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
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.

Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men
800 m	men
1500 m	men
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men
80 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men
3000 m steeplechase	men
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men
Road events
Marathon	men
10 km walk	men
50 km walk	men
Field events
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Combined events
Decathlon	men
v t e

v t e Javelin throw at the Olympic Games
Summary
Men	1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020
Women	1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020
See also: 1908 Men's freestyle javelin throw • 1912 Men's two handed javelin throw