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Discus Throw, Women

Date	3 – 5 September 1960
Status	Olympic
Location	Stadio Olimpico, Roma
Participants	24 from 15 countries

The 1958 European Champion was Tamara Press (URS) and she was favored. But 1952 champion Nina Romashkova-Ponomaryova pulled an upset to win the gold medal. The finals matched four athletes who had or would win discus gold medals – Press, Ponomaryova-Romashkova, Czech-American Olga Fikotová (1956 gold medalist – 7th), and Romania’s Lia Manoliu (1968 gold medalist – bronze). Manoliu led in Roma with 52.36 (171-9½) in round one, but Ponomaryova-Romashkova took the lead for good in round two with 52.42 (171-11¾). She improved to 53.39 (175-2) in round three, and to 54.42 (178-6½) in the final round. Press did win the shot put in Roma and one week later, would break the discus throw world record with 57.15 (187-6) at a post-Olympic meet in Roma.

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Qualifying	Final
1	176	Nina Romashkova-Ponomaryova	URS	53.68 (1)	55.10 (1)	Gold	OR
2	173	Tamara Press	URS	51.47 (3)	52.59 (2)	Silver
3	66	Lia Manoliu	ROU	48.57 (9)	52.36 (3)	Bronze
4	92	Kriemhild Hausmann	GER	50.86 (5)	51.47 (4)
5	177	Yevgeniya Kuznetsova	URS	49.36 (7)	51.43 (5)
6	129	Earlene Brown	USA	51.17 (4)	51.29 (6)
7	130	Olga Fikotová-Connolly	USA	48.32 (10)	50.95 (7)
8	40	Jiřina Němcová-Vobořilová	TCH	49.86 (6)	50.12 (8)
9	94	Irene Schuch	GER	52.22 (2)	49.86 (9)
10	20	Valerie Sloper	NZL	46.91 (12)	48.81 (10)
11	39	Štěpánka Mertová	TCH	49.34 (8)	48.28 (11)
12	105	Wivianne Bergh	SWE	47.02 (11)	43.96 (12)
13 r1/2	156	Kazimiera Rykowska	POL	46.75 (13)	–
14 r1/2	21	Jennifer Thompson	NZL	46.74 (14)	–
15 r1/2	187	Elivia Ricci	ITA	45.86 (15)	–
16 r1/2	25	Dorli Hofrichter	AUT	44.94 (16)	–
17 r1/2	107	Karen Inge Halkier	DEN	43.99 (17)	–
18 r1/2	112	Hiroko Uchida	JPN	43.78 (18)	–
19 r1/2	131	Pam Kurrell	USA	43.23 (19)	–
20 r1/2	186	Paola Paternoster	ITA	43.11 (20)	–
21 r1/2	201	Suzanne Allday	GBR	41.12 (21)	–
22 r1/2	102	Milena Čelesnik	YUG	30.84 (22)	–
AC r1/2	93	Doris Müller	GER	– (NM)	–
AC r1/2	14	Wu Jin-Yun	TPE	– (NM)	–
DNS	59	Judit Bognár	HUN	– (DNS)	–

Qualifying Round (3 September 1960 — 9:00)

Top 12 and ties and all those reaching 47.00 metres advanced to the final.

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Distance	R1	R2	R3
1	6	Nina Romashkova-Ponomaryova	URS	53.68	53.68	-	-	Q
2	25	Irene Schuch	GER	52.22	52.22	-	-	Q
3	20	Tamara Press	URS	51.47	51.47	-	-	Q
4	18	Earlene Brown	USA	51.17	42.43	51.17	-	Q
5	15	Kriemhild Hausmann	GER	50.86	50.86	-	-	Q
6	5	Jiřina Němcová-Vobořilová	TCH	49.86	49.86	-	-	Q
7	16	Yevgeniya Kuznetsova	URS	49.36	49.36	-	-	Q
8	19	Štěpánka Mertová	TCH	49.34	49.34	-	-	Q
9	1	Lia Manoliu	ROU	48.57	48.57	-	-	Q
10	23	Olga Fikotová-Connolly	USA	48.32	×	48.32	-	Q
11	12	Wivianne Bergh	SWE	47.02	×	44.29	47.02	Q
12	14	Valerie Sloper	NZL	46.91	46.91	45.79	42.80	q
13	8	Kazimiera Rykowska	POL	46.75	×	46.75	×
14	9	Jennifer Thompson	NZL	46.74	45.94	46.74	42.93
15	7	Elivia Ricci	ITA	45.86	45.86	×	45.78
16	11	Dorli Hofrichter	AUT	44.94	44.94	×	39.26
17	22	Karen Inge Halkier	DEN	43.99	41.06	42.02	43.99
18	4	Hiroko Uchida	JPN	43.78	×	43.78	×
19	13	Pam Kurrell	USA	43.23	43.23	40.35	42.34
20	10	Paola Paternoster	ITA	43.11	43.11	41.36	42.20
21	2	Suzanne Allday	GBR	41.12	×	×	41.12
22	3	Milena Čelesnik	YUG	30.84	×	30.84	×
NM	17	Doris Müller	GER	–	×	×	×
NM	24	Wu Jin-Yun	TPE	–	×	×	×
DNS	21	Judit Bognár	HUN	–	–	–	–

Final Round (5 September 1960 — 15:40)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Distance	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6
1	3	Nina Romashkova-Ponomaryova	URS	55.10	44.48	52.42	53.39	51.68	55.10	54.42	OR
2	10	Tamara Press	URS	52.59	51.64	46.82	×	50.92	×	52.59
3	1	Lia Manoliu	ROU	52.36	52.36	×	46.29	50.59	48.78	46.96
4	6	Kriemhild Hausmann	GER	51.47	51.47	×	45.30	47.40	48.12	46.38
5	7	Yevgeniya Kuznetsova	URS	51.43	51.43	51.39	50.96	49.69	50.62	51.25
6	8	Earlene Brown	USA	51.29	51.29	35.83	47.29	×	35.20	45.80
7	11	Olga Fikotová-Connolly	USA	50.95	50.95	47.46	48.82	–	–	–
8	2	Jiřina Němcová-Vobořilová	TCH	50.12	50.12	48.62	×	–	–	–
9	12	Irene Schuch	GER	49.86	49.86	49.42	×	–	–	–
10	5	Valerie Sloper	NZL	48.81	45.26	×	48.81	–	–	–
11	9	Štěpánka Mertová	TCH	48.28	48.28	46.62	38.51	–	–	–
12	4	Wivianne Bergh	SWE	43.96	42.70	43.76	43.96	–	–	–