The women's discus throw was one of three women's throwing events on the Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics program in Tokyo. 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.

Place Athlete Nation Best mark Throw 1 Throw 2 Throw 3 1 Virzhiniya Mikhaylova 54.94 54.94 — 2 Ingrid Lotz 54.82 48.38 54.82 — 3 Kriemhild Limberg 54.54 46.59 48.63 54.54 4 Lia Manoliu 53.64 47.80 53.64 — 5 Olimpia Cataramă 53.20 46.96 53.20 — 6 Olga Connolly 53.17 49.99 53.17 — 7 Yevgeniya Kuznetsova 52.44 49.40 52.44 — 8 Jolán Kleiber-Kontsek 52.35 52.35 — 9 Judit Stugner 52.30 48.96 48.49 52.30 10 Valerie Young 51.94 48.01 51.94 — 11 Doris Lorenz 51.58 51.58 — 12 Jiřina Němcová 50.64 50.64 — 13 Tamara Press 50.28 50.28 — 14 Nina Ponomaryova 50.18 44.69 44.89 50.18 15 Nancy McCredie 47.27 44.91 47.27 44.75 16 Hiroko Uchida-Yokoyama 47.18 46.19 47.18 34.48 17 Dashzevgiin Namjilmaa 44.55 43.37 40.26 44.55 18 Josephine de la Viña 42.27 40.05 42.27 41.71 19 Pranee Kitipongpitaya 38.73 36.21 38.73 34.20 20 Park Yeong-suk 37.50 37.50 33.27 34.97 21 Juliette Geverkof 30.05 X 30.05 X — Judit Bognár DNS —

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.

Place Athlete Nation Best mark Throw 1 Throw 2 Throw 3 Throw 4 Throw 5 Throw 6 1 Tamara Press 57.27 OR X 55.38 50.38 55.23 57.27 56.08 2 Ingrid Lotz 57.21 57.21 X 55.41 X 54.59 54.74 3 Lia Manoliu 56.97 55.90 X X 56.09 56.97 X 4 Virzhiniya Mikhaylova 56.70 47.38 56.56 52.19 56.70 55.77 55.54 5 Yevgeniya Kuznetsova 55.17 55.17 53.58 X X X 53.80 6 Jolán Kleiber-Kontsek 54.87 54.46 53.05 53.51 53.14 54.87 51.69 7 Kriemhild Limberg 53.81 48.35 53.81 53.02 8 Olimpia Catarama 53.08 53.08 49.99 51.28 9 Jiřina Němcová 52.80 49.06 52.80 51.13 10 Judit Stugner 52.52 50.88 50.47 52.52 11 Nina Ponomariova 52.48 52.15 51.12 52.48 12 Olga Connolly 51.58 51.21 X 51.58 13 Valerie Young 49.59 48.93 46.17 49.59 14 Doris Lorenz 45.63 X X 45.63

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