European Athletics Championships 1982 / Women's discus throw
13th European Athletics Championships | |
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discipline | Women's discus throw |
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Stadion | Athens Olympic Stadium |
Participants | 16 athletes from 11 countries |
Competition phase | September 8th |
Medalists | |
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Tsvetanka Christowa ( BUL )
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Marija Petkowa ( BUL )
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Galina Savinkova ( URS )
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The Olympic Stadium of Athens in 2017
The women's discus throw at the 1982 European Athletics Championships was held on September 8, 1982 in the Olympic Stadium in Athens .
In this competition, the Bulgarian discus throwers won a double victory. Zwetanka Christowa became European champion . Silver went to the Olympic runner-up in 1980 and world record holder Marija Petkowa . The Soviet athlete Galina Savinkova won the bronze medal.
Existing records
World record | 71.80 m |
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Sofia , Bulgaria | July 13, 1980 |
European record | ||||
EM record | 69.00 m |
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EM Rome , Italy | September 6, 1974 |
The existing EM record was not set and not improved at these European championships either.
execution
Only sixteen participants did not qualify and all athletes entered the final together.
final

Gisela Beyer reached as in the 1980 Olympics fourth place - in 1983 it was World Cup -Fünfte
September 8, 1982
space | Surname | nation | Width (m) |
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1 | Tsvetanka Christova |
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68.34 |
2 | Maria Petkova |
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67.94 |
3 | Galina Savinkova |
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67.82 |
4th | Gisela Beyer |
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66.78 |
5 | Silvia Madetzki |
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66.64 |
6th | Galina Murašova |
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65.30 |
7th | Florența Crăciunescu |
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64.00 |
8th | Irina Meszynski |
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63.78 |
9 | Svetla Boschkowa |
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60.78 SB |
10 | Ingra Manecke |
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60.46 PB |
11 | Ulla Lundholm |
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58.90 SB |
12 | Ria Stalman |
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58.48 SB |
13 | Zdenka Silhavá |
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56.16 |
14th | Isabelle Accambray |
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53.06 PB |
15th | Patricia Walsh |
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52.78 |
16 | Gunnel Hettman |
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44.00 PB |
Web links
- European Athletics Championships - Athens 1982 from european-athletics.org, accessed August 26, 2019
- European Championship 1982 Athens, Women Discus Throw on todor66.com, accessed August 26, 2019
- Track and Field Statistics, EM 1982 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed on August 26, 2019
- European Athletics Championships Zurich 2014 - Statistics Handbook , Women Discus Throw European Championship 1982 Athens, p. 442 (PDF, 13.363 kB), Spanish / English at european-athletics.org, accessed on August 26, 2019
- Results of all European Athletics Championships - 1982, discus throw women on sportschau.de, accessed on August 26, 2019
- 13th European Athletics Championships 1982 in Athens, Greece from ifosta.de, accessed on August 26, 2019
References and comments
- ↑ IAAF world records. Discus throw women , accessed August 26, 2019