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

Women's javelin throw at the Games of the XV Olympiad
Venue	Helsinki Olympic Stadium
Date	July 24
Competitors	19 from 13 nations
Medalists
Dana Zátopková Czechoslovakia   Aleksandra Chudina Soviet Union   Yelena Gorchakova Soviet Union

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 javelin throw at the 1952 Olympic Games took place on 24 July at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium. Czech athlete Dana Zátopková won the gold medal and set a new Olympic record.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record	Natalya Smirnitskaya (URS)	53.41 m	Moscow, Soviet Union	1949
Olympic record	Herma Bauma (AUT)	45.57 m	London, United Kingdom	31 July 1948

The following record was set during this competition.

Date	Event	Athlete	Time	OR	WR
24 July	Final	Dana Zátopková (TCH)	50.47 m	OR

Results

Qualifying round

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 38.00 m advance to the Final.

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Aleksandra Chudina	Soviet Union	46.17	OR
2	Galina Zybina	Soviet Union	45.95
3	Dana Zátopková	Czechoslovakia	45.57
4	Yelena Gorchakova	Soviet Union	45.18
5	Marlies Müller	Germany	44.99
6	Jutta Krüger	Germany	43.43
7	Herma Bauma	Austria	43.07
8	Marjorie Larney	United States	41.44
9	Inge Bausenwein	Germany	40.53
10	Anni Rättyä	Finland	40.47
11	Estrella Puente	Uruguay	40.10
12	Maria Ciach	Poland	39.96
13	Lily Carlstedt-Kelsby	Denmark	39.61
14	Diane Coates	Great Britain	39.45
15	Ada Turci	Italy	39.31
16	Elsa Torikka	Finland	39.27
17	Kaisa Parviainen	Finland	39.10
18	Gerda Martín	Chile	36.94
19	Amalia Yubi	Mexico	35.59
	Edith Thomas	Chile	NM
	Gerda Schilling-Staniek	Austria	NM

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result	Notes
	Dana Zátopková	Czechoslovakia	50.47	41.34	46.28	43.45	45.62	47.63	50.47	OR
	Aleksandra Chudina	Soviet Union	46.71	45.20	47.50	x	49.61	50.01	50.01
	Yelena Gorchakova	Soviet Union	46.67	49.76	48.27	45.28	43.10	43.28	49.76
4	Galina Zybina	Soviet Union	44.86	48.35	47.24	47.94	47.81	45.95	48.35
5	Lily Carlstedt-Kelsby	Denmark	46.23	40.90	45.30	42.38	44.82	44.77	46.23
6	Marlies Müller	Germany	x	44.37	x	43.21	x	43.08	44.37
7	Maria Ciach	Poland	42.55	43.53	44.31				44.31
8	Jutta Krüger	Germany	44.30	42.17	41.77				44.30
9	Herma Bauma	Austria	42.54	42.27	41.13				42.54
10	Estrella Puente	Uruguay	39.41	41.44					41.44
11	Ada Turci	Italy	41.15	41.20	40.03				41.20
12	Inge Bausenwein	Germany	41.16	39.60	39.55				41.16
13	Marjorie Larney	United States	x	40.58	36.04				40.58
14	Anni Rättyä	Finland	40.33	38.85	40.56				40.56
15	Diane Coates	Great Britain	40.17	39.28	38.55				40.17
16	Kaisa Parviainen	Finland	38.03	39.82	x				39.82
17	Elsa Torikka	Finland	39.58	x	36.73				39.58

References

• Official Olympic Report, la84.org.