Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Women's discus throw
# Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Women's discus throw

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 | Bulgaria | 54.94 | 54.94 | — | — |
| 2 | Ingrid Lotz | United Team of Germany | 54.82 | 48.38 | 54.82 | — |
| 3 | Kriemhild Limberg | United Team of Germany | 54.54 | 46.59 | 48.63 | 54.54 |
| 4 | Lia Manoliu | Romania | 53.64 | 47.80 | 53.64 | — |
| 5 | Olimpia Cataramă | Romania | 53.20 | 46.96 | 53.20 | — |
| 6 | Olga Connolly | United States | 53.17 | 49.99 | 53.17 | — |
| 7 | Yevgeniya Kuznetsova | Soviet Union | 52.44 | 49.40 | 52.44 | — |
| 8 | Jolán Kleiber-Kontsek | Hungary | 52.35 | 52.35 | — | — |
| 9 | Judit Stugner | Hungary | 52.30 | 48.96 | 48.49 | 52.30 |
| 10 | Valerie Young | New Zealand | 51.94 | 48.01 | 51.94 | — |
| 11 | Doris Lorenz | United Team of Germany | 51.58 | 51.58 | — | — |
| 12 | Jiřina Němcová | Czechoslovakia | 50.64 | 50.64 | — | — |
| 13 | Tamara Press | Soviet Union | 50.28 | 50.28 | — | — |
| 14 | Nina Ponomaryova | Soviet Union | 50.18 | 44.69 | 44.89 | 50.18 |
| 15 | Nancy McCredie | Canada | 47.27 | 44.91 | 47.27 | 44.75 |
| 16 | Hiroko Uchida-Yokoyama | Japan | 47.18 | 46.19 | 47.18 | 34.48 |
| 17 | Dashzevgiin Namjilmaa | Mongolia | 44.55 | 43.37 | 40.26 | 44.55 |
| 18 | Josephine de la Viña | Philippines | 42.27 | 40.05 | 42.27 | 41.71 |
| 19 | Pranee Kitipongpitaya | Thailand | 38.73 | 36.21 | 38.73 | 34.20 |
| 20 | Park Yeong-suk | South Korea | 37.50 | 37.50 | 33.27 | 34.97 |
| 21 | Juliette Geverkof | Iran | 30.05 | X | 30.05 | X |
| — | Judit Bognár | Hungary | 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 | Soviet Union | 57.27 OR | X | 55.38 | 50.38 | 55.23 | 57.27 | 56.08 |
| 2 | Ingrid Lotz | United Team of Germany | 57.21 | 57.21 | X | 55.41 | X | 54.59 | 54.74 |
| 3 | Lia Manoliu | Romania | 56.97 | 55.90 | X | X | 56.09 | 56.97 | X |
| 4 | Virginia Angelova | Bulgaria | 56.70 | 47.38 | 56.56 | 52.19 | 56.70 | 55.77 | 55.54 |
| 5 | Yevgeniya Kuznetsova | Soviet Union | 55.17 | 55.17 | 53.58 | X | X | X | 53.80 |
| 6 | Jolán Kleiber-Kontsek | Hungary | 54.87 | 54.46 | 53.05 | 53.51 | 53.14 | 54.87 | 51.69 |
| 7 | Kriemhild Limberg | United Team of Germany | 53.81 | 48.35 | 53.81 | 53.02 | | | |
| 8 | Olimpia Catarama | Romania | 53.08 | 53.08 | 49.99 | 51.28 | | | |
| 9 | Jiřina Němcová | Czechoslovakia | 52.80 | 49.06 | 52.80 | 51.13 | | | |
| 10 | Judit Stugner | Hungary | 52.52 | 50.88 | 50.47 | 52.52 | | | |
| 11 | Nina Ponomariova | Soviet Union | 52.48 | 52.15 | 51.12 | 52.48 | | | |
| 12 | Olga Connolly | United States | 51.58 | 51.21 | X | 51.58 | | | |
| 13 | Valerie Young | New Zealand | 49.59 | 48.93 | 46.17 | 49.59 | | | |
| 14 | Doris Lorenz | United Team of Germany | 45.63 | X | X | 45.63 | | | |
