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

Women's discus throw
at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad
Ingrid Lotz, Tamara Press, Lia Manoliu 1964.jpg
VenueOlympic Stadium
Date19 October
Competitors22 from 15 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Tamara Press  Soviet Union
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ingrid Lotz  United Team of Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Lia Manoliu  Romania
← 1960
1968 →

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 Virzhiniya Mikhaylova  Bulgaria 54.94 54.94
2 Ingrid Lotz  United Team of Germany 54.82 48.38 54.82
3 Kriemhild Limberg  United Team of Germany 54.54 46.59 48.63 54.54
4 Lia Manoliu  Romania 53.64 47.80 53.64
5 Olimpia Cataramă  Romania 53.20 46.96 53.20
6 Olga Connolly  United States 53.17 49.99 53.17
7 Yevgeniya Kuznetsova  Soviet Union 52.44 49.40 52.44
8 Jolán Kleiber-Kontsek  Hungary 52.35 52.35
9 Judit Stugner  Hungary 52.30 48.96 48.49 52.30
10 Valerie Young  New Zealand 51.94 48.01 51.94
11 Doris Lorenz  United Team of Germany 51.58 51.58
12 Jiřina Němcová  Czechoslovakia 50.64 50.64
13 Tamara Press  Soviet Union 50.28 50.28
14 Nina Ponomaryova  Soviet Union 50.18 44.69 44.89 50.18
15 Nancy McCredie  Canada 47.27 44.91 47.27 44.75
16 Hiroko Uchida-Yokoyama  Japan 47.18 46.19 47.18 34.48
17 Dashzevgiin Namjilmaa  Mongolia 44.55 43.37 40.26 44.55
18 Josephine de la Viña  Philippines 42.27 40.05 42.27 41.71
19 Pranee Kitipongpitaya  Thailand 38.73 36.21 38.73 34.20
20 Park Yeong-suk  South Korea 37.50 37.50 33.27 34.97
21 Juliette Geverkof  Iran 30.05 X 30.05 X
Judit Bognár  Hungary DNS

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

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