Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Women's javelin throw

Athletics at the
1956 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
20 km walk men
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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

These are the official results of the Women's Javelin Throw event at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. The qualifying round mark was set at 43.00m. Five athletes didn't surpass that distance in the heats.

Medalists

Gold Inese Jaunzeme (URS)
Silver Marlene Ahrens (CHI)
Bronze Nadezhda Konyayeva (URS)

Final classification

RANK NAME ATHLETEDISTANCE
 Inese Jaunzeme (URS) 53.86 m
 Marlene Ahrens (CHI) 50.38 m
 Nadezhda Konyayeva (URS) 50.28 m
4.  Dana Zátopková (TCH) 49.83 m
5.  Ingrid Almqvist (SWE) 49.74 m
6.  Urszula Figwer (POL) 48.16 m
7.  Erzsebet Vigh (HUN) 48.07 m
8.  Karen Anderson (USA) 48.00 m
9.  Anna Wojtaszek (POL) 46.92 m
10.  Erika Raue (EUA) 45.87 m
11.  Marjorie Larney (USA) 45.27 m
12.  Yoriko Shida (JPN) 44.96 m
13.  Almut Brömmel (EUA) 44.67 m
14.  Amelia Wershoven (USA) 44.29 m
 Paola Paternoster (ITA) DNQ
 Heather Innis (AUS) DNQ
 Ida George (CAN) DNQ
 June Heath (AUS) DNQ
 Maureen Wright (AUS) DNQ

References


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