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Discus Throw, Women

Date	31 July – 1 August 1980
Status	Olympic
Location	Bolshaya arena, Tsentralny stadion imeni V.I. Lenina, Moskva
Participants	17 from 10 countries

The American-led boycott had absolutely no impact on the outcome of this event. After winning the 1976 gold medal in an upset, Evelin Jahl had become the top discus thrower in the world, winning the 1978 European Championships and setting two world records, one in 1978 and one earlier in 1980. But only a few weeks before Moskva, Bulgaria’s Mariya Petkova had broken Jahl’s record with 71.80 (235-6¾). Jahl took the lead in the second round with 69.76 (228-10½) and that would be good enough to win, although she improved to 69.96 (229-6½) in the next round. Petkova led after the first round with 67.68 (222-0¾), but was pushed back to second by Jahl’s second round throw, who held onto that position and improved in the final round with 67.90 (222-9¼) to seal the gold medal.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Qualifying	Final
1	116	Evelin Jahl	GDR	60.22 (8)	69.96 (1)	Gold	OR
2	37	Mariya Petkova	BUL	65.02 (2)	67.90 (2)	Silver
3	274	Tatyana Lesovaya	URS	62.20 (4)	67.40 (3)	Bronze
4	108	Gisela Beyer	GDR	62.86 (3)	67.08 (4)
5	130	Margitta Pufe	GDR	65.52 (1)	66.12 (5)
6	224	Florenţa Ţacu	ROU	60.40 (6)	64.38 (6)
7	279	Galina Murašova	URS	60.32 (7)	63.84 (7)
8	23	Svetla Bozhkova	BUL	60.84 (5)	63.14 (8)
9	100	Meg Ritchie	GBR	58.66 (10)	61.16 (9)
10	56	Carmen Romero	CUB	58.60 (11)	60.86 (10)
11	251	Zdeňka Bartoňová	TCH	59.48 (9)	57.78 (11)
12	152	Ágnes Herczegh	HUN	57.80 (12)	55.06 (12)
13 QR	53	María Betancourt	CUB	57.62 (13)	–
14 QR	148	Katalin Csőke	HUN	57.38 (14)	–
15 QR	5	Gael Mulhall	AUS	54.90 (15)	–
16 QR	277	Faina Melnik	URS	53.76 (16)	–
AC QR	190	Ludovina de Oliveira	MOZ	– (NM)	–
DNS	68	Ulla Lundholm	FIN	– (DNS)	–

Qualifying Round

Date	31 July 1980 — 10:00
Format	Top 12 and ties and all those reaching 60.00 metres advanced to the final round.

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Distance	Round #1 Distance	Round #2 Distance	Round #3 Distance
1	16	Margitta Pufe	GDR	65.52	65.52	p	p	Q
2	11	Mariya Petkova	BUL	65.02	65.02	p	p	Q
3	13	Gisela Beyer	GDR	62.86	62.86	p	p	Q
4	14	Tatyana Lesovaya	URS	62.20	62.20	p	p	Q
5	9	Svetla Bozhkova	BUL	60.84	58.96	60.84	p	Q
6	18	Florenţa Ţacu	ROU	60.40	60.40	p	p	Q
7	7	Galina Murašova	URS	60.32	54.56	60.32	p	Q
8	3	Evelin Jahl	GDR	60.22	57.86	60.22	p	Q
9	15	Zdeňka Bartoňová	TCH	59.48	x	59.48	57.78	q
10	4	Meg Ritchie	GBR	58.66	58.66	x	x	q
11	2	Carmen Romero	CUB	58.60	x	x	58.60	q
12	12	Ágnes Herczegh	HUN	57.80	57.80	53.74	56.86	q
13	5	María Betancourt	CUB	57.62	54.16	x	57.62
14	17	Katalin Csőke	HUN	57.38	x	56.84	57.38
15	8	Gael Mulhall	AUS	54.90	54.90	54.58	53.32
16	10	Faina Melnik	URS	53.76	51.64	53.76	x
NM	1	Ludovina de Oliveira	MOZ	–	x	x	x
DNS	6	Ulla Lundholm	FIN	–	–	–	–

Final Round

Date	1 August 1980 — 17:00

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Distance	Round #1 Distance	Round #2 Distance	Round #3 Distance	Round #4 Distance	Round #5 Distance	Round #6 Distance
1	2	Evelin Jahl	GDR	69.96	66.14	69.76	69.96	68.44	68.52	66.66	OR
2	10	Mariya Petkova	BUL	67.90	67.68	65.36	67.66	65.56	67.68	67.90
3	8	Tatyana Lesovaya	URS	67.40	64.12	x	65.72	64.84	67.40	66.20
4	4	Gisela Beyer	GDR	67.08	67.08	60.54	x	x	66.48	65.56
5	9	Margitta Pufe	GDR	66.12	51.72	64.84	61.24	58.70	x	66.12
6	6	Florenţa Ţacu	ROU	64.38	x	64.06	x	63.92	64.16	64.38
7	7	Galina Murašova	URS	63.84	61.36	61.46	63.84	x	63.02	x
8	5	Svetla Bozhkova	BUL	63.14	56.82	63.14	61.70	x	59.54	61.26
9	11	Meg Ritchie	GBR	61.16	x	60.72	61.16	–	–	–
10	12	Carmen Romero	CUB	60.86	60.86	59.44	60.06	–	–	–
11	3	Zdeňka Bartoňová	TCH	57.78	56.96	57.74	57.78	–	–	–
12	1	Ágnes Herczegh	HUN	55.06	x	55.06	x	–	–	–