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1986 Jurgen Schull sets world discus record, 74.07 m

1984 Zdena Silvaha (Cz) throws discus 74.55 m (women's world record)

1983 Yuri Dumchev of U.S.S.R. throws discus a record 71.86 m

1983 Nina Dumbadze, Russian discus thrower (Oly-bronze-1952), dies at 64

1981 Ben Plucknett of U.S. throws discus 72.34 m, but throw is disqualified

1975 Jason Tunks, London Ontario, discus thrower 1996 Olympics

1974 Beatrice Roini Liua Faumuina, NZ, discus thrower 1996 Olympics

1972 John Godina, born in Fort Sill Oklahoma, shot putter/discus thrower, 1996 Olympics silver

1971 Lisa-Marie Vizaniari, Australian discus/shot putter 1996 Olympics

1966 Edie Boyer, St. Paul, Minnesota, discus thrower

1966 Anthony Washington, Glasgow Montana, discus thrower, Olympics-4th-96

1965 Daniela Costian, Australian discus/shot putter 1996 Olympics

1964 Pamela Dukes, born in Bronx, New York, discus thrower

1964 Lillian Copeland, U.S. discus thrower (Oly-gold-32), dies at 59

1963 Gabriele Reinsch, German DR, discus thrower, world record 1988

1962 Mike Buncic, Patterson, New Jersey, discus thrower

1962 Connie Price-Smith, born in St. Charles, Missouri, discus thrower, Oly-5th-96

1960 Gisela Beyer, German DR, discus thrower, Olympics-4th place-1980

1960 Jurgen Schult, German FR, discus thrower, world record 1986

1957 Luis Mariano Delis Fournier, Cuba, discus thrower, Oly-bronze-1980

1956 Evelin Jahl, born in German DR, discus thrower, Olympic-2 gold-1976

1951 Panuta Rosani, born in Poland, discus, Olympic 1976, drug disqualified

1950 Mac Maurice Wilkins, discus thrower, 1st to break 70m

1945 Faina Myelink, U.S.S.R., discus thrower, Olympics gold 1972

1944 Liesel Westermann, German FR, discus thrower, 1968 Olympics silver

1937 Tamara Press, U.S.S.R., shot putter/discus thrower, Oly-gold-60

1937 L Jay Silvester, U.S., discus thrower 1972 Olympics silver

1936 Alfred A Oerter, Jr., Astoria, New York, discus, Olympics gold 56, 60, 64, 68

1936 Al Oerter, born in Astoria, New York, discus thrower, Olympics gold 56, 60, 64, 68

1932 Olga Connolly-Fikotova, Czechoslovakia, U.S. discus thrower 1956 Olympics gold

1932 Lia Manoliu, Romania, discus thrower, 1968 Olympics gold

1931 Galina Zybina, U.S.S.R., discus thrower, 15 world records between 1952-58

1929 Elizabeta Bagrintseve, U.S.S.R., discus thrower 1952 Olympics silver

1929 Nina Ponomareva Romaschkova, born in U.S.S.R., discus thrower, Oly-gold-1952, 60

1922 Micheline Ostermeyer, France, shot-put/discus thrower, Oly-gold-1948

1919 Nina Dumbadze, U.S.S.R., Discus thrower, Oly-bronze-1952

1913 Gisela Mauermeyer, Germany, discus thrower 1936 Olympics gold

1912 Jadwiga Wajsowna-Marcinkiewicz, discus thrower, Oly-bronze-1932

1904 Lillian Copeland, U.S. discus thrower 1932 Olympics gold

1900 Helena Konopacka, Poland, discus thrower 1928 Olympics gold



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