Women Discus Throw Athletics XVI Olympic Games Melbourne, Australia 1956 - Friday, 23rd November - Gold Medal: Olga Fikotová, Czechoslovakia
Final 16:10DistanceSO1.2.3.4.5.6.
1. Olga FikotováTCHTCH53.69m346.5650.0952.0452.2853.6949.98
2. Irina BeglyakovaURSURS52.54m1051.7451.0152.5450.3248.2248.31
3. Nina PonomaryevaURSURS52.02m751.0351.6150.1747.2252.0251.10
4. Earlene BrownUSAUSA51.35m851.3542.55XX40.4544.79
5. Albina YelkinaURSURS48.20m547.87X48.2045.1845.4547.92
6. Isabel Avellan de NeefeARGARG46.73m646.7344.8442.6946.3143.8844.35
7. Jirina VobořilováTCHTCH45.84m945.57X45.84
8. Štěpánka MertováTCHTCH45.78m1341.9645.7843.41
9. Lia ManoliuROMROM43.90m 43.9043.7642.72
10.Marianne WernerGERGER43.34m 43.3441.89X
11.Paola PaternosterITAITA42.83m 42.8340.89X
12.Nada KotlusekYUGYUG42.16m 41.7939.8942.16
13.Lois JackmanAUSAUS40.84m 40.8440.2840.64

world Women Discus Throw History

Venue: Melbourne Cricket Ground. Capp.: 120,000.
22 competitors from 12 nations.
Qualification
Ponomaryova was expected to retain her title ahead of Beglyakova, with Fikotová and Mertová likely to battle out for the bronze. Fikotová led the qualifying with 50.77, but was fourth until the third round, when she threw 52.04 to take the lead. Beglyakova immediately responded with 52.54, and retained the lead from Fikotová until the fifth round. The Czech threw 53.69 in the fifth round to become the third-best thrower ever and win the gold, with Ponomaryova producing her best in the same round, to edge Brown for the bronze medal. For Fikotová, Melbourne was memorable not just for the gold medal, as she met (and three months later married) Harold Connolly, winner of the hammer. Ponomaryova had given Fikotová coaching tips in 1955, and was visibly upset to see how good a job she had done.

Qualification> - Friday 23.11 10:00

Mark 42.00m. 13 Athletes passed the mark and advanced to Final.
FinalDistance1.2.3.
1. Olga FikotováTCHTCH50.77m28.6050.77
2. Nina PonomaryevaURSURS48.34m48.34
3. Irina BeglyakovaURSURS47.65m40.7747.65
4. Štěpánka MertováTCHTCH46.26m44.62
5. Jirina VobořilováTCHTCH44.62m43.90
6. Earlene BrownUSAUSA43.90m43.90
6. Albina YelkinaURSURS43.90m43.90
8. Lia ManoliuROMROM43.87m43.87
9. Isabel Avellan de NeefeARGARG43.66m40.7843.66
10.Marianne WernerGERGER43.41m40.7843.41
11.Paola PaternosterITAITA42.88m42.88
12.Nada KotlusekYUGYUG42.45m40.7342.45
13.Lois JackmanAUSAUS42.21m39.2541.6842.21
Not Qualified
14.Suzanne AlldayGBRGBR41.45m39.3938.8941.45
15.Anne-Katrin LafrenzGERGER41.18m33.7241.1841.16
16.Toyoko YoshinoJPNJPN40.91m40.7736.4740.91
17.Shirley CottonAUSAUS40.76m37.7440.7639.36
18.Pamela Joan KurrellUSAUSA40.49m38.0140.4939.92
19.Jacqueline MacDonaldCAnCAn40.41m33.7733.9340.41
20.Marjorie LarneyUSAUSA39.91m39.9138.04X
21.Valerie Dawn LawrenceAUSAUS38.76m33.8438.7636.61
22.Almut BrommelGERGER35.47mXX35.47
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