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Discus Throw, Women

Date	19 October 1964
Status	Olympic
Location	Kokuritsu Kyogijo, Shinjuku, Tokyo
Participants	21 from 15 countries

Tamara Press (URS) had won the European Championships in 1958 and 1962 and had been favored in 1960, settling for a silver medal. Since the 1960 Olympics, she had broken the world record five times. Germany’s Ingrid Lotz was not highly considered prior to the Olympics but she took the lead in the first round with 57.21 (187-8½). After four rounds she led and Press was in fourth place, but Press threw 57.27 (187-10¾) in the penultimate round to win the gold medal in a very close competition. Romania’s Lia Manoliu won the bronze medal, only 30 centimetres back of Press.

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Qualifying	Final
1	208	Tamara Press	URS	50.28 (13)	57.27 (1)	Gold	OR
2	94	Ingrid Lotz	GER	54.82 (2)	57.21 (2)	Silver	OR
3	176	Lia Manoliu	ROU	53.64 (4)	56.97 (3)	Bronze
4	26	Virzhiniya Mihaylova	BUL	54.94 (1)	56.70 (4)
5	210	Yevgeniya Kuznetsova	URS	52.44 (7)	55.17 (5)
6	110	Jolán Kleiber-Kontsek	HUN	52.35 (8)	54.87 (6)
7	95	Kriemhild Limberg-Hausmann	GER	54.54 (3)	53.81 (7)
8	177	Olimpia Cataramă	ROU	53.20 (5)	53.08 (8)
9	36	Jiřina Němcová-Vobořilová	TCH	50.64 (12)	52.80 (9)
10	111	Judit Stugner	HUN	52.30 (9)	52.52 (10)
11	211	Nina Romashkova-Ponomaryova	URS	50.18 (14)	52.48 (11)
12	233	Olga Fikotová-Connolly	USA	53.17 (6)	51.58 (12)
13	152	Valerie Young	NZL	51.94 (10)	49.59 (13)
14	93	Doris Lorenz-Müller	GER	51.58 (11)	45.63 (14)
15 r1/2	32	Nancy McCredie	CAN	47.27 (15)	–
16 r1/2	251	Hiroko Yokoyama	JPN	47.18 (16)	–
17 r1/2	136	Dashzevgiin Namjilmaa	MGL	44.55 (17)	–
18 r1/2	164	Josephine de la Viña	PHI	42.27 (18)	–
19 r1/2	188	Pranee Kitipongpitaya	THA	38.73 (19)	–
20 r1/2	131	Park Yeong-Suk	KOR	37.50 (20)	–
21 r1/2	118	Juliette Geverkof	IRI	30.05 (21)	–
DNS	109	Judit Bognár	HUN	– (DNS)	–

Qualifying Round (19 October 1964 — 10:00)

Top 12 and ties and all those reaching 50.00 metres advanced to the final.

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Distance	R1	R2	R3
1	18	Virzhiniya Mihaylova	BUL	54.94	54.94	-	-	Q
2	11	Ingrid Lotz	GER	54.82	48.38	54.82	-	Q
3	17	Kriemhild Limberg-Hausmann	GER	54.54	46.59	48.63	54.54	Q
4	6	Lia Manoliu	ROU	53.64	47.80	53.64	-	Q
5	20	Olimpia Cataramă	ROU	53.20	46.96	53.20	-	Q
6	12	Olga Fikotová-Connolly	USA	53.17	49.99	53.17	-	Q
7	5	Yevgeniya Kuznetsova	URS	52.44	49.40	52.44	-	Q
8	21	Jolán Kleiber-Kontsek	HUN	52.35	52.35	-	-	Q
9	4	Judit Stugner	HUN	52.30	48.96	48.49	52.30	Q
10	3	Valerie Young	NZL	51.94	48.01	51.94	-	Q
11	2	Doris Lorenz-Müller	GER	51.58	51.58	-	-	Q
12	1	Jiřina Němcová-Vobořilová	TCH	50.64	50.64	-	-	Q
13	15	Tamara Press	URS	50.28	50.28	-	-	Q
14	22	Nina Romashkova-Ponomaryova	URS	50.18	44.69	44.89	50.18	Q
15	7	Nancy McCredie	CAN	47.27	44.91	47.27	44.75
16	10	Hiroko Yokoyama	JPN	47.18	46.19	47.18	34.48
17	19	Dashzevgiin Namjilmaa	MGL	44.55	43.37	40.26	44.55
18	9	Josephine de la Viña	PHI	42.27	40.05	42.27	41.71
19	8	Pranee Kitipongpitaya	THA	38.73	36.21	38.73	34.20
20	13	Park Yeong-Suk	KOR	37.50	37.50	33.27	34.97
21	16	Juliette Geverkof	IRI	30.05	×	30.05	×
DNS	14	Judit Bognár	HUN	–	–	–	–

Final Round (19 October 1964 — 14:30)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Distance	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6
1	14	Tamara Press	URS	57.27	×	55.38	50.58	55.23	57.27	56.08	OR	1
2	8	Ingrid Lotz	GER	57.21	57.21	×	55.41	×	54.59	54.74	OR
3	3	Lia Manoliu	ROU	56.97	55.90	×	×	56.09	56.97	×
4	5	Virzhiniya Mihaylova	BUL	56.70	47.38	56.56	52.19	56.70	55.77	55.54
5	1	Yevgeniya Kuznetsova	URS	55.17	55.17	53.58	×	×	×	53.80
6	4	Jolán Kleiber-Kontsek	HUN	54.87	54.46	53.05	53.51	53.14	54.87	51.69
7	2	Kriemhild Limberg-Hausmann	GER	53.81	48.35	53.81	53.02	–	–	–
8	7	Olimpia Cataramă	ROU	53.08	53.08	49.99	51.28	–	–	–
9	9	Jiřina Němcová-Vobořilová	TCH	52.80	49.06	52.80	51.13	–	–	–
10	13	Judit Stugner	HUN	52.52	50.88	50.47	52.52	–	–	–
11	12	Nina Romashkova-Ponomaryova	URS	52.48	52.15	51.12	52.48	–	–	–
12	11	Olga Fikotová-Connolly	USA	51.58	51.21	×	51.58	–	–	–
13	6	Valerie Young	NZL	49.59	48.93	46.17	49.59	–	–	–
14	10	Doris Lorenz-Müller	GER	45.63	×	×	45.63	–	–	–