Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Women's discus throw
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| Athletics at the 1980 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 | |||
| 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 | ||||
| Pentathlon | women | |||
| Decathlon | men | |||
The Women's Discus Throw event at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union had an entrylist of 18 competitors, with one qualifying group and the final (12) held on Friday 1980-08-01.
Medalists
| Gold | Evelin Jahl East Germany |
| Silver | Mariya Petkova Bulgaria |
| Bronze | Tatyana Lesovaya Soviet Union |
Results
Final
| RANK | FINAL | DISTANCE |
|---|---|---|
 |
 Evelin Jahl (GDR) |
69.96 m |
 |
 Mariya Petkova (BUL) |
67.90 m |
 |
 Tatyana Lesovaya (URS) |
67.40 m |
| 4. | Gisela Beyer (GDR) |
67.08 m |
| 5. | Margitta Pufe (GDR) |
66.12 m |
| 6. |  Florenţa Ţacu (ROU) |
64.38 m |
| 7. | Galina Murašova (URS) |
63.84 m |
| 8. | Svetla Bozhkova (BUL) |
63.14 m |
| 9. |  Meg Ritchie (GBR) |
61.16 m |
| 10. |  Carmen Romero (CUB) |
60.86 m |
| 11. |  Zdena Bartoňová (TCH) |
57.78 m |
| 12. |  Ágnes Herczegh (HUN) |
55.06 m |
Qualifying round
- Held on Thursday July 31, 1980
| RANK | FINAL | DISTANCE |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Margitta Pufe (GDR) |
65.52 m |
| 2. | Mariya Petkova (BUL) |
65.02 m |
| 3. | Gisela Beyer (GDR) |
62.86 m |
| 4. | Tatyana Lesovaya (URS) |
62.20 m |
| 5. | Svetla Bozhkova (BUL) |
60.84 m |
| 6. | Florenţa Ţacu (ROU) |
60.40 m |
| 7. | Galina Murašova (URS) |
60.32 m |
| 8. | Evelin Jahl (GDR) |
60.22 m |
| 9. | Zdena Bartoňová (TCH) |
59.48 m |
| 10. | Meg Ritchie (GBR) |
58.66 m |
| 11. | Carmen Romero (CUB) |
58.60 m |
| 12. | Ágnes Herczegh (HUN) |
57.80 m |
| 13. | María Cristina Betancourt (CUB) |
57.62 m |
| 14. | Katalin Csőke (HUN) |
57.38 m |
| 15. | Gael Mulhall (AUS) |
54.90 m |
| 16. | Faina Melnyk (URS) |
53.76 m |
| — |  Oliveira Ludovina (MOZ) |
NM |
| — |  Ulla Lundholm (FIN) |
DNS |
See also
- 1976 Women's Olympic Discus Throw (Montreal)
- 1978 Women's European Championships Discus Throw (Prague)
- 1982 Women's European Championships Discus Throw (Athens)
- 1983 Women's World Championships Discus Throw (Helsinki)
- 1984 Women's Olympic Discus Throw (Los Angeles)
- 1986 Women's European Championships Discus Throw (Stuttgart)
- 1987 Women's World Championships Discus Throw (Rome)
