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Women's Discus throw - Athletics |  | ||||
 Women's Discus throw 1956
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| Final | |||||||||
 | Olga Fikotova |  | TCH | 53,69 | OR | ||||
 | Irina Begliakova |  | URS | 52,54 | |||||
 | Nina Ponomaryeva | | URS | 52,02 | |||||
| 4. | Earlene Brown |  | USA | 51,35 | |||||
| 5. | Albina Yelkina | | URS | 48,20 | |||||
| 6. | Isabel Ercilia Avellan |  | ARG | 46,73 | |||||
| 7. | Jirina Voborilova | | TCH | 45,84 | |||||
| 8. | Stepanka Mertova | | TCH | 45,78 | |||||
| 9. | Lia Manoliu |  | ROU | 43,90 | |||||
| 10. | Marianne Werner |  | GER | 43,34 | |||||
| 11. | Paola Paternoster |  | ITA | 42,83 | |||||
| 12. | Nadya Kotlusek |  | YUG | 42,16 | |||||
| 13. | Lois Jackman |  | AUS | 40,84 | |||||
| Qualification | |||||||||
| 1. | Olga Fikotova | | TCH | 50,77 | Q | ||||
| 2. | Nina Ponomaryeva | | URS | 48,34 | Q | ||||
| 3. | Irina Begliakova | | URS | 47,65 | Q | ||||
| 4. | Stepanka Mertova | | TCH | 46,26 | Q | ||||
| 5. | Jirina Voborilova | | TCH | 44,42 | Q | ||||
| 6. | Earlene Brown | | USA | 43,90 | Q | ||||
| 6. | Albina Yelkina | | URS | 43,90 | Q | ||||
| 8. | Lia Manoliu | | ROU | 43,87 | Q | ||||
| 9. | Isabel Ercilia Avellan | | ARG | 43,66 | Q | ||||
| 10. | Marianne Werner | | GER | 43,41 | Q | ||||
| 11. | Paola Paternoster | | ITA | 42,88 | Q | ||||
| 12. | Nadya Kotlusek | | YUG | 42,45 | Q | ||||
| 13. | Lois Jackman | | AUS | 42,21 | Q | ||||
| 14. | Suzanne Allday |  | GBR | 41,45 | |||||
| 15. | Anne Lafrenz | | GER | 41,18 | |||||
| 16. | Toyoko Yoshino |  | JPN | 40,91 | |||||
| 17. | Shirley Cotton | | AUS | 40,76 | |||||
| 18. | Pamela Kurrell | | USA | 40,49 | |||||
| 19. | Jacqueline MacDonald |  | CAN | 40,41 | |||||
| 20. | Marjorie Larney | | USA | 39,91 | |||||
| 21. | Valerie Lawrence | | AUS | 36,61 | |||||
| 22. | Almut Brömmel | | GER | 35,47 | |||||
Women's Discus throw - Athletics - Melbourne 1956 Summer Olympics
Event Format: Athletes competed in a qualifying round followed by the final. Top twelve and ties in the qualifying round and all those reaching the announced qualification limit advanced to the final. In the final all finalists were given three tries. The top six were then given three more. Event facts: Women's Discus throw competition was held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground and 22 athletes participated in the event. |
| These results for Women's Discus throw - Melbourne 1956 Summer Olympics - are based on the official Olympic reports and the Olympian Database |
