Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Women's discus throw
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| Women's discus throw at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
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| Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics  |
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| Track events | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| 400 m | men | women | ||
| 800 m | men | women | ||
| 1500 m | men | women | ||
| 5000 m | men | |||
| 10,000 m | men | |||
| 100 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 | women | ||
| Road events | ||||
| Marathon | men | |||
| 20 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 | ||||
| Pentathlon | women | |||
| Decathlon | men | |||
The Women's discus throw competition at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal was held on 28–29 July.
Results
Final
| Rank | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Result |
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 Evelin Schlaak (GDR) |
69.00 | 66.80 | 66.12 | x | 61.24 | 64.80 | 69.00 m OR |
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 Mariya Vergova (BUL) |
62.22 | 67.30 | 60.44 | 59.86 | 62.70 | x | 67.30 m |
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Gabriele Hinzmann (GDR) |
66.68 | 66.10 | 66.84 | 66.24 | 66.32 | x | 66.84 m |
| 4 |  Faina Melnik (URS) |
64.48 | 65.42 | 62.76 | 66.40 | x | 64.20 | 66.40 m |
| 5 | Sabine Engel (GDR) |
x | 61.18 | 65.46 | 65.88 | 64.92 | 61.18 | 65.88 m |
| 6 |  Argentina Menis (ROM) |
62.82 | 62.50 | 63.70 | 64.14 | 65.38 | 63.48 | 65.38 m |
| 7 |  María Cristina Betancourt (CUB) |
61.28 | 60.24 | 63.86 | 59.58 | 58.28 | 61.24 | 63.86 m |
| 8 | Natalia Gorbacheva (URS) |
63.02 | 60.98 | 62.24 | x | 63.46 | x | 63.46 m |
| 9 | Carmen Romero (CUB) |
60.90 | 59.90 | 61.18 | 61.18 m | |||
| 10 | Olga Andrianova (URS) |
60.80 | 56.18 | 59.90 | 60.80 m | |||
| 11 |  Jane Haist (CAN) |
59.74 | x | x | 59.74 m | |||
| 12 |  Rita Pfister (SUI) |
x | 56.72 | 57.24 | 57.24 m | |||
| 13 | Lucette Moreau (CAN) |
55.88 | x | 53.00 | 55.88 m | |||
There was a qualifying round held. The only competitor to fail to reach the 55.00m auto qualifying mark was Lynne Winbigler 
United States with a 48.22m.[1]
Danuta Rosani 
Poland also competed. Her results have been removed due to her disqualification for using anabolic steroids, the first case of such a disqualification in the sport at the Olympics.[2]
References
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