Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Women's discus throw

Women's discus throw
at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
Women's discus throw; at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Date	28 July 1976 (qualifications); 29 July 1976 (final)
Competitors	15 from 9 nations
Winning distance	69.00 OR
Medalists
	← 1972 1980 →

The Women's discus throw competition at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal was held on 28–29 July.^[1]

Results edit

The qualification distance was set to 55.00 metres.

Rank	Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	Result	Note
1	Gabriele Hinzmann	East Germany	65.12			65.12	Q
2	Faina Melnik	Soviet Union	63.74			63.74	Q
3	Carmen Romero	Cuba	63.40			63.40	Q
4	Evelin Schlaak	East Germany	61.86			61.86	Q
5	María Cristina Betancourt	Cuba	61.46			61.46	Q
6	Natalya Gorbachova	Soviet Union	59.84			59.84	Q
7	Argentina Menis	Romania	59.56			59.56	Q
8	Olga Andrianova	Soviet Union	51.72	58.66		58.66	Q
9	Jane Haist	Canada	52.96	57.98		57.98	Q
10	Mariya Vergova	Bulgaria	57.96			57.96	Q
11	Danuta Rosani	Poland	x	57.78		~~57.78~~	DQ^[2]
11	Sabine Engel	East Germany	56.94			56.94	Q
12	Rita Pfister	Switzerland	55.94			55.94	Q
13	Lucette Moreau	Canada	51.56	54.12	55.22	55.22	Q
14	Lynne Winbigler	United States	x	48.22	46.96	48.22

Rank	Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Evelin Schlaak	East Germany	69.00	66.80	66.12	x	61.24	64.80	69.00	OR
	Mariya Vergova	Bulgaria	62.22	67.30	60.44	59.86	62.70	x	67.30
	Gabriele Hinzmann	East Germany	66.68	66.10	66.84	66.24	66.32	x	66.84
4	Faina Melnik	Soviet Union	64.48	65.42	62.76	66.40	x	64.20	66.40
5	Sabine Engel	East Germany	x	61.18	65.46	65.88	64.92	61.18	65.88
6	Argentina Menis	Romania	62.82	62.50	63.70	64.14	65.38	63.48	65.38
7	María Cristina Betancourt	Cuba	61.28	60.24	63.86	59.58	58.28	61.24	63.86
8	Natalya Gorbachova	Soviet Union	63.02	60.98	62.24	x	63.46	x	63.46
9	Carmen Romero	Cuba	60.90	59.90	61.18				61.18
10	Olga Andrianova	Soviet Union	60.80	56.18	59.90				60.80
11	Jane Haist	Canada	59.74	x	x				59.74
12	Rita Pfister	Switzerland	x	56.72	57.24				57.24
13	Lucette Moreau	Canada	55.88	x	53.00				55.88
	Danuta Rosani	Poland							DNS

^ "Athletics at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games: Women's Discus Throw". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
^ Danuta Rosani's results were deleted after she was disqualified for using anabolic steroids: the first case of such a disqualification in the sport at the Olympics. [1]