Women Discus Throw Athletics XIX Olympic Games Mexico 1968 - Friday 18.10

Women Discus Throw Athletics XIX Olympic Games Mexico 1968 - Friday 18.10 - Gold Medal: Lia Manoliu, Romania

Final		Distance	SO ?1.	2.	3.	4.	5.	6.
1. Lia Manoliu	Romania	58.28m OR	6.	58.28	X		X	46.82	X
2. Liesel Westermann	West Germany	57.76m	2.	54.02	57.76	X	55.78	X	X
3. Jolan Kleiber	Hungary	54.90m	7.	54.90	54.24	X	X	X	X
4. Anita Otto	East Germany	54.40m	1.	54.40	54.10	53.88	X	51.16	52.34
5. Antonina Popova	Soviet Union	53.42m	4.	53.42	53.12	51.40	52.60	52.86	X
6. Olga Connolly	United States	52.96m	15.	X	52.96	50.74	X	X	50.40
7. Christine Spielberg	East Germany	52.86m	5.	52.86	X	52.86	X	52.62	49.80
8. Brigitte Berendonk	West Germany	52.80m	9.	52.80	49.66	46.90	X	X	50.46
9. Liudmila Muravjeva	Soviet Union	52.26m		51.80	52.26	50.20
10.Karin Illgen	East Germany	52.18m		50.40	X	52.18
11.Judit Stugner	Hungary	52.08m		42.12	51.38	52.08
12.Namjilmaa Dashzeveg	Mongolia	50.76m		50.76	X	49.00
13.Olimpia Catarama	Romania	50.20m		X	47.50	50.20
14.Carol Moseke	United States	48.28m		48.28	44.78	44.04
15.Jean Roberts	Australia	46.26m		36.58	46.26	X
-. Judit Lendvai	Hungary	DNS
-. Josephine De la Vi�a	Philippines	DNS
-. Mary McNeil	Jamaica	DNS

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Competitors: 16; Countries: 9

The two Germanies laid claim to the world record in 1968 in the shape of Spielberg and Westermann, but both were vulnerable before the Games, with Manoliu having the best competitive record. The Romanian, in her fifth Olympics, won the gold medal with her first throw, and only Westermann, with her second round throw, was able to get within 3m. Berendonk later became well known in Germany for her 1991 book “Doping. Von der Forschung zum Betrug” about systematic doping violations in the GDR.

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Men 4x400m Relay
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Men Pole Vault
Men Long Jump	Women Long Jump
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Men Shot Put	Women Shot Put
Men Discus Throw	Women Discus Throw
Men Hammer Throw
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Men 20km Walk
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