Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Women's discus throw (original) (raw)
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| Women's discus throwat the Games of the XXII Olympiad | |
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 Pictogram for athletics |
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| Venue | Lenin Central Stadium |
| Date | 31 July 1980 (qualifications)1 August 1980 (finals) |
| Competitors | 18 from 11 nations |
| Winning distance | 69.96 |
| Medalists | |
 Evelin Jahl East Germany Mariya Petkova Bulgaria Tatyana Lesovaya Soviet Union |
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| ← 19761984 → |
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]
| Standing records prior to the 1980 Summer Olympics | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record |  Mariya Petkova (BUL) |
71.80 m | July 13, 1980 | Sofia, Bulgaria |
| Olympic record |  Evelin Schlaak (GDR) |
69.00 m | July 29, 1976 |  Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Broken records during the 1980 Summer Olympics | ||||
| Olympic record | Evelin Jahl (GDR) |
69.96 m | August 1, 1980 |  Moscow, Soviet Union |
| RANK | FINAL | DISTANCE |
|---|---|---|
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Evelin Jahl (GDR) |
69.96 m |
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Mariya Petkova (BUL) |
67.90 m |
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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 |
- 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 |
- 1976 Women's Olympic Discus Throw (Montreal)
- 1978 Women's European Championships Discus Throw (Prague)
- 1982 Women's European Championships Discus Throw (Athens)
- 1983 Women's World Championships Discus Throw (Helsinki)
- 1984 Women's Olympic Discus Throw (Los Angeles)
- 1986 Women's European Championships Discus Throw (Stuttgart)
- 1987 Women's World Championships Discus Throw (Rome)
- ^ "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.