Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Women's discus throw

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Women's discus throw
at the Games of the XVII Olympiad
VenueOlympic Stadium
DatesSeptember 3 (qualifying round)
September 5 (final round)
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Nina Romashkova
 Soviet Union
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Tamara Press
 Soviet Union
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Lia Manoliu
 Romania
← 1956
1964 →

The women's discus throw throwing event at the 1960 Olympic Games took place on September 3 & September 5.[1]

Results[]

Top 12 throwers and ties plus all trowers reaching 47.00 metres advanced to the finals. All distances are listen in metres.

Qualifying[]

Rank Name Nationality Mark 1 2 3 Notes
1 Nina Romashkova  Soviet Union 53.68 53.68
2 Irene Schuch  United Team of Germany 52.22 52.22
3 Tamara Press  Soviet Union 51.47 51.47
4 Earlene Brown  United States 51.17 42.43 51.17
5 Kriemhild Limberg  United Team of Germany 50.86 50.86
6 Jiřina Němcová  Czechoslovakia 49.86 49.86
7 Yevgeniya Kuznetsova  Soviet Union 49.36 49.36
8 Štěpánka Mertová  Czechoslovakia 49.34 49.34
9 Lia Manoliu  Romania 48.57 48.57
10 Olga Fikotová  United States 48.32 x 48.32
11 Wivianne Bergh  Sweden 47.02 x 44.29 47.02
12 Valerie Sloper  New Zealand 46.91 46.91 45.79 42.80
13 Kazimiera Rykowska  Poland 46.75 x 46.75 x
14 Jennifer Thompson  New Zealand 46.74 45.94 46.74 42.93
15 Elivia Ricci  Italy 45.86 45.86 x 45.78
16 Dorli Hofrichter  Austria 44.94 44.94 x 39.26
17 Karen Inge Halkier  Denmark 43.99 41.06 42.02 43.99
18 Hiroko Uchida-Yokoyama  Japan 43.78 x 43.78 x
19 Pam Kurrell  United States 43.23 43.23 40.35 42.34
20 Paola Paternoster  Italy 43.11 43.11 41.36 42.20
21 Suzanne Farmer  Great Britain 41.12 x x 41.12
22 Milena Čelesnik  Yugoslavia 30.84 x 30.84 x
23 Doris Lorenz-Müller  United Team of Germany NM x x x
24 Wu Jin-Yun  Formosa NM x x x

Final[]

Rank Name Nationality Mark 1 2 3 4 5 6 Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Nina Romashkova  Soviet Union 55.10 44.48 52.42 53.39 51.68 55.10 OR 54.42 OR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Tamara Press  Soviet Union 52.59 51.64 46.82 x 50.92 x 52.59
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Lia Manoliu  Romania 52.36 52.36 x 46.29 50.59 48.78 46.96
4 Kriemhild Limberg  United Team of Germany 51.47 51.47 x 45.30 47.40 48.12 46.38
5 Yevgeniya Kuznetsova  Soviet Union 51.43 51.43 51.39 50.96 49.69 50.62 51.25
6 Earlene Brown  United States 51.29 51.29 35.83 47.29 x 35.20 45.80
7 Olga Fikotová  United States 50.95 50.95 47.46 48.82
8 Jiřina Němcová  Czechoslovakia 50.12 50.12 48.62 x
9 Irene Schuch  United Team of Germany 49.86 49.86 49.42 x
10 Valerie Sloper  New Zealand 48.81 45.26 x 48.81
11 Štěpánka Mertová  Czechoslovakia 48.28 48.28 46.62 38.51
12 Wivianne Bergh  Sweden 43.96 42.70 43.76 43.96

Key: OR = Olympic record; NM = no mark

References[]

  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1960 Rome Summer Games: Women's Discus Throw". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
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