Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's discus throw

These are the official results of the Women's Discus Throw event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There were a total number of 39 competitors, with the qualification round mark set at 62.00 metres.

Women's discus throw at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Pictogram for athletics
Venue	Centennial Olympic Stadium
Date	28 July 1996 (qualifications) 29 July 1996 (finals)
Competitors	39 from 25 nations
Winning distance	69.66
Medalists
Ilke Wyludda  Germany Natalya Sadova  Russia Ellina Zvereva  Belarus

Medalists

Gold	Ilke Wyludda  Germany
Silver	Natalya Sadova  Russia
Bronze	Ellina Zvereva  Belarus

Results

Qualification

Qualification Rules: Qualifying performance 62.00 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the Final.

Rank	Group	Athlete	Nation	#1	#2	#3	Result	Notes
1	A	Ilke Wyludda	Germany	66.78			66.78	Q
2	B	Xiao Yanling	China	59.56	59.60	65.10	65.10	Q
3	B	Franka Dietzsch	Germany	63.94			63.94	Q
4	B	Anja Gündler	Germany	53.10	61.72	63.80	63.80	Q
5	A	Olga Chernyavskaya	Russia	60.36	59.62	63.02	63.02	Q
6	A	Nicole Grasu	Romania	63.00			63.00	Q
6	B	Lisa-Marie Vizaniari	Australia	63.00			63.00	Q
8	A	Ellina Zvereva	Belarus	61.86	62.74		62.74	Q
9	B	Natalya Sadova	Russia	59.50	61.36	62.28	62.28	Q
10	B	Mette Bergmann	Norway	59.60	62.24		62.24	Q
11	B	Ira Yatchenko	Belarus	59.60	62.04		62.04	Q
12	A	Teresa Machado	Portugal	59.14	62.02		62.02	Q
13	B	Bárbara Hechavarría	Cuba	56.74	61.38	61.98	61.98
14	A	Daniela Costian	Australia	61.66	x	61.24	61.66
15	B	Alice Matejková	Czech Republic	60.72	59.40	x	60.72
16	A	Maritza Martén	Cuba	59.70	57.80	60.08	60.08
17	A	Atanaska Angelova	Bulgaria	59.82	x	x	59.82
18	A	Anastasia Kelesidou	Greece	59.60	58.44	58.56	59.60
19	A	Zdeňka Šilhavá	Czech Republic	59.24	57.98	57.14	59.24
20	B	Jacqui McKernan	Great Britain	53.74	58.88	57.60	58.88
21	B	Jacqueline Goormachtigh	Netherlands	55.70	56.94	58.74	58.74
22	A	Ekaterini Voggoli	Greece	58.24	55.48	58.70	58.70
23	B	Beatrice Faumuina	New Zealand	57.30	x	58.40	58.40
24	B	Valentina Ivanova	Russia	58.30	58.38	58.32	58.38
25	A	Renata Katewicz	Poland	x	x	58.24	58.24
25	B	Eha Rünne	Estonia	x	x	58.24	58.24
27	B	Cristina Boit	Romania	58.10	x	x	58.10
28	A	Monia Kari	Tunisia	x	53.02	58.02	58.02
29	B	Olena Antonova	Ukraine	57.56	57.92	54.82	57.92
30	A	Lacy Barnes-Mileham	United States	x	57.48	56.32	57.48
31	B	Stella Tsikouna	Greece	x	53.62	56.66	56.66
32	A	Agnese Maffeis	Italy	x	x	56.54	56.54
33	B	Suzy Powell	United States	55.06	56.24	53.98	56.24
34	A	Aretha Hill	United States	56.04	55.20	55.14	56.04
35	A	Liliana Martinelli	Argentina	51.46	55.68	x	55.68
36	A	Corrie de Bruin	Netherlands	x	x	55.48	55.48
37	B	Isabelle Devaluez	France	55.08	x	53.92	55.08
38	A	Lyudmila Filimonova	Belarus	x	53.30	x	53.30
39	A	Oumou Traoré	Mali	x	39.70	37.16	39.70

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nation	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Ilke Wyludda	Germany	68.02	69.66	66.70	67.86	67.34	x	69.66
	Natalya Sadova	Russia	62.04	65.66	63.34	66.48	65.72	65.82	66.48
	Ellina Zvereva	Belarus	63.96	65.64	65.64	63.02	64.10	64.84	65.64
4	Franka Dietzsch	Germany	64.22	65.48	63.90	63.56	x	x	65.48
5	Xiao Yanling	China	56.90	63.34	63.72	60.86	64.72	x	64.72
6	Olga Chernyavskaya	Russia	64.70	64.06	x	64.20	61.40	x	64.70
7	Nicole Grasu	Romania	61.12	63.28	x	59.92	62.78	63.26	63.28
8	Lisa-Marie Vizaniari	Australia	62.48	x	59.62	60.32	x	59.96	62.48
9	Mette Bergmann	Norway	59.48	x	62.28				62.28
10	Teresa Machado	Portugal	61.38	60.48	60.02				61.38
11	Anja Gündler	Germany	61.16	60.76	59.48				61.16
12	Ira Yatchenko	Belarus	x	57.76	60.46				60.46

See also

• 1995 Women's World Championships Discus Throw
• 1997 Women's World Championships Discus Throw

External links

• Official Report
• Results