Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's discus throw

Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
3000 m				women
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men		women
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
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men
Wheelchair races

The Women's Discus Throw at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California had an entrylist of 17 competitors, with two qualifying groups before the final (12) took place on August 11, 1984.

Medalists

Gold	Ria Stalman Netherlands (NED)
Silver	Leslie Deniz United States (USA)
Bronze	Florența Crăciunescu Romania (ROM)

Abbreviations

Q	automatic qualification
q	qualification by rank
DNS	did not start
NM	no mark
OR	olympic record
WR	world record
AR	area record
NR	national record
PB	personal best
SB	season best

Records

Standing records prior to the 1984 Summer Olympics
World Record	Galina Savinkova (URS)	73.26 m	May 22, 1983	Leselidze, Soviet Union
Olympic Record	Evelin Schlaak (GDR)	69.96 m	August 1, 1980	Moscow, Soviet Union

Qualifying round

• Held on 1984-08-10

RANK	GROUP A	DISTANCE
1.	Ria Stalman (NED)	58.28m
2.	Florenţa Crăciunescu (ROU)	57.84m
3.	Ulla Lundholm (FIN)	56.44m
4.	Leslie Deniz (USA)	56.24m
5.	Gael Martin (AUS)	55.38m
6.	Venissa Head (GBR)	55.24m
7.	Jiao Yunxiang (CHN)	54.70m
8.	Mariette Van Heerden (ZIM)	50.54m
9.	Marlene Lewis (JAM)	49.00m

RANK	GROUP B	DISTANCE
1.	Ingra Manecke (FRG)	56.20m
2.	Meg Ritchie (GBR)	56.00m
3.	Patricia Walsh (IRL)	54.42m
4.	Laura De Snoo (USA)	53.76m
5.	Lorna Griffin (USA)	53.34m
6.	Carmen Ionesco (CAN)	52.28m
7.	Agathe Ngo Nack (CMR)	38.32m
8.	Christine Bechard (MRI)	37.94m

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Ria Stalman (NED)	64.50	61.16	63.70	64.28	63.64	65.36	65.36 m
	Leslie Deniz (USA)	62.46	X	63.36	62.60	64.86	X	64.86 m
	Florența Crăciunescu (ROU)	60.68	61.42	62.96	62.08	63.64	X	63.64 m
4	Ulla Lundholm (FIN)	62.84	X	54.92	55.94	59.72	54.04	62.84 m
5	Meg Ritchie (GBR)	X	55.36	57.66	61.76	62.58	60.40	62.58 m
6	Ingra Manecke (FRG)	51.66	56.22	X	53.20	X	58.56	58.56 m
7	Venissa Head (GBR)	X	55.56	58.18	X	55.84	55.88	58.18 m
8	Gael Martin (AUS)	55.88	55.38	54.34	54.94	55.70	53.08	55.88 m
9	Patricia Walsh (IRL)	55.38	51.70	53.32				55.38 m
10	Laura De Snoo (USA)	53.74	54.84	53.88				54.84 m
11	Jiao Yunxiang (CHN)	X	53.32	X				53.32 m
12	Lorna Griffin (USA)	X	50.16	X				50.16 m

See also

• 1982 Women's European Championships Discus Throw (Athens)
• 1983 Women's World Championships Discus Throw (Helsinki)
• 1986 Women's European Championships Discus Throw (Stuttgart)
• 1987 Women's World Championships Discus Throw (Rome)

References

• (English) Official Report
• Results