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

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

Medalists GoldSilverBronze

Results

Qualifying round

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 36.00 advance to the Final.

Rank Athlete Nationality Result 1Nina Ponomaryova45.052Nina Dumbadze43.203Marianne Werner41.374Yvette Williams41.325Ingeborg Mello40.916Yelisaveta Bagriantseva40.737Libuše Nováková39.898Toyoko Yoshino39.759Lotte Haidegger39.5410Frieda Tiltsch39.4711Gretel Bolliger38.2012Dezsőné Józsa37.7513Lia Manoliu37.5814Paulette Veste37.4715Edera Cordiale37.4016Ingeborg Pfüller36.6117Kaarina Koivuniemi36.5618Suzanne Allday36.3719Olga Winterberg35.7920Esther Brand34.18Đurđa Boroveč

Final RankAthleteNationality123456ResultNina Ponomaryova45.1650.8451.4247.2444.6649.3751.42 ORYelisaveta Bagriantseva43.5847.0844.2643.9744.5843.0047.08Nina Dumbadze45.8540.2444.1046.2945.1041.0546.294Toyoko Yoshino41.7142.6737.1541.5843.8142.0243.815Lotte Haidegger35.6643.4940.0241.3243.496Lia Manoliu41.5742.6541.4836.0541.2140.7942.657Ingeborg Pfüller37.0540.3241.7341.738Ilona Szikora-Józsá39.5841.6141.619Marianne Werner39.7741.0341.0310Yvette Williams40.4832.9540.3840.4811Kaarina Koivuniemi40.3332.7240.0540.3312Ingeborg Mello39.0437.8437.2439.0413Libuše Nováková38.1738.8338.8314Edera Cordiale38.2237.0338.2215Suzanne Allday34.5437.3437.9637.9616Paulette Veste37.6428.9433.2837.6417Gretel Bolliger35.3436.3636.2436.3618Frieda Tiltsch27.8427.84

References

External links Official Olympic Report, la84.org.