Women Discus Throw Athletics XV Olympic Games Helsinki, Finland 1952 - Sunday 20 July - Gold Medal: Nina Romashkova, Soviet Union
Venue: Helsingin Olympiastadion. Capp.: 70,000. world Women Discus Throw History. 20 competitors from 16 nations.
Final 17:35timeSOY1.2.3.4.5.6.
1. Nina RomashkovaURSURS51.42m OR42345.1650.8451.4247.2444.6649.37
2. Yelizaveta BagryantsevaURSURS47.08m173143.5847.0844.2643.9744.5843.00
3. Nina DumbadzeURSURS46.29m123345.8540.2444.1046.2945.1041.05
4. Toyoko "Ko" YoshinoJPNJPN43.81m13241.7142.6737.1541.5843.8142.02
5. Elisabeth HaideggerAUTAUT43.49m62735.6643.4940.02XX41.32
6. Lia ManoliuROMROM42.65m132041.5742.6541.4836.0541.2140.79
eliminated after 3 atempts.
7. Ingeborg PfullerARGARG41.73m72037.0540.3241.73
8. Ilona Szikora-JózsáHUNHUN41.61m1534X39.5841.61
9. Marianne WernerGERGER41.03m 2839.77X41.03
10.Yvette WilliamsNZLNZL40.48m 2340.4832.9540.38
11.Kaarina KoivuniemiFINFIN40.33m 2040.3332.7240.05
12.Ingeborg MelloARGARG39.04m 3339.0437.8437.24
13.Libuše NovákováTCHTCH38.83m 2838.17X38.83
14.Edera Cordiale GentileITAITA38.22m 3238.22X37.03
15.Suzanne FarmerGBRGBR37.96m 1734.5437.3437.96
16.Paulette VesteFRAFRA37.64m 2437.6428.9433.28
17.Gretel BolligerSUISUI36.36m 3035.3436.3636.24
18.Frieda TiltschAUTAUT27.84m 30X27.84X
World Record: Nino Dumbadze, Soviet Union 53.37m Season Best: Nino Dumbadze, Soviet Union 52.38m
The USSR was expected to do well in the first women’s final of the ’52 Games, with the event previewed in Leichtathletik under the heading “Romashkova or Dumbadze?”. With the two separated by one centime- tre on pre-Olympic lists, it was difficult to make predictions. The younger woman took over in round 2 with 50.84, the best mark of the season, which she supplanted in the next round with 51.42. Anticlimactically, Dumbadze had an off-day, with a best of only 46.29 behind Bagryantseva’s 47.08.
The USSR thus celebrated it’s entrance to the Olympic arena with a clean sweep. Romashkova capped her Olympic triumph with a world record 53.61 three weeks later, though Dumbadze had the final word of 1952 with a mark of 57.04 in October.

Qualification - Sunday 20.07 10:00

Mark 36.00m 18 Athletes
AthleteDistance 1.2.3.
1. Nina RomashkovaURSURS45.05mQ45.05
2. Nino DumbadzeURSURS43.20mQ43.20
3. Marianne WernerGERGER41.37mQ41.37
4. Yvette WilliamsNZLNZL41.32mQX41.32
5. Ingeborg MelloARGARG40.91mQX40.91
6. Yelizaveta BagryantsevaURSURS40.73mQX40.73
7. Libuše NovákováTCHTCH39.89mQ39.89
8. Toyoko "Ko" YoshinoJPNJPN39.75mQ39.75
9. Lotte HaideggerAUTAUT39.54mQ34.2935.2239.54
10.Frieda TiltschAUTAUT39.47mQ39.47
11.Gretel BolligerSUISUI38.20mQ34.8434.8138.20
12.Ilona Szikora-JózsáHUNHUN37.75mQ37.75
13.Lia ManoliuROUROU37.58mQ37.58
14.Paulette VesteFRAFRA37.47mQ32.3530.0337.47
15.Edera Cordiale-GentileITAITA37.40mQ37.40
16.Ingeborg PfüllerARGARG36.61mQX36.61
17.Kaarina KoivuniemiFINFIN36.56mQ36.56
18.Suzanne FarmerGBRGBR36.37mQ36.37
eliminatedY
19.Olga WinterbergISRISR35.79m3025.9735.7924.09
20.Esther BrandSAFSAF34.18m29XX34.18
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index Athletics
Helsinki 1952 index
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Athletics Helsinki 1952
Men 100mWomen 100m
Men 200mWomen 200m
Men 400m
Men 800m
Men 1500m
Men 5000m
Men 10000m
Men Marathon
Men 110m HurdlesWomen 80m Hurdles
Men 400m Hurdles
Men 3000m Steeplechase
Men 4x100m RelayWomen 4x100m Relay
Men 4x400m Relay
Men High JumpWomen High Jump
Men Pole Vault
Men Long JumpWomen Long Jump
Men Triple Jump
Men Shot PutWomen Shot Put
Men Discus ThrowWomen Discus Throw
Men Hammer Throw
Men Javelin ThrowWomen Javelin Throw
Men 10km Track Walk
Men 50km Walk
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Men Decathlon
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