Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Women's discus throw

Women's discus throw
at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
Pictogram for athletics
VenueLenin Central Stadium
Date31 July 1980 (qualifications)
1 August 1980 (finals)
Competitors18 from 11 nations
Winning distance69.96
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Evelin Jahl
 East Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Mariya Petkova
 Bulgaria
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Tatyana Lesovaya
 Soviet Union
← 1976
1984 →

The Women's Discus Throw event at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union had an entry list of 18 competitors, with one qualifying group and the final (12) held on Friday 1980-08-01.[1]

Medalists

Gold Evelin Jahl
 East Germany
Silver Mariya Petkova
 Bulgaria
Bronze Tatyana Lesovaya
 Soviet Union

Records

Standing records prior to the 1980 Summer Olympics
World record  Mariya Petkova (BUL)   71.80 m July 13, 1980 Bulgaria Sofia, Bulgaria
Olympic record  Evelin Schlaak (GDR)   69.00 m July 29, 1976 Canada Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Broken records during the 1980 Summer Olympics
Olympic record  Evelin Jahl (GDR) 69.96 m August 1, 1980 Soviet Union Moscow, Soviet Union

Results

Final

RANK FINAL DISTANCE
 Evelin Jahl (GDR) 69.96 m
 Mariya Petkova (BUL) 67.90 m
 Tatyana Lesovaya (URS) 67.40 m
4.  Gisela Beyer (GDR) 67.08 m
5.  Margitta Pufe (GDR) 66.12 m
6.  Florenţa Ţacu (ROU) 64.38 m
7.  Galina Murašova (URS) 63.84 m
8.  Svetla Bozhkova (BUL) 63.14 m
9.  Meg Ritchie (GBR) 61.16 m
10.  Carmen Romero (CUB) 60.86 m
11.  Zdena Bartoňová (TCH) 57.78 m
12.  Ágnes Herczegh (HUN) 55.06 m

Qualifying round

  • Held on Thursday July 31, 1980
RANK FINAL DISTANCE
1.  Margitta Pufe (GDR) 65.52 m
2.  Mariya Petkova (BUL) 65.02 m
3.  Gisela Beyer (GDR) 62.86 m
4.  Tatyana Lesovaya (URS) 62.20 m
5.  Svetla Bozhkova (BUL) 60.84 m
6.  Florenţa Ţacu (ROU) 60.40 m
7.  Galina Murašova (URS) 60.32 m
8.  Evelin Jahl (GDR) 60.22 m
9.  Zdena Bartoňová (TCH) 59.48 m
10.  Meg Ritchie (GBR) 58.66 m
11.  Carmen Romero (CUB) 58.60 m
12.  Ágnes Herczegh (HUN) 57.80 m
13.  María Cristina Betancourt (CUB) 57.62 m
14.  Katalin Csőke (HUN) 57.38 m
15.  Gael Mulhall (AUS) 54.90 m
16.  Faina Melnik (URS) 53.76 m
 Ludovina de Oliveira (MOZ) NM
 Ulla Lundholm (FIN) DNS

See also

References

  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1980 Moscow Summer Games: Women's Discus Throw". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 14 January 2018.