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Host City: Los Angeles, United States

Format: Top 12 and ties and all those reaching 55.00 metres advanced to the final.

Date Started: August 10, 1984

Date Finished: August 11, 1984

(Competitors: 17; Countries: 14; Finalists: 12)

Venue(s): Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, California

Overview by IAAF

Stalman was favourite to win, and she went to the front in round 1 with 64.50. The surprise occurred in round 5 when Deniz threw close to her US record with 64.86 to move ahead. Stalman reacted well, launching the winning throw in the last round. To put the event in perspective, the “Druzhba” meeting in Prague saw Meszynski (GDR) throw a world record 73.36, as seven throwers threw beyond 66m.

Summary by Sports-reference.com

The Soviet-led boycott made this a second-class meet, as the best throwers were the women from the USSR, the GDR, and Bulgaria. The favorite to win was Dutchwoman Ria Stalman and she came through. She took the lead in round one with 64.50 (211-7½) but American Leslie Deniz moved ahead in the fifth round with 64.86 (212-9½). Stalman came through in the final round, however, with 65.36 (214-5¼) to win her gold medal. Concurrent with the Olympics, the Eastern Bloc competed at the Spartakiade Meet in Praha, Czechoslovakia. There GDR thrower Irina Meszynski (who never competed in the Olympics) broke the world record with 73.36 (240-8¼). The first seven throwers in that competition bettered Stalman’s gold medal winning throw.

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

		Results

*Discus Throw*	Women	Final	11 August

Rank	Mark	Athlete	Country	NOC	Birth Date	Records
1	65.36	Ria Stalman	Netherlands	NED	11 Dec 51
2	64.86	Leslie Deniz	United States	USA	25 May 62
3	63.64	Florenta Craciunescu	Romania	ROU	7 May 55
4	62.84	Ulla Lundholm	Finland	FIN	21 Jan 57
5	62.58	Meg Ritchie	Great Britain	GBR	6 Jul 52
6	58.56	Ingra Manecke	West Germany	FRG	31 May 56
7	58.18	Venissa Head	Great Britain	GBR	1 Sep 56
8	55.88	Gael Martin	Australia	AUS	27 Aug 56
9	55.38	Patricia Walsh	Ireland	IRL	16 Mar 60
10	54.84	Laura DeSnoo	United States	USA	21 Sep 62
11	53.32	Jiao Yunxiang	China	CHN	29 May 57
12	50.16	Lorna Griffin	United States	USA	9 Jun 56
*Discus Throw*	Women	Qualification	10 August

Rank	Mark	Athlete	Country	NOC	Birth Date	Records
1	58.28	Ria Stalman	Netherlands	NED	11 Dec 51
2	57.84	Florenta Craciunescu	Romania	ROU	7 May 55
3	56.44	Ulla Lundholm	Finland	FIN	21 Jan 57
4	56.24	Leslie Deniz	United States	USA	25 May 62
5	56.20	Ingra Manecke	West Germany	FRG	31 May 56
6	56.00	Meg Ritchie	Great Britain	GBR	6 Jul 52
7	55.38	Gael Martin	Australia	AUS	27 Aug 56
8	55.24	Venissa Head	Great Britain	GBR	1 Sep 56
9	54.70	Jiao Yunxiang	China	CHN	29 May 57
10	54.42	Patricia Walsh	Ireland	IRL	16 Mar 60
11	53.76	Laura DeSnoo	United States	USA	21 Sep 62
12	53.34	Lorna Griffin	United States	USA	9 Jun 56
13	52.28	Carmen Ionescu	Canada	CAN	28 Jul 51
14	50.54	Mariette van Heerden	South Africa	RSA	22 Nov 52
15	49.00	Merlene Lewis	Jamaica	JAM	4 Oct 62
16	38.32	Agathe Ngo-Nack	Cameroon	CMR	2 Mar 58
17	37.94	Christine Bechard	Mauritius	MRI	27 Feb 63

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Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
Rank	Athlete	1	2	3	4	5	6	Distance	Note
	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