1954 European Athletics Championships – Women's discus throw

Events at the
1954 European
Athletics Championships

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
10,000 m track walk men
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men
Road events
Marathon men
50 km walk men
Field events
High jump men women
Pole vault men
Long jump men women
Triple jump men
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Hammer throw men
Javelin throw men women
Combined events
Pentathlon women
Decathlon men
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The women's discus throw at the 1954 European Athletics Championships was held in Bern, Switzerland, at Stadion Neufeld on 27 August 1954.[1]

Medalists

Gold Nina Ponomaryova
 Soviet Union
Silver Irina Beglyakova
 Soviet Union
Bronze Galina Zybina
 Soviet Union

Results

Final

27 August

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1st Nina Ponomaryova  Soviet Union 48.02
2nd Irina Beglyakova  Soviet Union 45.79
3rd Galina Zybina  Soviet Union 44.77
4 Stepanka Mertova  Czechoslovakia 44.37
5 Jiřina Němcová  Czechoslovakia 44.33
6 Julija Matej  Yugoslavia 43.95
7 Lia Manoliu  Romania 43.86
8 Karen Sonneck  West Germany 43.86
9 Zsuzsa Serédi  Hungary 42.15
10 Anni Pöll  Austria 41.45
11 Marianne Werner  West Germany 41.36
12 Jolanda Mayr  West Germany 39.65
13 Helena Dmowska  Poland 39.44
14 Simone Saenen  Belgium 39.37
15 Ilona Józsá  Hungary 37.98
16 Gretel Bolliger  Switzerland 37.45
17 Herlinde Peyker  Austria 33.43

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 17 athletes from 10 countries participated in the event.

References