The women's discus throw throwing event at the 1960 Olympic Games took place on September 3 & September 5.
Results Top 12 throwers and ties plus all throwers reaching 47.00 metres advanced to the finals. All distances are listed in metres.
Qualifying
Rank Name Nationality Mark 1 2 3 Notes 1 Nina Romashkova 53.68 53.68 – – 2 Irene Schuch 52.22 52.22 – – 3 Tamara Press 51.47 51.47 – – 4 Earlene Brown 51.17 42.43 51.17 – 5 Kriemhild Limberg 50.86 50.86 – – 6 Jiřina Němcová 49.86 49.86 – – 7 Yevgeniya Kuznetsova 49.36 49.36 – – 8 Štěpánka Mertová 49.34 49.34 – – 9 Lia Manoliu 48.57 48.57 – – 10 Olga Fikotová 48.32 x 48.32 – 11 Wivianne Bergh 47.02 x 44.29 47.02 12 Valerie Sloper 46.91 46.91 45.79 42.80 13 Kazimiera Rykowska 46.75 x 46.75 x 14 Jennifer Thompson 46.74 45.94 46.74 42.93 15 Elivia Ricci 45.86 45.86 x 45.78 16 Dorli Hofrichter 44.94 44.94 x 39.26 17 Karen Inge Halkier 43.99 41.06 42.02 43.99 18 Hiroko Uchida-Yokoyama 43.78 x 43.78 x 19 Pam Kurrell 43.23 43.23 40.35 42.34 20 Paola Paternoster 43.11 43.11 41.36 42.20 21 Suzanne Farmer 41.12 x x 41.12 22 Milena Čelesnik 30.84 x 30.84 x Doris Lorenz-Müller x x x Wu Jin-Yun x x x Judit Bognár
Final
Rank Name Nationality Mark 1 2 3 4 5 6 Notes Nina Romashkova 55.10 44.48 52.42 53.39 51.68 55.10 OR 54.42 OR Tamara Press 52.59 51.64 46.82 x 50.92 x 52.59 Lia Manoliu 52.36 52.36 x 46.29 50.59 48.78 46.96 4 Kriemhild Limberg 51.47 51.47 x 45.30 47.40 48.12 46.38 5 Yevgeniya Kuznetsova 51.43 51.43 51.39 50.96 49.69 50.62 51.25 6 Earlene Brown 51.29 51.29 35.83 47.29 x 35.20 45.80 7 Olga Fikotová 50.95 50.95 47.46 48.82 8 Jiřina Němcová 50.12 50.12 48.62 x 9 Irene Schuch 49.86 49.86 49.42 x 10 Valerie Sloper 48.81 45.26 x 48.81 11 Štěpánka Mertová 48.28 48.28 46.62 38.51 12 Wivianne Bergh 43.96 42.70 43.76 43.96
Key: OR = Olympic record; NM = no mark
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