1996 Summer Olympics / Athletics - Discus Throw (Women)
sport | athletics | ||||||||
discipline | Discus throw | ||||||||
gender | Women | ||||||||
Attendees | 39 athletes from 25 countries | ||||||||
Competition location | Centennial Olympic Stadium | ||||||||
Competition phase | July 28, 1996 (qualifying) July 29, 1996 (final) |
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The women's discus throw at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics was played on July 28, 29 and 1996 at the Centennial Olympic Stadium . 39 athletes took part.
Olympic champion was the German Ilke Wyludda . She won ahead of the Russian Natalja Sadowa and the Belarusian Elina Swerava .
In addition to the winner, Franka Dietzsch and Anja Gündler started for Germany . Both qualified for the final. Dietzsch was fourth, Gündler eleventh.
Athletes from Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein did not take part.
Current titleholders
Olympic champion in 1992 | Maritza Martén ( Cuba ) | 70.06 m | Barcelona 1992 |
World Champion 1995 | Elina Swerawa ( Belarus ) | 68.64 m | Gothenburg 1995 |
European champion in 1994 | Ilke Wyludda ( Germany ) | 68.72 m | Helsinki 1994 |
Pan American Champion 1995 | Maritza Martén ( Cuba ) | 61.22 m | Mar del Plata 1995 |
Central America and Caribbean champion 1995 | Olga Gómez ( Cuba ) | 55.02 m | Guatemala City 1995 |
South America Champion 1995 | Amélia Moreira ( Brazil ) | 55.10 m | Manaus 1995 |
Asian champion 1995 | Li Quimei ( People's Republic of China ) | 58.26 m | Jakarta 1995 |
African champion 1996 | Monia Kari ( Tunisia ) | 53.00 m | Yaoundé 1996 |
Oceania champion 1994 | Geraldine Isaacs ( New Zealand ) | 40.02 m | Auckland 1994 |
Existing records
World record | 76.80 m | Gabriele Reinsch ( GDR ) | Neubrandenburg , GDR (now Germany ) | July 9, 1988 |
Olympic record | 72.30 m | Martina Hellmann ( GDR ) | Final from Seoul , South Korea | September 29, 1988 |
Remarks:
- All times are local Atlanta time ( UTC − 5 ).
- All widths are given in meters (m).
qualification
The qualification was carried out in two groups. The qualification distance for the direct entry into the final was 62.00 m. Since exactly twelve athletes exceeded this distance (highlighted in light blue), the final field was not filled any further (highlighted in light green).
Group A
July 28, 1996, 10:05 a.m.
space | Surname | nation | 1st attempt | Second attempt | 3. Attempt | Expanse | annotation |
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1 | Ilke Wyludda | Germany | 66.78 | - | - | 66.78 | |
2 | Olga Chernyavskaya | Russia | 60.63 | 59.62 | 63.02 | 63.02 | |
3 | Nicoleta Grasu | Romania | 63.00 | - | - | 63.00 | |
4th | Elina Swerava | Belarus | 61.86 | 62.74 | - | 62.74 | |
5 | Teresa Machado | Portugal | 59.14 | 62.02 | - | 62.02 | |
6th | Daniela Costian | Australia | 61.66 | x | 61.24 | 61.66 | |
7th | Maritza Martén | Cuba | 59.70 | 57.80 | 60.08 | 60.08 | |
8th | Atanaska Angelova | Bulgaria | 59.82 | x | x | 59.82 | |
9 | Anastasia Kelesidou | Greece | 59.60 | 58.44 | 58.56 | 59.60 | |
10 | Zdeňka Šilhavá | Czech Republic | 59.24 | 57.98 | 57.14 | 59.24 | |
11 | Ekaterini Vongoli | Greece | 58.24 | 55.48 | 58.70 | 58.70 | |
12 | Renata Katewicz | Poland | x | x | 58.24 | 58.24 | |
13 | Monia Kari | Tunisia | x | 53.02 | 58.02 | 58.02 | |
14th | Lacy Barnes-Mileham | United States | x | 57.48 | 56.32 | 57.48 | |
15th | Agnese Maffeis | Italy | x | x | 56.54 | 56.54 | |
16 | Aretha Hill | United States | 56.04 | 55.20 | 55.14 | 56.04 | |
17th | Liliana Martinelli | Argentina | 51.46 | 55.68 | x | 55.68 | |
18th | Corrie de Bruin | Netherlands | x | x | 55.48 | 55.48 | |
19th | Lyudmila Filimonova | Belarus | x | 53.30 | x | 53.30 | |
20th | Oumou Traoré | Mali | x | 39.70 | 37.16 | 39.70 |
Group B
July 28, 1996, 11:35 a.m.
space | Surname | nation | 1st attempt | Second attempt | 3. Attempt | Expanse | annotation |
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1 | Xiao Yanling | People's Republic of China | 59.56 | 59.60 | 65.10 | 65.10 | |
2 | Franka Dietzsch | Germany | 63.94 | - | - | 63.94 | |
3 | Anja Gündler | Germany | 53.10 | 61.72 | 63.80 | 63.80 | |
4th | Lisa-Marie Vizaniari | Australia | 63.00 | - | - | 63.00 | |
5 | Natalia Sadova | Russia | 59.50 | 61.36 | 62.28 | 62.28 | |
6th | Mette Bergmann | Norway | 59.60 | 62.24 | - | 62.24 | |
7th | Iryna Yatchanka | Belarus | 59.60 | 62.04 | - | 62.04 | |
8th | Bárbara Hechavarría | Cuba | 56.74 | 61.38 | 61.98 | 61.98 | |
9 | Alice Matějková | Czech Republic | 60.72 | 59.40 | x | 60.72 | |
10 | Jacqueline McKernan | Great Britain | 53.74 | 58.88 | 57.60 | 58.88 | |
11 | Jacqueline Goormachtigh | Netherlands | 55.70 | 56.94 | 58.74 | 58.74 | |
12 | Beatrice Faumuina | New Zealand | 57.30 | x | 58.40 | 58.40 | |
13 | Valentina Ivanova | Russia | 58.30 | 58.38 | 58.32 | 58.38 | |
14th | Eha Rünne | Estonia | x | x | 58.24 | 58.24 | |
15th | Cristina Boiț | Romania | 58.10 | x | x | 58.10 | |
16 | Olena Antonova | Ukraine | 57.56 | 57.92 | 54.82 | 57.92 | |
17th | Styliani Tsikouna | Greece | x | 53.62 | 56.66 | 56.66 | |
18th | Suzanne Powell | United States | 55.06 | 56.24 | 53.98 | 56.24 | |
19th | Isabelle Devaluez | France | 55.08 | x | 53.92 | 55.08 |
final
July 29, 1996, 6:45 p.m.
Twelve athletes had qualified for the final. All of them had exceeded the required qualification range. Three Germans, two Russians and two Belarusians met one participant each from Australia, China, Norway, Portugal and Romania.
There were two favorites for this competition: the reigning world champion and vice European champion Elina Swerawa from Belarus and the German European champion and vice world champion Ilke Wyludda. Other promising candidates for top places were the two Russians Olga Tschernjawskaja, WM -Third, and Natalia Sadowa, WM -Fünfte, as well as the Cuban Olympic champion from 1992 Maritza Marten, WM -Vierte, but more is not the great form of Games of Barcelona had and already retired in the qualification.
Wyludda achieved a very good 68.02 m in the first attempt, taking the lead. Behind her were the Russian Olga Tschernjawskaja with 64.70 m and the German Franka Dietzsch with 64.22 m. Swerawa followed with 63.96 m. Wyludda extended her lead in the second round to 69.66 m. The Russian Natalja Sadowa threw 65.66 m and moved up to second place. Swerawa rose to 65.64 m and was in third place. Dietzsch also improved to 65.48 m, so she was fourth, while Tschernjawskaja fell back to fifth.
Only in the fourth attempt could Sadowa improve again. You reach 66.48 m, but that didn't change the classification. In the last two test series there were no more shifts in the first four places. Ilke Wyludda was so dominant that she would have become Olympic champion with each of her five valid attempts. Natalja Sadowa won the silver medal ahead of Elina Swerava. Franka Dietzsch was fourth, the Chinese Xiao Yanling fifth. Olga Tschernjawskaja finished sixth in the end.
space | Surname | nation | 1st attempt | Second attempt | 3. Attempt | 4th attempt | 5th attempt | 6th attempt | Bottom line | annotation |
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1 | Ilke Wyludda | Germany | 68.02 | 69.66 | 66.70 | 67.86 | 67.34 | x | 69.66 | |
2 | Natalia Sadova | Russia | 62.04 | 65.66 | 63.34 | 66.48 | 65.72 | 65.82 | 66.48 | |
3 | Elina Swerava | Belarus | 63.96 | 65.64 | 65.64 | 63.02 | 64.10 | 64.84 | 65.64 | |
4th | Franka Dietzsch | Germany | 64.22 | 65.48 | 63.90 | 63.56 | x | x | 65.48 | |
5 | Xiao Yanling | People's Republic of China | 56.90 | 63.34 | 63.72 | 60.86 | 64.72 | x | 64.72 | |
6th | Olga Chernyavskaya | Russia | 64.70 | 64.06 | x | 64.20 | 61.40 | x | 64.70 | |
7th | Nicoleta Grasu | Romania | 61.12 | 63.28 | x | 59.92 | 62.78 | 63.26 | 63.28 | |
8th | Lisa-Marie Vizaniari | Australia | 62.48 | x | 59.62 | 60.32 | x | 59.96 | 62.48 | |
9 | Mette Bergmann | Norway | 59.48 | x | 62.28 | not in the final of the eight best throwers |
62.28 | |||
10 | Teresa Machado | Portugal | 61.38 | 60.48 | 60.02 | 61.38 | ||||
11 | Anja Gündler | Germany | 61.16 | 60.76 | 59.48 | 61.16 | ||||
12 | Iryna Yatchanka | Belarus | x | 57.76 | 60.46 | 60.46 |
literature
- Gerd Rubenbauer (ed.), Olympic Summer Games Atlanta 1996 with reports by Britta Kruse, Johannes Ebert, Andreas Schmidt and Ernst Christian Schütt, comments: Gerd Rubenbauer and Hans Schwarz, Chronik Verlag im Bertelsmann Verlag, Gütersloh / Munich 1996, p. 52f
Web links
- SportsReference Discus Throw , accessed March 16, 2018
- Official Report, Part III on the Olympic Games in Atlanta , p. 95, English / French (PDF, 13,520 MB), accessed on March 16, 2018
Video
- wyludda discus throw 1996 olympics , published September 13, 2010 on youtube.com, accessed March 16, 2018
Individual evidence
- ↑ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Beijing 2015, page 801 , accessed on March 16, 2018
- ↑ a b c Official Report, Part III on the Olympic Games in Atlanta ( Memento of the original from October 7, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , P. 95, English / French (PDF, 13,520 MB), accessed on March 16, 2018