1954 European Athletics Championships – Women's discus throw

Events at the 1954 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men
80 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men
3000 m steeplechase		men
10,000 m track walk		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men
Road events
Marathon		men
50 km walk		men
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Javelin throw		men		women
Combined events
Pentathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The women's discus throw at the 1954 European Athletics Championships was held in Bern, Switzerland, at Stadion Neufeld on 27 August 1954.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Nina Ponomaryova  Soviet Union
Silver	Irina Beglyakova  Soviet Union
Bronze	Galina Zybina  Soviet Union

Results

Final

27 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
01 !	Nina Ponomaryova	Soviet Union	48.02
02 !	Irina Beglyakova	Soviet Union	45.79
03 !	Galina Zybina	Soviet Union	44.77
4	Stepanka Mertova	Czechoslovakia	44.37
5	Jiřina Němcová	Czechoslovakia	44.33
6	Julija Matej	Yugoslavia	43.95
7	Lia Manoliu	Romania	43.86
8	Karen Sonneck	West Germany	43.86
9	Zsuzsa Serédi	Hungary	42.15
10	Anni Pöll	Austria	41.45
11	Marianne Werner	West Germany	41.36
12	Jolanda Mayr	West Germany	39.65
13	Helena Dmowska	Poland	39.44
14	Simone Saenen	Belgium	39.37
15	Ilona Józsá	Hungary	37.98
16	Gretel Bolliger	Switzerland	37.45
17	Herlinde Peyker	Austria	33.43

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 17 athletes from 10 countries participated in the event.

References