Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Women's shot put explained

The women's shot put event at the 1952 Summer Olympics took place on 26 July at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium. Soviet athlete Galina Zybina won the gold medal and set new world and Olympic records.^[1]

Medalists

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 12.30 advance to the Final.

Rank	Athlete	Result
1	Klavdiya Tochonova	13.88 OR
2	Gertrud Kille	13.71
3	Galina Zybina	13.66
4	Marianne Werner	13.62
5	Marija Radosavljević	13.15
6	Magdalena Breguła	13.05
7	Paulette Veste	12.91
8	Tamara Tyshkevich	12.76
9	Eivor Olson	12.70
10	Yvette Williams	12.64
11	Dorothea Kreß	12.57
12	Jaroslava Křítková	12.57
12	Meeri Saari	12.57
14	Nada Kotlušek	12.35
15	Ingeborg Pfüller	11.85
16	Elżbieta Krysińska	11.50
17	Gretel Bolliger	11.48
18	Janet Dicks	11.44
19	Ingeborg Mello	10.82
20	Choi Myeong-suk	10.76

Rank	Athlete	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result
	Galina Zybina	15.00	14.58	14.04	14.55	14.33	15.28	15.28 WR
	Marianne Werner	13.89	13.91			14.04	14.57	14.57
	Klavdiya Tochonova	14.42		14.50	14.11	14.06	14.35	14.50
4	Tamara Tyshkevich	14.42	14.13	13.57	14.00	13.45	13.88	14.42
5	Gertrud Kille		12.49	13.48	13.77	13.74	13.84	13.84
6	Yvette Williams	12.27	11.54	13.35	12.68	12.28	11.73	13.35
7	Marija Radosavljević	13.23		13.30				13.30
8	Meeri Saari	12.05	12.61	13.02				13.02
9	Paulette Veste	12.96	12.23	12.88				12.96
10	Magdalena Breguła		12.39	12.93				12.93
11	Dorothea Kreß	12.91	12.52	12.61				12.91
12	Jaroslava Křítková	12.18	12.59	12.73				12.73
13	Eivor Olson	12.46	11.28	12.05				12.46
14	Nada Kotlušek	11.98		11.76				11.98

Web site: Athletics at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games: Women's Shot Put . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417175358/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1952/ATH/womens-shot-put.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 6 January 2018 . sports-reference.com.