Women Discus Throw Athletics XXIII Olympic Games Los Angeles, United States 1984 - 11th August

Women Discus Throw Athletics XXIII Olympic Games Los Angeles, United States 1984 - 11th August - Gold Medal: Ria Stalman, Netherlands

Final		Distance	SO	1.	2.	3.	4.	5.	6.
1. Ria Stalman	Netherlands	64.50m	5	64.50	61.16	63.70	64.28	63.64	65.36
2. Leslie Deniz	United States	64.86m	2	62.46	X	63.36	62.60	64.86	X
3. Florența Crăciunescu	Romania	63.64m	4	60.68	61.42	62.96	62.08	63.64	X
4. Ulla Lundholm	Finland	62.84m	1	62.84	X	54.92	55.94	59.72	54.04
5. Meg Ritchie	Great Britain	62.58m	6	X	55.36	57.66	61.76	62.58	60.40
6. Ingra Manecke	West Germany	58.56m	12	51.66	56.22	X	53.20	X	58.56
7. Venissa Head	Great Britain	58.18m	11	X	55.56	58.18	X	55.84	55.88
8. Gael Martin	Australia	55.88m	8	55.88	55.38	54.34	54.94	55.70	53.08
9. Patricia Walsh	Ireland	55.38m	3	55.38	51.70	53.32
10.Laura De Snoo	United States	54.84m	7	53.74	54.84	53.88
11.Jiao Yunxiang	China	53.32m	10	X	53.32	X
12.Lorna Griffin	United States	50.16m	9	X	50.16	X

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Venue: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 93,607.

17 competitors from 14 nations.

Qualification

Stalman was favourite to win, and she went to the front in round 1 with 64.50. The surprise occurred in round 5 when Deniz threw close to her US record with 64.86 to move ahead. Stalman reacted well, launching the winning throw in the last round. To put the event in perspective, the “Druzhba” meeting in Prague saw Meszynski (GDR) throw a world record 73.36, as seven throwers threw beyond 66m. In January 2016 on the Dutch television programme “Andere Tijden Sport” (Other Times Sports), Stalman admitted to taking steroids at the time of her career when she won Olympic gold. Referring to Eastern European women who were throwing fifteen metres further, she said “If you can not beat them, join them. And I did... I could do it without risk during training because there were no out- of-competition controls.”

Qualifying 10.08

Mark 55.00m 8 Athletes passed the Mark. Next 4 were added to Final.

Group A		Distance	SO	1.	2.	3.
1. Ria Stalman	Netherlands	58.28m	4	58.28
2. Florenţa Crăciunescu	Romania	57.84m	3	X	57.84
3. Ulla Lundholm	Finland	56.44m	9	56.44
4. Leslie Deniz	United States	56.24m	2	56.24
5. Gael Martin	Australia	55.38m	6	55.38
6. Venissa Head	Great Britain	55.24m	5	48.92	55.24
7. Jiao Yunxiang	China	54.70m	7	54.70	53.42	53.38
8. Mariette Van Heerden	Zimbabwe	50.54m	8	45.74	50.54	50.52
9. Marlene Lewis	Jamaica	49.00m	1	46.26	49.00	X

Group A		Distance	SO	1.	2.	3.
1. Ingra Manecke	West Germany	56.20m	1	56.20
2. Meg Ritchie	Great Britain	56.00m	6	50.20	56.00
3. Patricia Walsh	Ireland	54.42m	8	52.54	X	54.42
4. Laura De Snoo	United States	53.76m	3	53.14	53.76	51.40
5. Lorna Griffin	United States	53.34m	7	53.16	X	53.34
6. Carmen Ionesco	Canada	52.28m	5	X	52.28	X
7. Agathe Ngo Nack	Cameroon	38.32m	4	X	38.32	X
8. Christine Bechard	Mauritius	37.94m	2	X	37.94	37.54

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Los Angeles 1984 index

Athletics Los Angeles 1984
Men 100m	Women 100m
Men 200m	Women 200m
Men 400m	Women 400m
Men 800m	Women 800m
Men 1500m	Women 1500m
Men 5000m	Women 3000m
Men 10000m
Men Marathon	Women Marathon
Men 110m Hurdles	Women 100m Hurdles
Men 400m Hurdles	Women 400m Hurdles
Men 3000m Steeplechase
Men 4x100m Relay	Women 4x100m Relay
Men 4x400m Relay	Men 4x400m Relay
Men High Jump	Women High Jump
Men Pole Vault
Men Long Jump	Women Long Jump
Men Triple Jump
Men Shot Put	Women Shot Put
Men Discus Throw	Women Discus Throw
Men Hammer Throw
Men Javelin Throw	Women Javelin Throw
Men 20km Walk
Men 50km Walk
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Men Decathlon	Women Heptathlon
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