The women's discus throw was one of three women's throwing events on the

Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics At the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, the athletics competition included 36 events, 24 for men and 12 for women. The women's 400 metres and women's pentathlon events were newly introduced at these Games. There were a total number of 1016 partic ...

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. It was held on 19 October 1964. 22 athletes from 15 nations entered, with 1 not starting in the qualification round.

Results

Qualification

The qualification standard was 50.00 metres. Each thrower had three attempts to reach that standard.

Final

The marks for the qualification were ignored in the final. Each thrower had three attempts; the top six after those three received three more and counted their best mark of the six. All five of the top throwers defeated the old Olympic record.

References

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