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

The women's discus throw
Discus throw
The discus throw is an event in track and field athletics competition, in which an athlete throws a heavy disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than his or her competitors. It is an ancient sport, as evidenced by the 5th century BC Myron statue, Discobolus...

throwing event at the 1960 Olympic Games
1960 Summer Olympics
The 1960 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held from August 25 to September 11, 1960 in Rome, Italy...

took place on September 3 & September 5.

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	Mark	1	2	3	Notes
1	Nina Romashkova Nina Romashkova Nina Apollonovna Ponomaryova was a Soviet/Russian discus thrower, the first Soviet Olympic Champion.She became interested in athletics since 1947, when she entered the Physical Training Faculty of the Stavropol Pedagogical Institute...	53.68	53.68	pass	pass
2	Irene Schuch	52.22	52.22	pass	pass
3	Tamara Press Tamara Press Tamara Natanovna Press is a former Soviet shot putter and discus thrower in the 1960s.-Career:Press is Jewish. She competed for VSS Trud...	51.47	51.47	pass	pass
4	Earlene Brown Earlene Brown Earlene Brown was a U.S. African American athlete notable for her careers in the sports of track and field and roller games. Brown was born in Laredo, Texas.-Track and Field Career:...	51.17	42.43	51.17	pass
5	Kriemhild Limberg	50.86	50.86	pass	pass
6	Jiřina Němcová	49.86	49.86	pass	pass
7	Yevgeniya Kuznetsova Yevgeniya Kuznetsova Yevgeniya Petrovna Kuznetsova is a former Olympic gymnast who competed for Russia in the 1996 Olympic Games. She won silver medal in the team competition. Also competed for Bulgaria in 2004 Olympic Games....	49.36	49.36	pass	pass
8	Štěpánka Mertová	49.34	49.34	pass	pass
9	Lia Manoliu Lia Manoliu Lia Manoliu was a Romanian discus thrower who won three Olympic medals, including one gold. She was the first Track & Field athlete to compete at six Olympics....	48.57	48.57	pass	pass
10	Olga Fikotová Olga Fikotová Olga Fikotová is a Czechoslovakian and later American athlete who is best known for winning gold at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics in the discus and her romance across Cold War barriers with American hammer gold medalist Harold Connolly.A natural athlete, she represented Czechoslovakia at national...	48.32	foul	48.32	pass
11	Wivianne Bergh	47.02	foul	44.29	47.02
12	Valerie Sloper	46.91	46.91	45.79	42.80
13	Kazimiera Rykowska	46.75	foul	46.75	foul
14	Jennifer Thompson Jennifer Thompson (athlete) Jennifer Thompson is a former New Zealand discus thrower.At the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games she won the silver medal in the women's discus throw.She also competed at the 1960 Olympic Games in the discus where she placed 13th overall....	46.74	45.94	46.74	42.93
15	Elivia Ricci	45.86	45.86	foul	45.78
16	Dorli Hofrichter	44.94	44.94	foul	39.26
17	Karen Inge Halkier	43.99	41.06	42.02	43.99
18	Hiroko Uchida	43.78	foul	43.78	foul
19	Pam Kurrell	43.23	43.23	40.35	42.34
20	Paola Paternoster	43.11	43.11	41.36	42.20
21	Suzanne Farmer	41.12	foul	foul	41.12
22	Milena Čelesnik	30.84	foul	30.84	foul
23	Doris Lorenz	-	foul	foul	foul	NM
24	Wu Jin-Yun	-	foul	foul	foul	NM

Final

Rank	Name	Mark	1	2	3	4	5	6	Notes
	Nina Romashkova Nina Romashkova Nina Apollonovna Ponomaryova was a Soviet/Russian discus thrower, the first Soviet Olympic Champion.She became interested in athletics since 1947, when she entered the Physical Training Faculty of the Stavropol Pedagogical Institute...	55.10	44.48	52.42	53.39	51.68	55.10 OR	54.42	OR
	Tamara Press Tamara Press Tamara Natanovna Press is a former Soviet shot putter and discus thrower in the 1960s.-Career:Press is Jewish. She competed for VSS Trud...	52.59	51.64	46.82	foul	50.92	foul	52.59
	Lia Manoliu Lia Manoliu Lia Manoliu was a Romanian discus thrower who won three Olympic medals, including one gold. She was the first Track & Field athlete to compete at six Olympics....	52.36	52.36	foul	46.29	50.59	48.78	46.96
4	Kriemhild Limberg	51.47	51.47	foul	45.30	47.40	48.12	46.38
5	Yevgeniya Kuznetsova Yevgeniya Kuznetsova Yevgeniya Petrovna Kuznetsova is a former Olympic gymnast who competed for Russia in the 1996 Olympic Games. She won silver medal in the team competition. Also competed for Bulgaria in 2004 Olympic Games....	51.43	51.43	51.39	50.96	49.69	50.62	51.25
6	Earlene Brown Earlene Brown Earlene Brown was a U.S. African American athlete notable for her careers in the sports of track and field and roller games. Brown was born in Laredo, Texas.-Track and Field Career:...	51.29	51.29	35.83	47.29	foul	35.20	45.80
7	Olga Fikotová Olga Fikotová Olga Fikotová is a Czechoslovakian and later American athlete who is best known for winning gold at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics in the discus and her romance across Cold War barriers with American hammer gold medalist Harold Connolly.A natural athlete, she represented Czechoslovakia at national...	50.95	50.95	47.46	48.82
8	Jiřina Němcová	50.12	50.12	48.62	foul
9	Irene Schuch	49.86	49.86	49.42	foul
10	Valerie Sloper	48.81	45.26	foul	48.81
11	Štěpánka Mertová	48.28	48.28	46.62	38.51
12	Wivianne Bergh	43.96	42.70	43.76	43.96

Key: OR = Olympic record; NM = no mark

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