Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics - Women's discus throw

These are the official results of the women's discus throw

Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics

At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, 43 events in athletics were contested, 24 events by men and 19 by women. The competition ran from July 31, 1992 to August 9, 1992. Fourteen world record-holders were among the contenders...

event at the 1992 Summer Olympics

1992 Summer Olympics

The 1992 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event celebrated in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, in 1992. The International Olympic Committee voted in 1986 to separate the Summer and Winter Games, which had been held in the same...

in Barcelona, Spain.

Medalists

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1992 Summer Olympics.

World Record	76.80	Gabriele Reinsch Gabriele Reinsch Gabriele Reinsch is a German track and field athlete. She represented East Germany in the Olympic games in the discus throw....	Neubrandenburg Neubrandenburg Neubrandenburg is a city in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is located in the southeastern part of the state, on the shore of a lake called the Tollensesee .... (GDR)	July 9, 1988
Olympic Record	72.30	Martina Hellmann Martina Hellmann Martina Hellmann, née Opitz , is a retired German track and field athlete who represented East Germany. She was the Olympic champion in the discus throw at the 1988 Summer Olympics. She also won the World Championship in that event in 1983 and again in 1987.Hellmann was sixteen years old when she...	Seoul Seoul Seoul , officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of over 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the OECD developed world... (KOR South Korea The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south... )	September 29, 1988

Qualifying heats

RANK	GROUP A	DISTANCE
1.		67.92 m
2.		65.02 m
3.		64.10 m
4.		64.06 m
5.		60.62 m
6.		60.52 m
7.		60.22 m
8.		59.32 m
9.		59.04 m
10.		58.92 m
11.		58.66 m
12.		58.32 m
13.		58.06 m
11.		51.94 m

RANK	GROUP B	DISTANCE
1.		65.60 m
2.		64.78 m
3.		64.26 m
4.		63.60 m
5.		62.82 m
6.		62.48 m
7.		61.60 m
8.		60.88 m
9.		59.44 m
10.		56.68 m
11.		55.44 m
12.		53.14 m
13.		51.62 m
14.		59.44 m

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
Rank	Athlete	1	2	3	4	5	6	Distance	Note
		65.66	X	X	66.90	70.06	66.36	70.06 m
		65.14	67.78	65.32	X	X	X	67.78 m
		64.40	64.08	64.24	64.92	66.24	65.94	66.24 m
4		60.94	X	65.52	X	64.30	X	65.52 m
5		64.02	X	62.80	61.84	X	63.32	64.02 m
6		62.16	X	62.72	59.28	X	63.80	63.80 m
7		60.76	62.40	63.74	X	X	X	63.74 m
8		X	63.42	63.08	60.20	62.38	60.98	62.42 m

9		62.16	61.04	X				62.16 m
10		61.22	60.80	X				61.22 m
11		59.06	60.82	X				60.82 m
12		60.24	X	X				60.24 m

Medalists

Records

Qualifying heats

Final

See also