Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Women's shot put

The women's shot put event at the 1952 Summer Olympics took place on 26 July at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium. Soviet athlete Galina Zybina won the gold medal and set new world and Olympic records.

Medalists GoldSilverBronze

Results

Qualifying round

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 12.30 advance to the Final.

Rank Athlete Nationality Result 1Klavdiya Tochonova 13.88 OR2Gertrud Kille 13.713Galina Zybina 13.664Marianne Werner 13.625Marija Radosavljević 13.156Magdalena Breguła 13.057Paulette Veste 12.918Tamara Tyshkevich 12.769Eivor Olson 12.7010Yvette Williams 12.6411Dorothea Kreß 12.5712Jaroslava Křítková 12.5712Meeri Saari 12.5714Nada Kotlušek 12.3515Ingeborg Pfüller 11.8516Elżbieta Krysińska 11.5017Gretel Bolliger 11.4818Janet Dicks 11.4419Ingeborg Mello 10.8220Choi Myeong-suk 10.76Agnes Olsen Raayah Ron Lotte Haidegger Olga Winterberg Esther Brand Toyoko Yoshino

Final RankAthleteNationality123456ResultGalina Zybina15.0014.5814.0414.5514.3315.2815.28 WRMarianne Werner13.8913.9114.0414.5714.57Klavdiya Tochonova14.4214.5014.1114.0614.3514.504Tamara Tyshkevich14.4214.1313.5714.0013.4513.8814.425Gertrud Kille12.4913.4813.7713.7413.8413.846Yvette Williams12.2711.5413.3512.6812.2811.7313.357Marija Radosavljević13.2313.3013.308Meeri Saari12.0512.6113.0213.029Paulette Veste12.9612.2312.8812.9610Magdalena Breguła12.3912.9312.9311Dorothea Kreß12.9112.5212.6112.9112Jaroslava Křítková12.1812.5912.7312.7313Eivor Olson12.4611.2812.0512.4614Nada Kotlušek11.9811.7611.98

References

External links Official Olympic Report, la84.org.