Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Women's discus throw

Women's discus throw
at the Games of the XV Olympiad
VenueHelsinki Olympic Stadium
DatesJuly 20
Competitors20 from 16 nations
Athletics at the
1952 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men
800 m men
1500 m men
5000 m men
10,000 m men
80 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men
3000 m
steeplechase
men
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men
Road events
Marathon men
10 km walk men
50 km walk men
Field events
Long jump men women
Triple jump men
High jump men women
Pole vault men
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Javelin throw men women
Hammer throw men
Combined events
Decathlon men

The Women's shot put event at the 1952 Summer Olympics took place on 20 July at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium. Soviet athlete Nina Ponomaryova won the gold medal and set a new Olympic record.

Medalists

Gold Nina Ponomaryova (URS)
Silver Yelisaveta Bagriantseva (URS)
Bronze Nina Dumbadze (URS)

Results

Qualifying round

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 36.00 advance to the Final.

Rank Athlete Nationality Result
1Nina Ponomaryova Soviet Union45.05
2Nina Dumbadze Soviet Union43.20
3Marianne Werner Germany41.37
4Yvette Williams New Zealand41.32
5Ingeborg Mello Argentina40.91
6Yelisaveta Bagriantseva Soviet Union40.73
7Libuše Nováková Czechoslovakia39.89
8Ko Nakamura-Yoshino Japan39.75
9Lotte Haidegger Austria39.54
10Frieda Tiltsch Austria39.47
11Gretel Bolliger Switzerland38.20
12Ilona Szikora-Józsá Hungary37.75
13Lia Manoliu Romania37.58
14Paulette Veste France37.47
15Edera Cordiale Italy37.40
16Ingeborg Pfüller Argentina36.61
17Kaarina Koivuniemi Finland36.56
18Suzanne Allday Great Britain36.37
19Olga Winterberg Israel35.79
20Esther Brand South Africa34.18

Final

RankAthleteNationality123456Result
1stNina Ponomaryova Soviet Union45.1650.8451.4247.2444.6649.3751.42 OR
2ndYelisaveta Bagriantseva Soviet Union43.5847.0844.2643.9744.5843.0047.08
3rdNina Dumbadze Soviet Union45.8540.2444.1046.2945.1041.0546.29
4Ko Nakamura-Yoshino Japan41.7142.6737.1541.5843.8142.0243.81
5Lotte Haidegger Austria35.6643.4940.02xx41.3243.49
6Lia Manoliu Romania41.5742.6541.4836.0541.2140.7942.65
7Ingeborg Pfüller Argentina37.0540.3241.7341.73
8Ilona Szikora-Józsá Hungaryx39.5841.6141.61
9Marianne Werner Germany39.77x41.0341.03
10Yvette Williams New Zealand40.4832.9540.3840.48
11Kaarina Koivuniemi Finland40.3332.7240.0540.33
12Ingeborg Mello Argentina39.0437.8437.2439.04
13Libuše Nováková Czechoslovakia38.17x38.8338.83
14Edera Cordiale Italy38.22x37.0338.22
15Suzanne Allday Great Britain34.5437.3437.9637.96
16Paulette Veste France37.6428.9433.2837.64
17Gretel Bolliger Switzerland35.3436.3636.2436.36
18Frieda Tiltsch Austriax27.84x27.84

References

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