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]

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and olympic records were as follows.

World record	Faina Melnik (URS)	70.52 m.	Sochi, Soviet Union	June 24, 1976
Olympic record	Faina Melnik (URS)	66.62 m.	Munich, West Germany	September 10, 1972

This following new Olympic record was set during the competition

Date	Athlete	Country	Distance	OR	WR	July 29	Evelin Schlaak	69.00 m.	OR

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]