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Discus Throw, Women

Date	20 July 1952
Status	Olympic
Location	Helsingin Olympiastadion, Helsinki
Participants	20 from 16 countries

In 1939, Soviet Nino Dumbadze had broken the world record set by 1936 champion Gisela Mauermayer. But as the USSR was not yet a member of the IAAF it was not recognized, nor were three other world record marks she set between 1939 and 1946. Finally, in 1948 Dumbadze set an IAAF-ratified world record but the Soviet Union did not compete at the 1948 Olympics. Still, Dumbadze was favored in 1952, having won the European Championships in both 1946 and 1950, but in 1952 she was challenged by teammate Nina Romashkova. Romashkova took the lead in the final with 50.84 (166-9¾) in the second round, and increased that with 51.42 (168-8½) in round three. That sealed the victory, as Dumbadze did not perform up to her standard, winning only a bronze medal behind fellow Soviet Yelizaveta Bagryantseva. This was the first ever medal sweep by a nation in women’s track & field athletics. Two months after the Olympics Dumbadze would set her final world record with 57.04 (187-1¾) at a national meeting in Tbilisi, Georgia.

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Qualifying	Final
1	486	Nina Romashkova	URS	45.05 (1)	51.42 (1)	Gold	OR
2	487	Yelizaveta Bagryantseva	URS	40.73 (6)	47.08 (2)	Silver
3	485	Nino Dumbadze	URS	43.20 (2)	46.29 (3)	Bronze
4	318	Toyoko Yoshino	JPN	39.75 (8)	43.81 (4)
5	290	Lotte Haidegger	AUT	39.54 (9)	43.49 (5)
6	666	Lia Manoliu	ROU	37.58 (13)	42.65 (6)
7	16	Ingeborg Pfüller	ARG	36.61 (16)	41.73 (7)
8	965	Ilona Szikora	HUN	37.75 (12)	41.61 (8)
9	763	Marianne Werner	GER	41.37 (3)	41.03 (9)
10	971	Yvette Williams	NZL	41.32 (4)	40.48 (10)
11	835	Kaarina Koivuniemi	FIN	36.56 (17)	40.33 (11)
12	15	Ingeborg Mello	ARG	40.91 (5)	39.04 (12)
13	911	Libuše Nováková	TCH	39.89 (7)	38.83 (13)
14	272	Edera Cordiale-Gentile	ITA	37.40 (15)	38.22 (14)
15	230	Suzanne Farmer	GBR	36.37 (18)	37.96 (15)
16	649	Paulette Veste	FRA	37.47 (14)	37.64 (16)
17	869	Gretel Bolliger	SUI	38.20 (11)	36.36 (17)
18	289	Frieda Tiltsch	AUT	39.47 (10)	27.84 (18)
19 r1/2	238	Olga Winterberg	ISR	35.79 (19)	–
20 r1/2	116	Esther Brand	RSA	34.18 (20)	–
DNS	347	Đurđa Boroveč	YUG	– (DNS)	–

Qualifying Round (20 July 1952 — 10:00)

All those reaching 36.00 metres advanced to the final.

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Distance	R1	R2	R3
1	15	Nina Romashkova	URS	45.05	45.05	45.05	-	Q
2	6	Nino Dumbadze	URS	43.20	43.20	43.20	-	Q
3	17	Marianne Werner	GER	41.37	41.37	41.37	-	Q
4	19	Yvette Williams	NZL	41.32	×	41.32	-	Q
5	12	Ingeborg Mello	ARG	40.91	×	40.91	-	Q
6	1	Yelizaveta Bagryantseva	URS	40.73	×	40.73	-	Q
7	13	Libuše Nováková	TCH	39.89	39.89	39.89	-	Q
8	21	Toyoko Yoshino	JPN	39.75	39.75		-	Q
9	8	Lotte Haidegger	AUT	39.54	34.29	35.22	39.54	Q
10	16	Frieda Tiltsch	AUT	39.47	39.47	39.47	-	Q
11	2	Gretel Bolliger	SUI	38.20	34.84	34.84	38.20	Q
12	9	Ilona Szikora	HUN	37.75	37.75	37.75	-	Q
13	11	Lia Manoliu	ROU	37.58	37.58	37.58	-	Q
14	18	Paulette Veste	FRA	37.47	32.35	32.35	37.47	Q
15	5	Edera Cordiale-Gentile	ITA	37.40	37.40	37.40	-	Q
16	14	Ingeborg Pfüller	ARG	36.61	×	36.61	-	Q
17	10	Kaarina Koivuniemi	FIN	36.56	36.56	36.56	-	Q
18	7	Suzanne Farmer	GBR	36.37	36.37	36.37	-	Q
19	20	Olga Winterberg	ISR	35.79	25.97	35.79	24.09
20	4	Esther Brand	RSA	34.18	×	-	34.18
DNS	3	Đurđa Boroveč	YUG	–	–	–	–

Final Round (20 July 1952 — 17:35)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Distance	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6
1	4	Nina Romashkova	URS	51.42	45.16	50.84	51.42	47.24	44.66	49.37	OR
2	17	Yelizaveta Bagryantseva	URS	47.08	43.58	47.08	44.26	43.97	44.58	43.00
3	12	Nino Dumbadze	URS	46.29	45.85	40.24	44.10	46.29	45.10	41.05
4	1	Toyoko Yoshino	JPN	43.81	41.71	42.67	37.15	41.58	43.81	42.02
5	6	Lotte Haidegger	AUT	43.49	35.66	43.49	40.02	×	×	41.32
6	13	Lia Manoliu	ROU	42.65	41.57	42.65	41.48	36.05	41.21	40.79
7	7	Ingeborg Pfüller	ARG	41.73	37.05	40.32	41.73	–	–	–
8	15	Ilona Szikora	HUN	41.61	×	39.58	41.61	–	–	–
9	10	Marianne Werner	GER	41.03	39.77	×	41.03	–	–	–
10	5	Yvette Williams	NZL	40.48	40.48	32.95	40.38	–	–	–
11	2	Kaarina Koivuniemi	FIN	40.33	40.33	32.72	40.05	–	–	–
12	11	Ingeborg Mello	ARG	39.04	39.04	37.84	37.24	–	–	–
13	18	Libuše Nováková	TCH	38.83	38.17	×	38.83	–	–	–
14	9	Edera Cordiale-Gentile	ITA	38.22	38.22	×	37.03	–	–	–
15	3	Suzanne Farmer	GBR	37.96	34.54	37.34	37.96	–	–	–
16	16	Paulette Veste	FRA	37.64	37.64	28.94	33.28	–	–	–
17	8	Gretel Bolliger	SUI	36.36	35.34	36.36	36.24	–	–	–
18	14	Frieda Tiltsch	AUT	27.84	×	27.84	×	–	–	–