Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Women's discus throw
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The Women's discus throw competition at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico took place on October 18.[1]
| Women's discus throw at the Games of the XIX Olympiad | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Estadio Olímpico Universitario | |||||||||
| Date | October 18, 1968 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 15 from 8 nations | |||||||||
| Winning distance | 58.28 OR | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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Competition format
The competition consisted of a single final round. Each athlete is allowed three throws, with the top eight athletes after that point being given three further attempts.
Records
Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.
| World record |  Liesel Westermann (FRG) |
62.54 m | Werdohl, West Germany | August 24, 1968 |
| Olympic record |  Tamara Press (URS) |
57.27 m | Tokyo, Japan | October 19, 1964 |
Results
| Rank | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Notes |
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 | Lia Manoliu |  Romania |
58.28 | X | – | X | 46.82 | X | 58.28 | OR |
 | Liesel Westermann |  West Germany |
54.02 | 57.76 | X | 55.78 | X | X | 57.76 | |
 | Jolán Kleiber-Kontsek |  Hungary |
54.90 | 54.24 | X | X | X | X | 54.90 | |
| 4 | Anita Otto | East Germany |
54.40 | 54.10 | 53.88 | X | 51.16 | 52.34 | 54.40 | |
| 5 | Antonina Popova | Soviet Union |
53.42 | 53.12 | 51.40 | 52.60 | 52.86 | X | 53.42 | |
| 6 | Olga Fikotová |  United States |
X | 52.96 | 50.74 | X | X | 50.40 | 52.96 | |
| 7 | Christine Spielberg | East Germany |
52.86 | X | 52.86 | X | 52.62 | 49.80 | 52.86 | |
| 8 | Brigitte Berendonk | West Germany |
52.80 | 49.66 | 46.90 | X | X | 50.46 | 52.80 | |
| 9 | Lyudmila Muravyova | Soviet Union |
51.80 | 52.26 | 50.20 | N/a | 52.26 | |||
| 10 | Karin Illgen | East Germany |
50.40 | X | 52.18 | N/a | 52.18 | |||
| 11 | Judit Stugner | Hungary |
42.12 | 51.38 | 52.08 | N/a | 52.08 | |||
| 12 | Dashzevgiin Namjilmaa |  Mongolia |
50.76 | X | 49.00 | N/a | 50.76 | |||
| 13 | Olimpia Cataramă | Romania |
X | 47.50 | 50.20 | N/a | 50.20 | |||
| 14 | Carol Moseke | United States |
48.28 | 44.78 | 44.04 | N/a | 48.28 | |||
| 15 | Jean Roberts |  Australia |
36.56 | 46.26 | X | N/a | 46.26 | |||
| Mary McNeil |  Jamaica | N/a | DNS | |||||||
| Judit Bognár | Hungary | N/a | DNS | |||||||