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

Women's discus throw
at the Games of the XVII Olympiad
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
	← 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 throwers reaching 47.00 metres advanced to the finals. All distances are listed in metres.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Mark	1	2	3
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

Rank	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

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