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

Women's discus throw
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
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
	← 1992 2000 →

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.^[1]

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
	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

References

^ "Athletics at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Women's Discus Throw". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2018.

External links

[SR-1] "Athletics at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Women's Discus Throw". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2018.

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