Women Discus Throw Athletics XXVI Olympic Games Atlanta, United States 1996 - 29th July

Women Discus Throw Athletics XXVI Olympic Games Atlanta, United States 1996 - 29th July - Gold Medal: Ilke Wyludda, Germany

Final		Distance	SO	1.	2.	3.	4.	5.	6.	age
1. Ilke Wyludda	Germany	69.66m	6.	68.02	69.66	66.70	67.86	67.34	X	27
2. Natalya Sadova	Russia	66.48m	2.	62.04	65.66	63.34	66.48	65.72	65.82	24
3. Elyna Zvereva	Belarus	65.64m	10.	63.96	65.64	65.64	63.02	64.10	64.84	35
4. Franka Dietzsch	Germany	65.48m	5.	64.22	65.48	63.90	63.56	X	X	28
5. Yanling Xiao	China	64.72m	7.	56.90	63.34	63.72	60.86	64.72	X	28
6. Olga Chernyavskaya	Russia	64.70m	8.	64.70	64.06	X	64.20	61.40	X	32
7. Nicole Grasu	Romania	63.28m	4.	61.12	63.28	X	59.92	62.78	63.26	24
8. Lisa-Marie Vizaniari	Australia	62.48m	12.	62.48	X	59.62	60.32	X	59.96	24
9. Mette Bergmann	Norway	62.28m		59.48	X	62.28				33
10.Teresa Machado	Portugal	61.38m		61.38	60.48	60.02				26
11.Anja Guendler	Germany	61.16m		61.16	60.76	59.48				24
12.Ira Yatchenko	Belarus	60.46m		X	57.76	60.46				30

world Women Discus Throw History

Venue: Centennial Olympic Stadium, Atlanta. Capp.: 85,000.

39 competitors from 24 nations.

Two European titles and undefeated seasons in 1989-90 could not mask the fact that Wyludda had never fulfilled her potential at the global level. Her only Olympic appearance had been a lowly ninth in Barcelona and she had twice won world silvers after being the gold medal favourite. Atlanta made up for this, as she reached 66.78 in the qualifying, and then produced five throws in the final beyond the best of the opposition. Her opening throw of 68.02 effectively quelled the other throwers, and she then boomed the winner of 69.66 in the second round. Her winning margin of 3.18m was only 2cm less than the difference between second and seventh. Sadova was nevertheless a solid second, with four throws better than bronze medallist Zvereva.

Qualification - 28th July

Mark 62.00m. 12 Athletes passed the Mark and advnced to Final.

Group A		Distance	1.	2.	3.
1. Ilke Wyludda	Germany	66.78m	66.78
2. Olga Chernyavskaya	Russia	63.02m	60.36	59.62	63.02
3. Nicole Grasu	Romania	63.00m	63.00
4. Elyna Zvereva	Belarus	62.74m	61.86	62.74
5. Teresa Machado	Portugal	62.02m	59.14	62.02
6. Daniela Costian	Australia	61.66m	61.66	X	61.24
7. Maritza Marten	Cuba	60.08m	59.70	57.80	60.08
8. Atanaska Angelova	Bulgaria	59.82m	59.82	X	X
9. Anastasia Kelesidou	Greece	59.60m	59.60	58.44	58.56
10.Zdenka Silhava	Czechia	59.24m	59.24	57.98	57.14
11.Katerina Vogoli	Greece	58.70m	58.24	55.48	58.70
12.Renata Katewicz	Poland	58.24m	X	X	58.24
13.Monia Kari	Tunisia	58.02m	X	53.02	58.02
14.Lacy Barnes Mileham	United States	57.48m	X	57.48	56.32
15.Agnese Maffeis	Italy	56.54m	X	X	56.54
16.Aretha Hill	United States	56.04m	56.04	55.20	55.14
17.Liliana Martinelli	Argentina	55.68m	51.46	55.68	X
18.Corrie de Bruin	Netherlands	55.48m	X	X	55.48
19.Lyudmila Filimonova	Belarus	53.30m	X	53.30	X
20.Oumou Traore	Mali	39.70m	X	39.70	37.16

Group B		Distance	1.	2.	3.
1. Yanling Xiao	China	65.10m	59.56	59. 60	65.10
2. Franka Dietzsch	Germany	63.94m	63.94
3. Anja Guendler	Germany	63.80m	53.10	61.72	63.80
4. Lisa Marie Vizaniari	Australia	63.00m	63.00
5. Natalya Sadova	Russia	62.28m	59.50	61.36	62.28
6. Mette Bergmann	Norway	62.24m	59.60	62.24
7. Ira Yatchenko	Belarus	62.04m	59.60	62.04
8. Barbara Hechevarria	Cuba	61.98m	56.74	61.38	61.98
9. Alice Matejkova	Czechia	60.72m	60.72	59.40	X
10.Jacqui Mckernan	Great Britain	58.88m	53.74	58.88	57.60
11.Jacqueline Goormachtigh	Netherlands	58.74m	55.70	56.94	58.74
12.Beatrice Faumuina	New Zealand	58.40m	57.30	X	58.40
13.Valentina Ivanova	Russia	58.38m	58.30	58.38	58.32
14.Eha Runne	Estonia	58.24m	X	X	58.24
15.Cristina Boit	Romania	58.10m	58.10	X	X
16.Olena Antonova	Ukraine	57.92m	57.56	57.92	54.82
17.Stella Tsikouna	Greece	56.66m	X	53. 62	56.66
18.Suzy Powell	United States	56.24m	55.06	56.24	53.98
19.Isabelle Devaluez	France	55.08m	55.08	X	53.92

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Atlanta 1996 index

Athletics Los Angeles 1996
Men 100m	Women 100m
Men 200m	Women 200m
Men 400m	Women 400m
Men 800m	Women 800m
Men 1500m	Women 1500m
Men 5000m	Women 5000m
Men 10000m	Women 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	Women 4x400m Relay
Men High Jump	Women High Jump
Men Pole Vault
Men Long Jump	Women Long Jump
Men Triple Jump	Women 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	Women 10km Walk
Men 50km Walk
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Men Decathlon	Women Heptathlon
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