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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)
Competitors24 from 10 nations
Winning distance55.10 OR
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

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

Qualifying

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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

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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

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  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.