Women Javelin Throw Athletics XVI Olympic Games Melbourne, Australia 1956 - -- November - Gold Medal: Ineze Jaunzeme, Soviet Union
FinalDistance
1. Ineze JaunzemeURSURS53.86m
2. Marlene AhrensCHICHI50.38m
3. Nadezhda KonyayevaURSURS50.28m
4. Dana ZatopkovaURSURS49.83m
5. Ingrid AlmqvistSWESWE49.74m
6. Urszula FigwerPOLPOL48.16m
7. Erzsebet VighHUNHUN48.07m
8. Karen Linnea AndersonUSAUSA48.00m
9. Anna WojtaszekPOLPOL46.92m
10.Erika RaueGERGER45.87m
11.Marjorie LarneyUSAUSA45.27m
12.Yoriko ShidaJPNJPN44.96m
13.Almut BrommelGERGER44.67m
14.Amelia WershovenUSAUSA44.29m
Qualification Roundmark 43.00m
Not Qualified
-. Paola PaternosterITAITA
-. Heather InnisAUSAUS
-. Ida Margaret GeorgeCANCAN
-. June Margaret HeathAUSAUS
-. Maureen Faye WrightAUSAUS
Ineze Jaunzeme was third in the 1956 Soviet Championships, and would never do better. But in Melbourne she was dominant, with four throws further than the second best thrower. Her best throws of 53.40 and then 53.86 were both Latvian records, and she became the first ever gold medallist from that country, though a part of the USSR at the time. The surprise of the competition was the silver medal for Ahrens, who had ranked only 19th before the Games, and was the only Chilean female ever to win an Olympic medal.
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