Women Discus Throw Athletics XV Olympic Games Helsinki, Finland 1952 - Sunday 20 July - Gold Medal: Nina Romashkova, Soviet Union

Women Discus Throw Athletics XV Olympic Games Helsinki, Finland 1952 - Sunday 20 July - Gold Medal: Nina Romashkova, Soviet Union

Venue: Helsingin Olympiastadion. Capp.: 70,000. world Women Discus Throw History. 20 competitors from 16 nations.

Final 17:35		time	SO	Y	1.	2.	3.	4.	5.	6.
1. Nina Romashkova	URS	51.42m OR	4	23	45.16	50.84	51.42	47.24	44.66	49.37
2. Yelizaveta Bagryantseva	URS	47.08m	17	31	43.58	47.08	44.26	43.97	44.58	43.00
3. Nina Dumbadze	URS	46.29m	12	33	45.85	40.24	44.10	46.29	45.10	41.05
4. Toyoko "Ko" Yoshino	JPN	43.81m	1	32	41.71	42.67	37.15	41.58	43.81	42.02
5. Elisabeth Haidegger	AUT	43.49m	6	27	35.66	43.49	40.02	X	X	41.32
6. Lia Manoliu	ROM	42.65m	13	20	41.57	42.65	41.48	36.05	41.21	40.79
eliminated after 3 atempts.
7. Ingeborg Pfuller	ARG	41.73m	7	20	37.05	40.32	41.73
8. Ilona Szikora-Józsá	HUN	41.61m	15	34	X	39.58	41.61
9. Marianne Werner	GER	41.03m		28	39.77	X	41.03
10.Yvette Williams	NZL	40.48m		23	40.48	32.95	40.38
11.Kaarina Koivuniemi	FIN	40.33m		20	40.33	32.72	40.05
12.Ingeborg Mello	ARG	39.04m		33	39.04	37.84	37.24
13.Libuše Nováková	TCH	38.83m		28	38.17	X	38.83
14.Edera Cordiale Gentile	ITA	38.22m		32	38.22	X	37.03
15.Suzanne Farmer	GBR	37.96m		17	34.54	37.34	37.96
16.Paulette Veste	FRA	37.64m		24	37.64	28.94	33.28
17.Gretel Bolliger	SUI	36.36m		30	35.34	36.36	36.24
18.Frieda Tiltsch	AUT	27.84m		30	X	27.84	X

World Record: Nino Dumbadze, Soviet Union 53.37m Season Best: Nino Dumbadze, Soviet Union 52.38m

The USSR was expected to do well in the first women’s final of the ’52 Games, with the event previewed in Leichtathletik under the heading “Romashkova or Dumbadze?”. With the two separated by one centime- tre on pre-Olympic lists, it was difficult to make predictions. The younger woman took over in round 2 with 50.84, the best mark of the season, which she supplanted in the next round with 51.42. Anticlimactically, Dumbadze had an off-day, with a best of only 46.29 behind Bagryantseva’s 47.08.
The USSR thus celebrated it’s entrance to the Olympic arena with a clean sweep. Romashkova capped her Olympic triumph with a world record 53.61 three weeks later, though Dumbadze had the final word of 1952 with a mark of 57.04 in October.

Qualification - Sunday 20.07 10:00

Mark 36.00m 18 Athletes

Athlete		Distance		1.	2.	3.
1. Nina Romashkova	URS	45.05m	Q	45.05
2. Nino Dumbadze	URS	43.20m	Q	43.20
3. Marianne Werner	GER	41.37m	Q	41.37
4. Yvette Williams	NZL	41.32m	Q	X	41.32
5. Ingeborg Mello	ARG	40.91m	Q	X	40.91
6. Yelizaveta Bagryantseva	URS	40.73m	Q	X	40.73
7. Libuše Nováková	TCH	39.89m	Q	39.89
8. Toyoko "Ko" Yoshino	JPN	39.75m	Q	39.75
9. Lotte Haidegger	AUT	39.54m	Q	34.29	35.22	39.54
10.Frieda Tiltsch	AUT	39.47m	Q	39.47
11.Gretel Bolliger	SUI	38.20m	Q	34.84	34.81	38.20
12.Ilona Szikora-Józsá	HUN	37.75m	Q	37.75
13.Lia Manoliu	ROU	37.58m	Q	37.58
14.Paulette Veste	FRA	37.47m	Q	32.35	30.03	37.47
15.Edera Cordiale-Gentile	ITA	37.40m	Q	37.40
16.Ingeborg Pfüller	ARG	36.61m	Q	X	36.61
17.Kaarina Koivuniemi	FIN	36.56m	Q	36.56
18.Suzanne Farmer	GBR	36.37m	Q	36.37
eliminated			Y
19.Olga Winterberg	ISR	35.79m	30	25.97	35.79	24.09
20.Esther Brand	SAF	34.18m	29	X	X	34.18

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Helsinki 1952 index

Athletics Helsinki 1952
Men 100m	Women 100m
Men 200m	Women 200m
Men 400m
Men 800m
Men 1500m
Men 5000m
Men 10000m
Men Marathon
Men 110m Hurdles	Women 80m Hurdles
Men 400m Hurdles
Men 3000m Steeplechase
Men 4x100m Relay	Women 4x100m Relay
Men 4x400m Relay
Men High Jump	Women High Jump
Men Pole Vault
Men Long Jump	Women Long Jump
Men Triple Jump
Men Shot Put	Women Shot Put
Men Discus Throw	Women Discus Throw
Men Hammer Throw
Men Javelin Throw	Women Javelin Throw
Men 10km Track Walk
Men 50km Walk
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Men Decathlon
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