Diskuskastning för damer vid olympiska sommarspelen 1972 i München avgjordes 9-10 september.
Medaljörer DiskuskastningFaina Melnik 66,62 m(OR)Argentina Menis 65,06 mVasilka Stoeva 64,34 m
Resultat Kval {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" |- ! Placering !! Namn !! Nationalitet !! Märke !! Kast 1 !! Kast 2 !! Kast 3 |-bgcolor=lightblue | 1 ||align=left|Argentina Menis || align=left| || 61.58OR || 61.58 || p || p |-bgcolor=lightblue | 2 ||align=left|Faina Melnik || align=left| || 61.26 || 53.00 || 61.26 || p |-bgcolor=lightblue | 3 ||align=left|Tamara Danilova || align=left| || 60.34 || 60.34 || p || p |-bgcolor=lightblue | 4 ||align=left|Gabriele Hinzmann || align=left| || 59.80 || 59.80 || p || p |-bgcolor=lightblue | 5 ||align=left|Liesel Westermann || align=left| || 58.26 || 58.26 || p || p |-bgcolor=lightblue | 6 ||align=left|Carmen Ionescu || align=left| || 57.82 || x || 57.82 || p |-bgcolor=lightblue | 7 ||align=left|Brigitte Berendonk || align=left| || 56.90 || 54.74 || 56.90 || p |-bgcolor=lightblue | 8 ||align=left|Svetla Bozhkova || align=left| || 56.42 || 54.52 || 56.42 || p |-bgcolor=lightblue | 9 ||align=left|Lia Manoliu || align=left| || 55.88 || 55.88 || p ||p |-bgcolor=lightblue | 10 ||align=left|Rosemary Payne || align=left| || 55.56 || x || 53.56 || 55.56 |-bgcolor=lightblue | 11 ||align=left|Vasilka Stoeva || align=left| || 55.26 || x || 55.26 || p |-bgcolor=lightblue | 12 ||align=left|Lyudmila Muravyova || align=left| || 55.24 || 55.24 || p || p |- | 13 ||align=left|Josephine de la Viña || align=left| || 53.29 || 51.08 || x || 53.29 |- | 14 ||align=left|Radostina Vasekova || align=left| || 53.86 || x || x || 53.86 |- |15 ||align=left|Krystyna Nadolna || align=left| || 52.52 || x || 47.42 || 52.52 |- | 16 ||align=left|Olga Connolly || align=left| || 51.58 || 51.58 || x || 50.76 |- | 17 ||align=left|Maggy Wauters || align=left| || 49.62 || 49.62 || x || x |- | – ||align=left|Ok-Ja Paik || align=left| || DNS |- | – ||align=left|Jolán Kleiberné-Kontsek || align=left| || DNS |- | – ||align=left|Rosa Molina || align=left| || DNS
Final
Placering Namn Nationalitet Märke Kast 1 Kast 2 Kast 3 Kast 4 Kast 5 Kast 6 Faina Melnik 66.62OR 60.56 61.32 57.96 66.62 || 62.76 || x |- | ||align=left|Argentina Menis || align=left| ||65.06 || 64.28 || 59.82 || 60.88 || 65.06 63.78 64.90 Vasilka Stoeva 64.34 61.08 x 64.20 62.24 64.34 || 62.10 |- | 4 ||align=left|Tamara Danilova || align=left| ||62.86 || 62.64 || 58.14 || 62.86 61.14 x x 5 Liesel Westermann 62.18 x 57.04 62.18 ||61.66 || x || x |- | 6 ||align=left|Gabriele Hinzmann || align=left| ||61.72 || 57.52 || 59.14 || 60.12 || 61.08 || 61.72 60.22 7 Carmen Ionescu 60.42 57.78 58.76 57.06 59.08 x 60.42 |- | 8 ||align=left|Lyudmila Muravyova || align=left| ||59.00 || 57.52 || 57.92 || 59.00 x 58.86 57.20 9 Lia Manoliu 58.50 58.18 58.50 || x |- | 10 ||align=left|Svetla Bozhkova || align=left| || 56.72|| 56.50 || 56.72 x 11 Brigitte Berendonk 56.58 55.60 x 56.58 |- | 12 ||align=left|Rosemary Payne || align=left| ||56.50 || 56.50 x Key''': OR = Olympiskt rekord; p = giltigt; x = ogiltigt; NM = ingen notering
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