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

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.

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 38.00 m advance to the Final.

Rank	Athlete	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result	Notes
	Dana Zátopková	50.47	41.34	46.28	43.45	45.62	47.63	50.47	OR
	Aleksandra Chudina	46.71	45.20	47.50		49.61	50.01	50.01
	Yelena Gorchakova	46.67	49.76	48.27	45.28	43.10	43.28	49.76
4	Galina Zybina	44.86	48.35	47.24	47.94	47.81	45.95	48.35
5	Lily Carlstedt-Kelsby	46.23	40.90	45.30	42.38	44.82	44.77	46.23
6	Marlies Müller		44.37		43.21		43.08	44.37
7	Maria Ciach	42.55	43.53	44.31				44.31
8	Jutta Krüger	44.30	42.17	41.77				44.30
9	Herma Bauma	42.54	42.27	41.13				42.54
10	Estrella Puente	39.41	41.44					41.44
11	Ada Turci	41.15	41.20	40.03				41.20
12	Inge Bausenwein	41.16	39.60	39.55				41.16
13	Marjorie Larney		40.58	36.04				40.58
14	Anni Rättyä	40.33	38.85	40.56				40.56
15	Diane Coates	40.17	39.28	38.55				40.17
16	Kaisa Parviainen	38.03	39.82					39.82
17	Elsa Torikka	39.58		36.73				39.58

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