Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Women's discus throw

Women's discus throw
at the Games of the XVII Olympiad
Women's discus throw; at the Games of the XVII Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Dates	September 3 (qualifying round); September 5 (final round)
Competitors	24 from 10 nations
Winning distance	55.10 OR
Medalists
	← 1956 1964 →

The women's discus throw throwing event at the 1960 Olympic Games took place on September 3 & September 5.^[1]

Results

Top 12 throwers and ties plus all throwers reaching 47.00 metres advanced to the finals. All distances are listed in metres.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Mark	1	2	3
1	Nina Romashkova	Soviet Union	53.68	53.68	–	–
2	Irene Schuch	United Team of Germany	52.22	52.22	–	–
3	Tamara Press	Soviet Union	51.47	51.47	–	–
4	Earlene Brown	United States	51.17	42.43	51.17	–
5	Kriemhild Limberg	United Team of Germany	50.86	50.86	–	–
6	Jiřina Němcová	Czechoslovakia	49.86	49.86	–	–
7	Yevgeniya Kuznetsova	Soviet Union	49.36	49.36	–	–
8	Štěpánka Mertová	Czechoslovakia	49.34	49.34	–	–
9	Lia Manoliu	Romania	48.57	48.57	–	–
10	Olga Fikotová	United States	48.32	x	48.32	–
11	Wivianne Bergh	Sweden	47.02	x	44.29	47.02
12	Valerie Sloper	New Zealand	46.91	46.91	45.79	42.80
13	Kazimiera Rykowska	Poland	46.75	x	46.75	x
14	Jennifer Thompson	New Zealand	46.74	45.94	46.74	42.93
15	Elivia Ricci	Italy	45.86	45.86	x	45.78
16	Dorli Hofrichter	Austria	44.94	44.94	x	39.26
17	Karen Inge Halkier	Denmark	43.99	41.06	42.02	43.99
18	Hiroko Uchida-Yokoyama	Japan	43.78	x	43.78	x
19	Pam Kurrell	United States	43.23	43.23	40.35	42.34
20	Paola Paternoster	Italy	43.11	43.11	41.36	42.20
21	Suzanne Farmer	Great Britain	41.12	x	x	41.12
22	Milena Čelesnik	Yugoslavia	30.84	x	30.84	x
23	Doris Lorenz-Müller	United Team of Germany	NM	x	x	x
24	Wu Jin-Yun	Formosa	NM	x	x	x

Rank	Name	Nationality	Mark	1	2	3	4	5	6	Notes
	Nina Romashkova	Soviet Union	55.10	44.48	52.42	53.39	51.68	55.10 OR	54.42	OR
	Tamara Press	Soviet Union	52.59	51.64	46.82	x	50.92	x	52.59
	Lia Manoliu	Romania	52.36	52.36	x	46.29	50.59	48.78	46.96
4	Kriemhild Limberg	United Team of Germany	51.47	51.47	x	45.30	47.40	48.12	46.38
5	Yevgeniya Kuznetsova	Soviet Union	51.43	51.43	51.39	50.96	49.69	50.62	51.25
6	Earlene Brown	United States	51.29	51.29	35.83	47.29	x	35.20	45.80
7	Olga Fikotová	United States	50.95	50.95	47.46	48.82
8	Jiřina Němcová	Czechoslovakia	50.12	50.12	48.62	x
9	Irene Schuch	United Team of Germany	49.86	49.86	49.42	x
10	Valerie Sloper	New Zealand	48.81	45.26	x	48.81
11	Štěpánka Mertová	Czechoslovakia	48.28	48.28	46.62	38.51
12	Wivianne Bergh	Sweden	43.96	42.70	43.76	43.96

Key: OR = Olympic record; NM = no mark

^ "Athletics at the 1960 Rome Summer Games: Women's Discus Throw". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2018.

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Summary
Men	1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Women	1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
See also: 1912 Men's two handed discus throw

Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men
80 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men
3000 m steeplechase	men
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men
Road events
Marathon	men
20 km walk	men
50 km walk	men
Field events
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Combined events
Decathlon	men
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