Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Women's shot put

Women's shot put; at the Games of the XV Olympiad
Venue	Helsinki Olympic Stadium
Dates	26 July
Competitors	20 from 13 nations

The women's shot put event at the 1952 Summer Olympics took place on 26 July at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium. Soviet athlete Galina Zybina won the gold medal and set new world and Olympic records.[1]

Medalists

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 12.30 advance to the Final.

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Result
1	Klavdiya Tochonova	Soviet Union	13.88 OR
2	Gertrud Kille	Germany	13.71
3	Galina Zybina	Soviet Union	13.66
4	Marianne Werner	Germany	13.62
5	Marija Radosavljević	Yugoslavia	13.15
6	Magdalena Breguła	Poland	13.05
7	Paulette Veste	France	12.91
8	Tamara Tyshkevich	Soviet Union	12.76
9	Eivor Olson	Sweden	12.70
10	Yvette Williams	New Zealand	12.64
11	Dorothea Kreß	Germany	12.57
12	Jaroslava Křítková	Czechoslovakia	12.57
12	Meeri Saari	Finland	12.57
14	Nada Kotlušek	Yugoslavia	12.35
15	Ingeborg Pfüller	Argentina	11.85
16	Elżbieta Krysińska	Poland	11.50
17	Gretel Bolliger	Switzerland	11.48
18	Janet Dicks	United States	11.44
19	Ingeborg Mello	Argentina	10.82
20	Choi Myeong-suk	South Korea	10.76

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result
	Galina Zybina	Soviet Union	15.00	14.58	14.04	14.55	14.33	15.28	15.28 WR
	Marianne Werner	Germany	13.89	13.91	x	x	14.04	14.57	14.57
	Klavdiya Tochonova	Soviet Union	14.42	x	14.50	14.11	14.06	14.35	14.50
4	Tamara Tyshkevich	Soviet Union	14.42	14.13	13.57	14.00	13.45	13.88	14.42
5	Gertrud Kille	Germany	x	12.49	13.48	13.77	13.74	13.84	13.84
6	Yvette Williams	New Zealand	12.27	11.54	13.35	12.68	12.28	11.73	13.35
7	Marija Radosavljević	Yugoslavia	13.23	x	13.30				13.30
8	Meeri Saari	Finland	12.05	12.61	13.02				13.02
9	Paulette Veste	France	12.96	12.23	12.88				12.96
10	Magdalena Breguła	Poland	x	12.39	12.93				12.93
11	Dorothea Kreß	Germany	12.91	12.52	12.61				12.91
12	Jaroslava Křítková	Czechoslovakia	12.18	12.59	12.73				12.73
13	Eivor Olson	Sweden	12.46	11.28	12.05				12.46
14	Nada Kotlušek	Yugoslavia	11.98	x	11.76				11.98

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Shot put at the Olympic Games
Summary
Men	1896 1900 1904 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
Women	1896 1900 1904 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
See also: 1912 Men's two handed shot put

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