Women Discus Throw Athletics XXII Olympic Games Moskva, Soviet Union 1980 - Friday, 1st August

Women Discus Throw Athletics XXII Olympic Games Moskva, Soviet Union 1980 - Friday, 1st August - Gold Medal: Evelin Jahl, East Germany

Final		Distance	SO	1.	2.	3.	4.	5.	6.
1. Evelin Jahl	East Germany	69.96m OR	2	66.14	69.76	69.96	68.44	68.52	66.66
2. Maria Petkova	Bulgaria	67.90m	10	67.68	65.36	67.66	65.56	67.68	67.90
3. Tatiana Lesovaia	Soviet Union	67.40m	8	64.12	X	65.72	64.84	67.40	66.20
4. Gisela Beyer	East Germany	67.08m	4	67.08	60.54	X	X	66.48	65.56
5. Margitta Pufe	East Germany	66.12m	9	51.72	64.84	61.24	58.70	X	66.12
6. Floren�a Tacu	Romania	64.38m	6	X	64.06	X	63.92	64.16	64.38
7. Galina Murashova	Soviet Union	63.84m	7	61.36	61.46	63.84	X	63.02	X
8. Svetla Bozhkova	Bulgaria	63.14m	5	56.82	63.14	61.70	X	59.54	61.26
9. Margaret Ritchie	Great Britain	61.16m		X	60.72	61.16
10.Carmen Romero	Cuba	60.86m		60.86	59.44	60.06
11.Zdena Bartonova	Czechoslovakia	57.78m		56.96	57.74	57.78
12.Agnes Herczeg	Hungary	55.06m		X	55.06	X

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Venue: Central Lenin Stadium, Luzhniki 100,000.

-- competitors from -- nations.

Petkova improved upon her Montreal 67.30 with 67.68 in the opening round to lead the final from Udo Beyer’s younger sister Gisela, who threw 67.08. Jahl, the reigning champion, justified her role of favourite with 69.76 in the second round. It was the first of four successive throws beyond the best of anyone else, which was 67.90 by Petkova in the last round. Lesovaya was close to the Bulgarian with her fifth round 67.40. Jahl’s best throw came in the third round, but her superiority was absolute; her six throws averaged 68.24.

Qualification - Thursday 31.07

Group 1		Distance	1.	2.	3.
1. Margitta Pufe	East Germany	65.52m	65.52
2. Maria Petkova	Bulgaria	65.02m	65.02
3. Gisela Beyer	East Germany	62.86m	62.86
4. Tatiana Lesovaia	Soviet Union	62.20m	62.20
5. Svetla Bozhkova	Bulgaria	60.84m	58.96	60.84
6. Floren�a Tacu	Romania	60.40m	60.40
7. Galina Murashova	Soviet Union	60.32m	54.56	60.32
8. Evelin Jahl	East Germany	60.22m	57.86	60.22
9. Zdena Bartonova	Czechoslovakia	59.48m	X	59.48	57.78
10.Margaret Ritchie	Great Britain	58.66m	58.66	X	X
11.Carmen Romero	Cuba	58.60m	X	X	58.60
12.Agnes Herczeg	Hungary	57.80m	57.80	53.74	56.86
eliminated
13.Maria Betancourt	Cuba	57.62m	54.16	X	57.62
14.Katalin Csoke	Hungary	57.38m	X	56.84	57.38
15.Gael Mulhall	Australia	54.90m	54.90	54.58	53.32
16.Faina Melnik	Soviet Union	53.76m	51.64	53.76	X
-. Ludovina de Oliveira	Mozambique	NM	X	X	X
-. Ulla Lundholm	Finland	DNS

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Moscow 1980 index

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Athletics Moscow 1980
Men 100m	Women 100m
Men 200m	Women 200m
Men 400m	Women 400m
Men 800m	Women 800m
Men 1500m	Women 1500m
Men 5000m
Men 10000m
Men Marathon
Men 110m Hurdles	Women 100m Hurdles
Men 400m Hurdles
Men 3000m Steeplechase
Men 4x100m Relay	Women 4x100m Relay
Men 4x400m Relay	Women 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 Pentathlon
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