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76.80m

Gabriele Reinsch
Record date 1988-07-09

Record Holder
Gabriele Reinsch
Longest legal women's discus throw
76.80 m
Location
Neubrandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany (East Germany at the time)
Record date
1988-07-09
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On 9 July 1988, East German athlete Gabriele Reinsch threw 76.80 metres in Neubrandenburg, which World Athletics lists as the women's discus world record.

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