European Athletics Championships 1962 / Women's discus throw
7th European Athletics Championships | |
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discipline | Women's discus throw |
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Stadion | Partizan Stadium |
Attendees | 18 athletes from 10 countries |
Competition phase | September 15 (qualification / final) |
Medalists | |
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Tamara Press ( URS )
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Doris Müller ( GER )
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Jolán Kontsek ( HUN )
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The women's discus throw at the European Athletics Championships in 1962 was held on September 15, 1962 in Belgrade's Partizan Stadium .
The European champion was the defending champion, Olympic runner-up in 1960 and world record holder Tamara Press , who won her second gold at these European championships after the shot put . She won ahead of the GDR thrower Doris Müller . Bronze went to the Hungarian Jolán Kontsek .
Records
Existing records
World record | 58.98 m |
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London , UK | 20th September 1961 |
European record | ||||
Championship record | 52.31 m | EM in Stockholm , Sweden | August 22, 1958 |
Record improvement
European champion Tamara Press improved her own EM record in the final on September 15 by 4.60 m to 56.91 m.
qualification
September 15, 1962, 9:00 a.m.
The eighteen participants took part in a joint qualifying round. The qualification distance for direct entry into the final was 48.00 m. Since exactly twelve athletes exceeded this mark (highlighted in light blue), the final field was not filled any further.
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space | Surname | nation | Width (m) |
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1 | Tamara Press |
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51.27 |
2 | Kriemhild Limberg |
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50.70 |
3 | Nina Ponomaryova |
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50.16 |
4th | Jolán Kontsek |
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49.74 |
5 | Štěpánka Mertová |
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49.56 SB |
6th | Doris Müller |
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49.21 |
7th | Jiřina Němcová |
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48.92 |
8th | Wirginia Mikhailova |
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48.67 SB |
9 | Zyta Mojek |
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48.46 PB |
10 | Antonina Solotuchina |
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48.28 |
11 | Judit Bognár |
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48.26 SB |
12 | Kazimiera Rykowska |
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48.40 PB |
13 | Dorli court judge |
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45.80 SB |
14th | Lia Manoliu |
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45.02 SB |
15th | Suzanne Allday |
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43.66 SB |
16 | Sofia Leriou |
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41.25 PB |
17th | Vanya Weleva |
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39.88 PB |
NM | Hella Ulbricht |
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final
September 15, 1962, 3:30 p.m.
space | Surname | nation | Width (m) |
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1 | Tamara Press |
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56.91 CR |
2 | Doris Müller |
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53.60 PB |
3 | Jolán Kontsek |
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52.82 PB |
4th | Antonina Solotuchina |
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51.78 SB |
5 | Jiřina Němcová |
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51.58 SB |
6th | Nina Ponomaryova |
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51.03 SB |
7th | Kriemhild Limberg |
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50.16 |
8th | Štěpánka Mertová |
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49.15 |
9 | Kazimiera Rykowska |
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48.00 |
10 | Wirginia Mikhailova |
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47.91 |
11 | Zyta Mojek |
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47.61 |
12 | Judit Bognár |
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47.12 |
European champion Tamara Press had the following series in the final; 49.85 m / 56.91 m / 50.09 m / x / 56.47 m / 54.88 m
Third European Championship title for Tamara Press - world record holder and Olympic runner-up in 1960 - in the disciplines of the shot put and discus throw
Web links
- European Athletics Championships - Beograd 1962 at european-athletics.org, accessed on May 18, 2019
- Women Discus Throw European Championship 1962 Beograd on todor66.com, accessed May 18, 2019
- European Athletics Championships Zurich 2014 - Statistics Handbook , Women Discus Throw European Championship 1962 Beograd, p. 396f (PDF, 13,363 kB), in English at european-athletics.org, accessed on May 18, 2019
- Track and Field Statistics, EM 1962 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed on May 18, 2019
- Results of all European Athletics Championships - 1962, discus throw women on sportschau.de, accessed on May 18, 2019
- 7th European Athletics Championships 1962 in Belgrade, Yugoslavia from ifosta.de, accessed on May 18, 2019
References and comments
- ↑ IAAF world records. Discus throw women , accessed on May 18, 2019