Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Women's javelin throw explained

Event:Women's javelin throw
Games:1952 Summer
Venue:Helsinki Olympic Stadium
Date:July 24
Competitors:19
Nations:13
Win Value:50.47
Win Label:Winning distance
Longnames:yes
Gold:Dana Zátopková
Goldnoc:TCH
Silver:Aleksandra Chudina
Silvernoc:URS
Bronze:Yelena Gorchakova
Bronzenoc:URS
Prev:1948
Next:1956

The Women's javelin throw at the 1952 Olympic Games took place on 24 July at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium. Czech athlete Dana Zátopková won the gold medal and set a new Olympic record.[1]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

The following record was set during this competition.

Results

Qualifying round

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 38.00 m advance to the Final.

RankAthlete Nationality Result Notes
Aleksandra Chudina46.17 OR
Galina Zybina45.95
Dana Zátopková45.57
Yelena Gorchakova45.18
Marlies Müller44.99
Jutta Krüger43.43
Herma Bauma43.07
Marjorie Larney41.44
Inge Bausenwein40.53
10 Anni Rättyä40.47
11 Estrella Puente40.10
12 Maria Ciach39.96
13 Lily Carlstedt-Kelsby39.61
14 Diane Coates39.45
15 Ada Turci39.31
16 Elsa Torikka39.27
17 Kaisa Parviainen39.10
18 Gerda Martín36.94
19 Amalia Yubi35.59
Edith Thomas
Gerda Schilling-Staniek

Final

RankAthleteNationality123456ResultNotes
Dana Zátopková50.4741.3446.2843.4545.6247.6350.47OR
Aleksandra Chudina46.7145.2047.5049.6150.0150.01
Yelena Gorchakova46.6749.7648.2745.2843.1043.2849.76
4Galina Zybina44.8648.3547.2447.9447.8145.9548.35
5Lily Carlstedt-Kelsby46.2340.9045.3042.3844.8244.7746.23
6Marlies Müller44.3743.2143.0844.37
7Maria Ciach42.5543.5344.3144.31
8Jutta Krüger44.3042.1741.7744.30
9Herma Bauma42.5442.2741.1342.54
10Estrella Puente39.4141.4441.44
11Ada Turci41.1541.2040.0341.20
12Inge Bausenwein41.1639.6039.5541.16
13Marjorie Larney40.5836.0440.58
14Anni Rättyä40.3338.8540.5640.56
15Diane Coates40.1739.2838.5540.17
16Kaisa Parviainen38.0339.8239.82
17Elsa Torikka39.5836.7339.58

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Athletics at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games: Women's Javelin Throw . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417174916/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1952/ATH/womens-javelin-throw.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 17 January 2018 . sports-reference.com.