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Athletics at the 1986 Commonwealth Games
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
30 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	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The women's discus throw event at the 1986 Commonwealth Games was held on 27 July at the Meadowbank Stadium in Edinburgh.

Results※

Rank	Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Gael Martin	Australia							56.42
	Venissa Head	Wales							56.20
	Karen Pugh	England	54.72	52.84	53.18				54.72	PB
4	Julia Avis	England		52.48	47.04				52.48
5	Gale Zaphiropoulos-Dolegiewicz	Canada							52.28
6	Kathryn Farr	England							51.08
7	Michelle Brotherton	Canada							49.84
8	Astra Etiene	Australia	49.80	47.84	x				49.80
9	Jackie McKernan	Northern Ireland	48.46	49.08					49.08
10	Melody Torcolacci	Canada							47.56
11	Morag Bremner	Scotland							47.06

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