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

Women's javelin throw
at the Games of the XV Olympiad
Women's javelin throw; at the Games of the XV Olympiad
Venue	Helsinki Olympic Stadium
Date	July 24
Competitors	19 from 13 nations
Winning distance	50.47 OR
Medalists
	← 1948 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.

World record	Natalya Smirnitskaya (URS)	53.41 m	Moscow, Soviet Union	1949
Olympic record	Herma Bauma (AUT)	45.57 m	London, United Kingdom	31 July 1948

The following record was set during this competition.

Date	Event	Athlete	Distance	OR	WR
24 July	Final	Dana Zátopková (TCH)	50.47 m	OR

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 38.00 m advance to the Final.

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Aleksandra Chudina	Soviet Union	46.17	OR
2	Galina Zybina	Soviet Union	45.95
3	Dana Zátopková	Czechoslovakia	45.57
4	Yelena Gorchakova	Soviet Union	45.18
5	Marlies Müller	Germany	44.99
6	Jutta Krüger	Germany	43.43
7	Herma Bauma	Austria	43.07
8	Marjorie Larney	United States	41.44
9	Inge Bausenwein	Germany	40.53
10	Anni Rättyä	Finland	40.47
11	Estrella Puente	Uruguay	40.10
12	Maria Ciach	Poland	39.96
13	Lily Carlstedt-Kelsby	Denmark	39.61
14	Diane Coates	Great Britain	39.45
15	Ada Turci	Italy	39.31
16	Elsa Torikka	Finland	39.27
17	Kaisa Parviainen	Finland	39.10
18	Gerda Martín	Chile	36.94
19	Amalia Yubi	Mexico	35.59
	Edith Thomas	Chile	NM
	Gerda Schilling-Staniek	Austria	NM

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

^ "Athletics at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games: Women's Javelin Throw". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 January 2018.