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Shot Put, Women

Date	26 July 1952
Status	Olympic
Location	Helsingin Olympiastadion, Helsinki
Participants	20 from 13 countries

The favorite was likely Tamara Tyshkevich (URS) but her countrywoman Galina Zybina had thrown 15.19 (49-10) a few weeks before the Olympics, but that was never ratified as a world record. In The Complete Book of the Olympic Games Wallechinsky has noted of her, “Zybina had watched her mother and brother die of cold and starvation during World War II. She barely survived herself and entered adolescence thin and sickly.” During the competition, Zybina had the three longest throws and had secured the gold medal with her opening round 15.00 (49-2½). In the final round, she recorded a world record of 15.28 (50-1¾). Marianne Werner (FRG) put 14.57 (47-9¾) in round six to prevent the Soviet medal sweep.

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Qualifying	Final
1	490	Galina Zybina	URS	13.66 (3)	15.28 (1)	Gold	WR
2	763	Marianne Werner	GER	13.62 (4)	14.57 (2)	Silver
3	491	Klavdiya Tochonova	URS	13.88 (1)	14.50 (3)	Bronze
4	492	Tamara Tyshkevich	URS	12.76 (8)	14.42 (4)		OR
5	767	Gertrud Kille	GER	13.71 (2)	13.84 (5)
6	971	Yvette Williams	NZL	12.64 (10)	13.35 (6)
7	342	Marija Radosavljević	YUG	13.15 (5)	13.30 (7)
8	839	Meeri Saari	FIN	12.57 (=12)	13.02 (8)
9	649	Paulette Veste	FRA	12.91 (7)	12.96 (9)
10	593	Magdalena Breguła	POL	13.05 (6)	12.93 (10)
11	768	Dorothea Kress	GER	12.57 (11)	12.91 (11)
12	913	Jaroslava Křítková-Komárková	TCH	12.57 (=12)	12.73 (12)
13	720	Eivor Olson	SWE	12.70 (9)	12.46 (13)
14	343	Nada Kotlušek	YUG	12.35 (14)	11.98 (14)
15 r1/2	16	Ingeborg Pfüller	ARG	11.85 (15)	–
16 r1/2	594	Elżbieta Krysińska	POL	11.50 (16)	–
17 r1/2	869	Gretel Bolliger	SUI	11.48 (17)	–
18 r1/2	1052	Janet Dicks	USA	11.44 (18)	–
19 r1/2	15	Ingeborg Mello	ARG	10.82 (19)	–
20 r1/2	373	Choi Myeong-Suk	KOR	10.76 (20)	–
DNS	884	Agnes Olsen	DEN	– (DNS)	–
DNS	239	Raayah Ron	ISR	– (DNS)	–
DNS	290	Lotte Haidegger	AUT	– (DNS)	–
DNS	238	Olga Winterberg	ISR	– (DNS)	–
DNS	116	Esther Brand	RSA	– (DNS)	–
DNS	318	Toyoko Yoshino	JPN	– (DNS)	–

Qualifying Round (26 July 1952 — 10:00)

All those reaching 12.30 metres advanced to the final.

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Distance	R1	R2	R3
1	19	Klavdiya Tochonova	URS	13.88	13.88	-	–	QOR
2	7	Gertrud Kille	GER	13.71	13.71	-	–	Q
3	26	Galina Zybina	URS	13.66	13.66	-	–	Q
4	22	Marianne Werner	GER	13.62	13.62	-	–	Q
5	16	Marija Radosavljević	YUG	13.15	13.15	-	–	Q
6	3	Magdalena Breguła	POL	13.05	13.05	-	–	Q
7	21	Paulette Veste	FRA	12.91	11.81	11.94	12.91	Q
8	20	Tamara Tyshkevich	URS	12.76	12.76	-	–	Q
9	14	Eivor Olson	SWE	12.70	11.89	11.89	12.70	Q
10	23	Yvette Williams	NZL	12.64	11.26	12.64	–	Q
11	9	Dorothea Kress	GER	12.57	12.06	12.57	–	Q
=12	10	Jaroslava Křítková-Komárková	TCH	12.57	12.57	-	–	Q
=12	18	Meeri Saari	FIN	12.57	12.57	-	–	Q
14	8	Nada Kotlušek	YUG	12.35	12.35	-	–	Q
15	15	Ingeborg Pfüller	ARG	11.85	11.42	11.85	11.30
16	11	Elżbieta Krysińska	POL	11.50	10.76	10.71	11.50
17	1	Gretel Bolliger	SUI	11.48	11.29	10.84	11.48
18	5	Janet Dicks	USA	11.44	10.82	×	11.44
19	12	Ingeborg Mello	ARG	10.82	10.82	9.97	10.33
20	4	Choi Myeong-Suk	KOR	10.76	10.54	10.32	10.76
DNS	13	Agnes Olsen	DEN	–	–	–	–
DNS	17	Raayah Ron	ISR	–	–	–	–
DNS	6	Lotte Haidegger	AUT	–	–	–	–
DNS	24	Olga Winterberg	ISR	–	–	–	–
DNS	2	Esther Brand	RSA	–	–	–	–
DNS	25	Toyoko Yoshino	JPN	–	–	–	–

Final Round (26 July 1952 — 15:10)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Distance	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6
1	9	Galina Zybina	URS	15.28	15.00	14.58	14.04	14.55	14.33	15.28	WR
2	5	Marianne Werner	GER	14.57	13.89	13.91	×	×	14.04	14.57
3	10	Klavdiya Tochonova	URS	14.50	14.42	×	14.50	14.11	14.06	14.35
4	12	Tamara Tyshkevich	URS	14.42	14.42	14.13	13.57	14.00	13.45	13.88	OR
5	13	Gertrud Kille	GER	13.84	×	12.49	13.48	13.77	13.74	13.84
6	14	Yvette Williams	NZL	13.35	12.27	11.54	13.35	12.68	12.28	11.73
7	4	Marija Radosavljević	YUG	13.30	13.23	×	13.30	–	–	–
8	2	Meeri Saari	FIN	13.02	12.05	12.61	13.02	–	–	–
9	6	Paulette Veste	FRA	12.96	12.96	12.23	12.88	–	–	–
10	8	Magdalena Breguła	POL	12.93	×	12.39	12.93	–	–	–
11	7	Dorothea Kress	GER	12.91	12.91	12.52	12.61	–	–	–
12	11	Jaroslava Křítková-Komárková	TCH	12.73	12.18	12.59	12.73	–	–	–
13	1	Eivor Olson	SWE	12.46	12.46	11.28	12.05	–	–	–
14	3	Nada Kotlušek	YUG	11.98	11.98	×	11.76	–	–	–