Athletics at the 1978 Commonwealth Games – Women's discus throw

Women's discus throw at the Commonwealth Games

Athletics at the 1978 Commonwealth Games

Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m		women
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men
3000 m steeplechase	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men
30 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Pentathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The women's discus throw event at the 1978 Commonwealth Games was held on 7 August at the Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.^[1]

Results

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Carmen Ionesco	Canada	62.16
	Gael Mulhall	Australia	57.60
	Lucette Moreau	Canada	56.64
4	Meg Ritchie	Scotland	55.66
5	Janet Thompson	England	53.70
6	Lesley Mallin	England	50.56
7	Luigina Torso	Australia	47.10
8	Venissa Head	Wales	45.72
9	Beryl Bethel	Bahamas	43.50
10	Lilian Cherotich	Kenya	40.72

References

^ "Results". Archived from the original on 2012-09-14. Retrieved 2018-02-27.

Final results (The Canberra Times)

Commonwealth Games champions in women's discus throw

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Men's	1930 1934 1938 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Women's	1930 1934 1938 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022