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Host City: Ciudad de México, Mexico
Venue(s): University Olympic Stadium, Ciudad de México
Date Started: October 20, 1968
Date Finished: October 20, 1968
Format: Final only.
Gold: | Margitta Helmbold-Gummel |
Silver: | Marita Lange |
Bronze: | Nadezhda Chizhova |
In 1966 [Nadezhda Chizhova] (URS) won the European Championships over second-placed [Margitta Gummel-Helmbold] (GDR) and her teammate, [Marita Lange]. Earlier in 1968 Chizhova and Gummel broke the world record, first Chizhova in April with 18.67 (61-3), followed by Gummel in late September with 18.87 (61-11). In Ciudad de México, Chizhova was off form and though she won a bronze medal, never contended for the gold. Marita Lange led in round one with 18.78 (61-7½) and held that until Gummel threw a world record 19.07 (62-6¾) in round three. That settled first and second but Gummel had a stunner in round five, throwing 19.61 (64-4) for a huge world record. The medals were the same as at the 1966 Europeans and the three would repeat that in 1969, with the same order as in 1966, Chizhova winning.
Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | Medal | D | |
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1 | Margitta Helmbold-Gummel | 27 | East Germany | GDR | Gold | 19.61 | WR |
2 | Marita Lange | 25 | East Germany | GDR | Silver | 18.78 | OR |
3 | Nadezhda Chizhova | 23 | Soviet Union | URS | Bronze | 18.19 | |
4 | Judit Bognár | 29 | Hungary | HUN | 17.78 | ||
5 | Renate Boy-Garisch-Culmberger | 29 | East Germany | GDR | 17.72 | ||
6 | Ivanka Khristova | 26 | Bulgaria | BUL | 17.25 | ||
7 | Marlene Fuchs | 26 | West Germany | FRG | 17.11 | ||
8 | Els van Noorduyn | 22 | Netherlands | NED | 16.23 | ||
9 | Irina Solontsova-Kudryavtseva | 31 | Soviet Union | URS | 15.88 | ||
10 | Gertrud Schäfer | 23 | West Germany | FRG | 15.26 | ||
11 | Maren Seidler | 17 | United States | USA | 14.86 | ||
12 | Rosa Molina | 22 | Chile | CHI | 12.85 | ||
13 | Baeg Ok-Ja | 18 | South Korea | KOR | 12.67 | ||
14 | Rosario MartÃnez | 20 | El Salvador | ESA | 10.18 |