1962 European Athletics Championships – Women's discus throw

Events at the
1962 European
Athletics Championships

Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
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
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 1962 European Athletics Championships was held in Beograd, then Yugoslavia, at JNA Stadium on 15 September 1962.[1]

Medalists

Gold Tamara Press
 Soviet Union
Silver Doris Müller
 East Germany
Bronze Jolán Kontsek
 Hungary

Results

Final

15 September

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1st Tamara Press  Soviet Union 56.91 CR
2nd Doris Müller  East Germany 53.60
3rd Jolán Kontsek  Hungary 52.82
4 Antonina Zolotukhina  Soviet Union 51.78
5 Jiřina Němcová  Czechoslovakia 51.58
6 Nina Ponomaryova  Soviet Union 51.03
7 Kriemhild Hausmann  West Germany 50.16
8 Štěpánka Mertová  Czechoslovakia 49.15
9 Kazimiera Rykowska  Poland 48.00
10 Verzhinia Mikhailova  Bulgaria 47.91
11 Zyta Mojek  Poland 47.61
12 Judit Bognár  Hungary 47.12

Qualification

15 September

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1 Tamara Press  Soviet Union 51.27 Q
2 Kriemhild Hausmann  West Germany 50.70 Q
3 Nina Ponomaryova  Soviet Union 50.16 Q
4 Jolán Kontsek  Hungary 49.74 Q
5 Štěpánka Mertová  Czechoslovakia 49.51 Q
6 Doris Müller  East Germany 49.26 Q
7 Jiřina Němcová  Czechoslovakia 48.92 Q
8 Verzhinia Mikhailova  Bulgaria 48.67 Q
9 Zyta Mojek  Poland 48.46 Q
10 Antonina Zolotukhina  Soviet Union 48.28 Q
11 Judit Bognár  Hungary 48.26 Q
12 Kazimiera Rykowska  Poland 48.14 Q
13 Dorli Hofrichter  Austria 45.80
14 Lia Manoliu  Romania 45.02
15 Suzanne Allday  United Kingdom 43.66
16 Sofia Leriou  Greece 41.25
17 Vania Veleva  Bulgaria 39.88
18 Hella Ulbricht  East Germany NM

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 18 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.

References