Ozoliņa had topped the 1959 world lists, but improved to produce the
four best ever throws in 1960. She opened with 55.98, the winning
effort, and had a further throw of 54.80, also good enough to take gold.
Behind her Zátopková confirmed herself as the most consistent thrower
of the 1950-60 era by winning her second Olympic medal to add to her
European titles of ’54 and ’58. She edged Kalėdienė by 33cm and
became the then oldest ever women’s Olympic athletics medallist at 37
years 348 days.
In seventh place was Platt, whose surprising third round throw was
in the region of 54m, but was erroneously ruled a foul by an over-zeal-
ous official who misunderstood her moving forward around the foul
line to check the distance after the throw had landed.