1976 Summer Olympics / Athletics - Discus Throw (Women)

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Olympic rings
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sport athletics
discipline Discus throw
gender Women
Attendees 15 athletes from 9 countries
Competition location Montreal Olympic Stadium
Competition phase July 28, 1976 (qualifying)
July 29, 1976 (final)
Medalists
gold medal Evelin Schlaak ( GDR ) Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR 
Silver medal Marija Wergowa ( BUL ) Bulgaria 1971Bulgaria 
Bronze medal Gabriele Hinzmann ( GDR ) Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR 

The women's discus throw at the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal was played on July 28 and 29, 1976 in the Montreal Olympic Stadium. 15 athletes took part.

Olympic champion was Evelin Schlaak from the GDR. She won ahead of Bulgarian Marija Wergowa and her compatriot Gabriele Hinzmann .

In addition to the medal winners, Sabine Engel also competed for the GDR. She also reached the finals and was fifth.
The Swiss Rita Pfister also made it to the final. She finished twelve.
Throwers from the Federal Republic of Germany, Austria and Liechtenstein did not take part.

Existing records

World record 70.50 m Faina Melnik ( Soviet Union ) Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union  Sochi , Soviet Union (now Russia ) April 24, 1976
Olympic record 66.62 m Final of Munich , Federal Republic of Germany September 10, 1972

Conducting the competition

The athletes competed together for a qualifying round on July 28th. Due to the number of only fifteen participants, there was no division into two groups, as is otherwise usual. The qualifying distance to reach the final on July 29th was 55.00 m. Since more than twelve athletes exceeded this distance, the final field was not filled any further. In the final, each athlete initially had three attempts. The best eight participants were then given three more attempts.

Time schedule

July 28, 10:20 a.m .: Qualification

July 29, 3 p.m .: Final

Note: All times are local Montreal time ( UTC − 5 )

The qualified athletes are highlighted in light blue.

qualification

Date: July 28, 1976, from 10:20 a.m.

Danuta Rosani from Poland, who qualified for the final, was disqualified for taking anabolic steroids . This made her the first female doping offender in Olympic athletics.

space Surname nation 1st attempt Second attempt 3. Attempt Expanse annotation
1 Gabriele Hinzmann Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR GDR 65.12 m - - 65.12 m
2 Faina Melnik Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Soviet Union 63.74 m - - 63.74 m
3 Carmen Romero CubaCuba Cuba 63.40 m - - 63.40 m
4th Evelin Schlaak Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR GDR 61.86 m - - 61.86 m
5 Maria Cristina Betancourt CubaCuba Cuba 61.46 m - - 61.46 m
6th Natalia Gorbacheva Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Soviet Union 59.84 m - - 59.84 m
7th Argentina Menis Romania 1965Romania Romania 59.56 m - - 59.56 m
8th Olga Andrianova Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Soviet Union 51.72 m 58.66 m - 58.66 m
9 Jane Haist CanadaCanada Canada 52.96 m 57.98 m - 57.98 m
10 Marija Wergowa Bulgaria 1971Bulgaria Bulgaria 57.96 m - - 57.96 m
11 Sabine Engel Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR GDR 56.94 m - - 56.94 m
12 Rita Pfister SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland 55.94 m - - 55.94 m
13 Lucette Moreau CanadaCanada Canada 51.56 m 54.12 m 55.22 m 55.22 m
14th Lynne Winbigler United StatesUnited States United States x 48.22 m 46.96 m 48.22 m
DOP Danuta Rosani Poland 1944Poland Poland - 57.78 m -

final

Date: July 29, 1976, 3 p.m.

The 1972 Olympic champion and European champion from 1971 and 1974 , Faina Melnik from the USSR, was the clear favorite for this competition. In 1975 she was the first female thrower to surpass the 70-meter mark and in April of the Olympic season improved this world record by another 30 centimeters to 70.50 m. All other medal candidates came from Eastern Europe and the GDR. These included the Romanian Vice European Champion from 1974, Argentina Menis, the third and fourth placed at this EM , Gabriele Hinzmann, GDR, and Marija Wergowa, later Marija Petkowa from Bulgaria. The other two athletes from the GDR, Sabine Engel and Evelin Schlaak, who later became Evelin Jahl, also expected themselves to have a chance of top positions.

In the final, Schlaak set a new Olympic record with her first litter . She achieved a smooth 69 meters and thus took the lead. Hinzmann came next with 66.68 m and Melnik with 64.48 m. In lap two Wergowa improved to 67.30 m and was between the two Germans in second place. Nothing changed in this order until the end, even if Hinzmann was able to increase her distance to 66.84 m in attempt three.

However, there were still heated discussions in round five. Melnik, who was only in fourth place as the favorite, stepped into the ring and broke off the turn she had started there twice for the throw. Then the referee raised the red flag and invalidated the attempt. She protested and the chief judge decided. that she was allowed to throw. She came to 68.60 m. That would have meant silver for Melnik. But the subsequent protest of the team leaders from Bulgaria and the GDR was granted, with the consequence that Faina Melnik, who is used to success, came away with no medals this time. An objective assessment of the extent to which the decision ultimately made was correct remains a matter of interpretation and judgment.

Evelin Schlaak's Olympic victory , which she was able to repeat in Moscow in 1980 , was indisputable . The silver and bronze medals were officially won by Marija Wergowa in second place and Gabriele Hinzmann in third place. Faina Melnik, who competed under the name Faina Welewa from 1977 to 1979, came fourth ahead of Sabine Engel and Argentina Menis.

Evelin Schlaak was the first female discus thrower from the GDR.

space Surname nation 1st attempt Second attempt 3. Attempt 4th attempt 5th attempt 6th attempt Bottom line annotation
1 Evelin Schlaak Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR GDR 69.00 m OR 66.80 m 66.12 m x 61.24 m 64.80 m 69.00 m OR
2 Marija Wergowa Bulgaria 1971Bulgaria Bulgaria 62.22 m 67.30 m 60.44 m 59.86 m 62.70 m x 67.30 m
3 Gabriele Hinzmann Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR GDR 66.68 m 66.10 m 66.84 m 66.24 m 66.32 m x 66.84 m
4th Faina Melnik Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Soviet Union 64.48 m 65.42 m 62.76 m 66.40 m x 64.20 m 66.40 m
5 Sabine Engel Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR GDR x 61.18 m 65.46 m 65.88 m 64.92 m 61.18 m 65.88 m
6th Argentina Menis Romania 1965Romania Romania 62.82 m 62.50 m 63.70 m 64.14 m 65.38 m 63.48 m 65.38 m
7th Maria Cristina Betancourt CubaCuba Cuba 61.28 m 60.24 m 63.86 m 59.58 m 58.28 m 61.24 m 63.86 m
8th Natalia Gorbacheva Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Soviet Union 63.02 m 60.98 m 62.24 m x 63.46 m x 63.46 m
9 Carmen Romero CubaCuba Cuba 60.90 m 59.90 m 61.18 m not in the final of the
eight best throwers
61.18 m
10 Olga Andrianova Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Soviet Union 60.80 m 56.18 m 59.90 m 60.80 m
11 Jane Haist CanadaCanada Canada 59.74 m x x 59.74 m
12 Rita Pfister SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland x 56.72 m 57.24 m 57.24 m
13 Lucette Moreau CanadaCanada Canada 55.88 m x 53.00 m 55.88 m

literature

  • Ernst Huberty / Willy B. Wange, The Olympic Games Montreal Innsbruck 1976, Lingen-Verlag, Cologne 1976, p. 246f

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. IAAF Statistics Handbook, Berlin 2009 Page 648 (Engl.) ( Memento of 29 June 2011 at the Internet Archive ), accessed on 21 December 2017
  2. Montréal 1976 Official Report, Volume III, Results , p. 23, English / French (PDF, 23 MB), accessed on December 21, 2017
  3. a b Montréal 1976 Official Report, Volume III, Results , p. 47, English / French (PDF, 23 MB), accessed on December 21, 2017
  4. List of Olympic doping offenders on SportsReference , accessed on December 21, 2017
  5. IAAF records. Discus throw women , accessed on December 21, 2017
  6. SportsReference , accessed December 21, 2017
  7. Hau den big brother , Der Spiegel November 29, 1976, H. 49/1976, accessed on December 21, 2017