Athletics at the 1989 Summer Universiade – Women's discus throw

Athletics at the 1989 Summer Universiade
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m		women
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
5 km walk		women
20 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
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men

The women's discus throw event at the 1989 Summer Universiade was held at the Wedaustadion in Duisburg on 27 and 28 August 1989.^[1][2]

The winning margin was 12 cm which as of 2024 remains the narrowest winning margin for the women's discus throw at these games.

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Hou Xuemei  China	Gabriele Reinsch  East Germany	Maritza Martén  Cuba

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Franka Dietzsch	East Germany	61.70	Q
2	Olga Davydova	Soviet Union	61.00	Q
3	Gabriele Reinsch	East Germany	60.96	Q
4	Antonina Patoka	Soviet Union	60.94	Q
5	Hou Xuemei	China	59.74	Q
6	Maritza Martén	Cuba	59.38	Q
7	Tsvetanka Khristova	Bulgaria	58.22	Q
8	Ursula Kreutel	West Germany	57.46	Q
9	Ingrid Belz	West Germany	55.00	Q
10	Renata Katewicz	Poland	54.60	Q
11	Leonora Barnes	United States	54.34	Q
12	Bárbara Hechavarría	Cuba	53.28	Q
13	Maria Marello	Italy	53.28	Q
14	Mei Dai	China	52.98	Q
15	Lidia Rognini	Italy	52.48	Q
16	Michelle Brotherton	Canada	47.86
17	Isabelle Devaluez	France	47.52	[3]
18	Anne Otutu	Nigeria	39.32
19	Jotsna Afrose	Bangladesh	31.18

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Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Hou Xuemei	China	65.32
	Gabriele Reinsch	East Germany	65.20
	Maritza Martén	Cuba	64.70
4	Franka Dietzsch	East Germany	63.96
5	Tsvetanka Khristova	Bulgaria	61.72
6	Olga Davydova	Soviet Union	61.48
7	Antonina Patoka	Soviet Union	60.62
8	Ursula Kreutel	West Germany	58.65
9	Bárbara Hechavarría	Cuba	56.79
10	Ingrid Belz	West Germany	55.83
11	Leonora Barnes	United States	54.46
12	Mei Dai	China	54.20
13	Renata Katewicz	Poland	54.10
14	Maria Marello	Italy	53.06
15	Lidia Rognini	Italy	52.88