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

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 metres		54.94	—
2	Ingrid Lotz	United Team of Germany	54.82 metres		48.38	54.82	—
3	Kriemhild Limberg	United Team of Germany	54.54 metres		46.59	48.63	54.54
4	Lia Manoliu	Romania	53.64 metres		47.80	53.64	—
5	Olimpia Cataramă	Romania	53.20 metres		46.96	53.20	—
6	Olga Connolly	United States	53.17 metres		49.99	53.17	—
7	Yevgeniya Kuznetsova	Soviet Union	52.44 metres		49.40	52.44	—
8	Jolán Kleiber-Kontsek	Hungary	52.35 metres		52.35	—
9	Judit Stugner	Hungary	52.30 metres		48.96	48.49	52.30
10	Valerie Young	New Zealand	51.94 metres		48.01	51.94	—
11	Doris Lorenz	United Team of Germany	51.58 metres		51.58	—
12	Jiřina Němcová	Czechoslovakia	50.64 metres		50.64	—
13	Tamara Press	Soviet Union	50.28 metres		50.28	—
14	Nina Ponomaryova	Soviet Union	50.18 metres		44.69	44.89	50.18
15	Nancy McCredie	Canada	47.27 metres		44.91	47.27	44.75
16	Hiroko Uchida-Yokoyama	Japan	47.18 metres		46.19	47.18	34.48
17	Dashzevgiin Namjilmaa	Mongolia	44.55 metres		43.37	40.26	44.55
18	Josephine de la Viña	Philippines	42.27 metres		40.05	42.27	41.71
19	Pranee Kitipongpitaya	Thailand	38.73 metres		36.21	38.73	34.20
20	Park Yeong-suk	South Korea	37.50 metres		37.50	33.27	34.97
21	Juliette Geverkof	Iran	30.05 metres		X	30.05	X
—	Judit Bognár	Hungary	Did not start		—

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 metres OR		X	55.38	50.38	55.23	57.27	56.08
2	Ingrid Lotz	United Team of Germany	57.21 metres		57.21	X	55.41	X	54.59	54.74
3	Lia Manoliu	Romania	56.97 metres		55.90	X	X	56.09	56.97	X
4	Virginia Angelova	Bulgaria	56.70 metres		47.38	56.56	52.19	56.70	55.77	55.54
5	Yevgeniya Kuznetsova	Soviet Union	55.17 metres		55.17	53.58	X	X	X	53.80
6	Jolán Kleiber-Kontsek	Hungary	54.87 metres		54.46	53.05	53.51	53.14	54.87	51.69
7	Kriemhild Limberg	United Team of Germany	53.81 metres		48.35	53.81	53.02
8	Olimpia Catarama	Romania	53.08 metres		53.08	49.99	51.28
9	Jiřina Němcová	Czechoslovakia	52.80 metres		49.06	52.80	51.13
10	Judit Stugner	Hungary	52.52 metres		50.88	50.47	52.52
11	Nina Ponomariova	Soviet Union	52.48 metres		52.15	51.12	52.48
12	Olga Connolly	United States	51.58 metres		51.21	X	51.58
13	Valerie Young	New Zealand	49.59 metres		48.93	46.17	49.59
14	Doris Lorenz	United Team of Germany	45.63 metres		X	X	45.63