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

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
Evelin Schlaak  East Germany Mariya Vergova  Bulgaria Gabriele Hinzmann  East Germany
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Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men
100 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	women
Road events
Marathon	men
20 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
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The Women's discus throw competition at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal was held on 28–29 July.^[1]

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

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

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