUI)	x	56.72	57.24				57.24 m
13	Lucette Moreau (CAN)	55.88	x	53.00				55.88 m

There was a qualifying round held. The only competitor to fail to reach the 55.00m auto qualifying mark was Lynne Winbigler United States with a 48.22m.^[1]

Danuta Rosani Poland also competed. Her results have been removed due to her disqualification for using anabolic steroids, the first case of such a disqualification in the sport at the Olympics.^[2]

References

Official report

Discus throw at the Olympic Games

Summary

Men	1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012

Women	1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012

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