The women's discus throw throwing event at the 1960 Olympic Games took place on September 3 & September 5.[1]
Women's discus throw at the Games of the XVII Olympiad | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Venue | Olympic Stadium | |||||||||
Dates | September 3 (qualifying round) September 5 (final round) | |||||||||
Competitors | 24 from 10 nations | |||||||||
Winning distance | 55.10 OR | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
| ||||||||||
Results
editTop 12 throwers and ties plus all throwers reaching 47.00 metres advanced to the finals. All distances are listed in metres.
Qualifying
editFinal
editRank | Name | Nationality | Mark | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nina Romashkova | Soviet Union | 55.10 | 44.48 | 52.42 | 53.39 | 51.68 | 55.10 OR | 54.42 | OR | |
Tamara Press | Soviet Union | 52.59 | 51.64 | 46.82 | x | 50.92 | x | 52.59 | ||
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
edit- ^ "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.