Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Women's discus throw

Women's discus throw at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
Venue	Estadio Olímpico Universitario
Date	October 18
Competitors	15 from 8 nations
Winning distance	58.28 OR
Medalists
Lia Manoliu   Romania   Liesel Westermann   West Germany   Jolán Kleiber-Kontsek   Hungary

Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men
80 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
Road events
Marathon		men
20 km walk		men
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Combined events
Pentathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The Women's discus throw competition at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico took place on October 18.

Competition format

The competition consisted of a single final round. Each athlete is allowed three throws, with the top eight athletes after that point being given three further attempts.

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.

World record	Liesel Westermann (FRG)	62.54 m	Werdohl, West Germany	August 24, 1968
Olympic record	Tamara Press (URS)	57.27 m	Tokyo, Japan	October 19, 1964

Results

Rank	Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
01 !	Manoliu, LiaLia Manoliu	Romania	58.28	X	–	X	46.82	X	58.28	OR
02 !	Westermann, LieselLiesel Westermann	West Germany	54.02	57.76	X	55.78	X	X	57.76
03 !	Kleiber-Kontsek, JolánJolán Kleiber-Kontsek	Hungary	54.90	54.24	X	X	X	X	54.90
04 !4	Otto, AnitaAnita Otto	East Germany	54.40	54.10	53.88	X	51.16	52.34	54.40
05 !5	Popova, AntoninaAntonina Popova	Soviet Union	53.42	53.12	51.40	52.60	52.86	X	53.42
06 !6	Fikotová, OlgaOlga Fikotová	United States	X	52.96	50.74	X	X	50.40	52.96
07 !7	Spielberg, ChristineChristine Spielberg	East Germany	52.86	X	52.86	X	52.62	49.80	52.86
08 !8	Berendonk, BrigitteBrigitte Berendonk	West Germany	52.80	49.66	46.90	X	X	50.46	52.80
09 !9	Muravyova, LyudmilaLyudmila Muravyova	Soviet Union	51.80	52.26	50.20	N/A			52.26
10	Illgen, KarinKarin Illgen	East Germany	50.40	X	52.18	N/A			52.18
11	Stugner, JuditJudit Stugner	Hungary	42.12	51.38	52.08	N/A			52.08
12	Namjilmaa, DashzevgiinDashzevgiin Namjilmaa	Mongolia	50.76	X	49.00	N/A			50.76
13	Cataramă, OlimpiaOlimpia Cataramă	Romania	X	47.50	50.20	N/A			50.20
14	Moseke, CarolCarol Moseke	United States	48.28	44.78	44.04	N/A			48.28
15	Roberts, JeanJean Roberts	Australia	36.56	46.26	X	N/A			46.26

References

• Official Olympic Report, la84foundation.org. Retrieved August 16, 2012.