Women Discus Athletics III World Championship 1991 Tokyo (JPN) - Saturday 31.08 - Gold Medal: Tsvetanka Khristova, Bulgaria
Final 18:10Distance1.2.3.4.5.6.
1. Tsvetanka KhristovaBULBUL71.02m61.1664.2062.82X66.9671.02
2. Ilke WyluddaGERGER69.12m67.1068.7866.3469.0069.12X
3. Larisa MikhalchenkoURSURS68.26m66.2067.3067.4667.1267.9668.26
4. Martina Opitz-HellmannGERGER67.14m65.3266.2867.1465.80X66.56
5. Daniela CostianAUSAUS66.06m64.32X65.56X66.06X
6. Chunfeng MinCHNCHN65.56m63.7664.7062.3265.5663.8864.30
7. Irina YatchenkoURSURS64.92m63.8463.86X64.9260.7662.24
8. Yonghua ZhaoCHNCHN63.62m60.9463.6261.28X60.84X
9. Ellina ZverevaURSURS63.22m
10.Maritza MartenCUBCUB62.40m
11.Yanling XiaoCHNCHN61.20m
12.Barbara HechavarriaCUBCUB60.62m

Women Discus Throw - History

The day after Carl Lewis’s long jump defeat there was another shock when Ilke Wyludda – the winner of her previous 40 contests – was beaten. Not that the German performed badly. She threw season’s bests in the fourth (69.00) and fifth rounds (69.12) to establish a commanding lead. Earlier in the fifth round, the pony-tailed Khristova had improved from seventh to third with 66.96, pushing defending champion Hellmann out of the medals.
The Bulgarian really clicked in round 6. Taking two turns, she propelled the discus clearly past the 70m line. To avoid defeat, the German needed to throw further than she had for the past 15 months. She waited until after the women’s high jump ceremony to take her chance, but fell short of 70m and deliberately fouled.
“I had a certain degree of confidence I could win a medal, but I didn’t expect such a long throw as 71 metres,” said Khristova. “Wyludda must be surprised.”
Khristova served a four-year doping suspension from 1993. Sadly, she died at age 46 in 2008 from lung cancer and bronchopneumonia.

Qualification - Thursday 29.08 19:00

Mark 62.00m - 5 athletes passed and next 7 were added to Final.
Group ADistanceRk.
1. Ilke WyluddaGERGER67.72m1.
2. Daniela CostianAUSAUS62.74m5.
3. Maritza MartenCUBCUB60.88m8.
4. Irina YatchenkoURSURS60.38m10.
5. Yonghua ZhaoCHNCHN59.80m11.
6. Franka DietzschGERGER59.16m13.
7. Stefania SimovaBULBUL58.10m15.
8. Lacy Barnes-MilehamUSAUSA56.84m17.
9. Agnese MaffeisITAITA56.36m19.
10.Mette BergmannNORNOR55.78m20.
11.Teresa MachadoPORPOR53.64m24.
12.Alice MatejkovaTCHTCH53.22m25.
13.Ikuko KitamoriJPNJPN48.52m27.
14.Maria ObandoNCANCA41.78m29.
-. Hanane Ahmed KhaledEGYEGYDNS
Group BDistanceRk.
1. Tsvetanka KhristovaBULBUL67.10m2.
2. Martina Opitz-HellmannGERGER65.26m3.
3. Larisa MikhalchenkoURSURS64.68m4.
4. Ellina ZverevaURSURS61.86m6.
5. Yanling XiaoCHNCHN61.68m7.
6. Barbara HechavarriaCUBCUB60.86m9.
7. Chunfeng MinCHNCHN59.42m12.
8. Vladimira Malatova-RackovaTCHTCH58.38m14.
9. Marie-Paule GeldhofBELBEL57.26m16.
10.Carla GarrettUSAUSA56.62m18.
11.Jackie McKernanGBRGBR55.64m21.
12.Manuela TirneciROMROM55.62m22.
13.Penny NeerUSAUSA54.26m23.
14.Angeles BarreiroESPESP51.24m26.
15.Wilna BredenhannNAMNAM43.60m28.
16.Hughette RobertsonGUYGUY34.52m30.
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