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Women's discus throw at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
Pictogram for athletics
Venue	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Date	10 August 1984 (qualifications) 11 August 1984 (finals)
Competitors	17 from 14 nations
Winning distance	65.36
Medalists
Ria Stalman  Netherlands Leslie Deniz  United States Florenţa Crăciunescu  Romania
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Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m		women
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
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
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
Wheelchair races
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The Women's Discus Throw at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California had an entry list of 17 competitors, with two qualifying groups before the final (12) took place on August 11, 1984.

Medalists

Gold	Ria Stalman  Netherlands
Silver	Leslie Deniz  United States
Bronze	Florența Crăciunescu  Romania

Abbreviations

Records

Standing records prior to the 1984 Summer Olympics
World Record	Galina Savinkova (URS)	73.26 m	May 22, 1983	Leselidze, Soviet Union
Olympic Record	Evelin Schlaak (GDR)	69.96 m	August 1, 1980	Moscow, Soviet Union

Qualifying round

• Held on 1984-08-10

RANK	GROUP A	DISTANCE
1.	Ria Stalman (NED)	58.28m
2.	Florenţa Crăciunescu (ROU)	57.84m
3.	Ulla Lundholm (FIN)	56.44m
4.	Leslie Deniz (USA)	56.24m
5.	Gael Martin (AUS)	55.38m
6.	Venissa Head (GBR)	55.24m
7.	Jiao Yunxiang (CHN)	54.70m
8.	Mariette Van Heerden (ZIM)	50.54m
9.	Marlene Lewis (JAM)	49.00m

RANK	GROUP B	DISTANCE
1.	Ingra Manecke (FRG)	56.20m
2.	Meg Ritchie (GBR)	56.00m
3.	Patricia Walsh (IRL)	54.42m
4.	Laura De Snoo (USA)	53.76m
5.	Lorna Griffin (USA)	53.34m
6.	Carmen Ionesco (CAN)	52.28m
7.	Agathe Ngo Nack (CMR)	38.32m
8.	Christine Bechard (MRI)	37.94m

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Ria Stalman (NED)	64.50	61.16	63.70	64.28	63.64	65.36	65.36 m
	Leslie Deniz (USA)	62.46	X	63.36	62.60	64.86	X	64.86 m
	Florența Crăciunescu (ROU)	60.68	61.42	62.96	62.08	63.64	X	63.64 m
4	Ulla Lundholm (FIN)	62.84	X	54.92	55.94	59.72	54.04	62.84 m
5	Meg Ritchie (GBR)	X	55.36	57.66	61.76	62.58	60.40	62.58 m
6	Ingra Manecke (FRG)	51.66	56.22	X	53.20	X	58.56	58.56 m
7	Venissa Head (GBR)	X	55.56	58.18	X	55.84	55.88	58.18 m
8	Gael Martin (AUS)	55.88	55.38	54.34	54.94	55.70	53.08	55.88 m
9	Patricia Walsh (IRL)	55.38	51.70	53.32				55.38 m
10	Laura De Snoo (USA)	53.74	54.84	53.88				54.84 m
11	Jiao Yunxiang (CHN)	X	53.32	X				53.32 m
12	Lorna Griffin (USA)	X	50.16	X				50.16 m

See also

• 1982 Women's European Championships Discus Throw (Athens)
• 1983 Women's World Championships Discus Throw (Helsinki)
• 1984 Women's Friendship Games Discus Throw (Prague)
• 1986 Women's European Championships Discus Throw (Stuttgart)
• 1987 Women's World Championships Discus Throw (Rome)

References

1. "Athletics at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games: Women's Discus Throw". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 14 January 2018.

External links

• (in English) Official Report
• Results

• Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics
• Discus throw at the Olympics
• 1984 in women's athletics
• Women's events at the 1984 Summer Olympics