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

Women's discus throw
at the Games of the XV Olympiad
Women's discus throw; at the Games of the XV Olympiad
Venue	Helsinki Olympic Stadium
Dates	July 20
Competitors	20 from 16 nations
Winning distance	51.42 OR
Medalists
	← 1948 1956 →

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.^[1]

Medalists

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

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 36.00 advance to the Final.

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Result
1	Nina Ponomaryova	Soviet Union	45.05
2	Nina Dumbadze	Soviet Union	43.20
3	Marianne Werner	Deutschland	41.37
4	Yvette Williams	Neuseeland	41.32
5	Ingeborg Mello	Argentinien	40.91
6	Yelisaveta Bagriantseva	Soviet Union	40.73
7	Libuše Nováková	Czechoslovakia	39.89
8	Toyoko Yoshino	Japan	39.75
9	Lotte Haidegger	Österreich	39.54
10	Frieda Tiltsch	Österreich	39.47
11	Gretel Bolliger	Schweiz	38.20
12	Dezsőné Józsa	Ungarn	37.75
13	Lia Manoliu	Rumänien	37.58
14	Paulette Veste	Frankreich	37.47
15	Edera Cordiale	Italien	37.40
16	Ingeborg Pfüller	Argentinien	36.61
17	Kaarina Koivuniemi	Finnland	36.56
18	Suzanne Allday	Great Britain	36.37
19	Olga Winterberg	Israel	35.79
20	Esther Brand	Südafrika	34.18

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result
	Nina Ponomaryova	Soviet Union	45.16	50.84	51.42	47.24	44.66	49.37	51.42 OR
	Yelisaveta Bagriantseva	Soviet Union	43.58	47.08	44.26	43.97	44.58	43.00	47.08
	Nina Dumbadze	Soviet Union	45.85	40.24	44.10	46.29	45.10	41.05	46.29
4	Toyoko Yoshino	Japan	41.71	42.67	37.15	41.58	43.81	42.02	43.81
5	Lotte Haidegger	Österreich	35.66	43.49	40.02	x	x	41.32	43.49
6	Lia Manoliu	Rumänien	41.57	42.65	41.48	36.05	41.21	40.79	42.65
7	Ingeborg Pfüller	Argentinien	37.05	40.32	41.73				41.73
8	Ilona Szikora-Józsá	Ungarn	x	39.58	41.61				41.61
9	Marianne Werner	Deutschland	39.77	x	41.03				41.03
10	Yvette Williams	Neuseeland	40.48	32.95	40.38				40.48
11	Kaarina Koivuniemi	Finnland	40.33	32.72	40.05				40.33
12	Ingeborg Mello	Argentinien	39.04	37.84	37.24				39.04
13	Libuše Nováková	Czechoslovakia	38.17	x	38.83				38.83
14	Edera Cordiale	Italien	38.22	x	37.03				38.22
15	Suzanne Allday	Great Britain	34.54	37.34	37.96				37.96
16	Paulette Veste	Frankreich	37.64	28.94	33.28				37.64
17	Gretel Bolliger	Schweiz	35.34	36.36	36.24				36.36
18	Frieda Tiltsch	Österreich	x	27.84	x				27.84

^ "Athletics at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games: Women's Discus Throw". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 11 January 2018.