Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Women's javelin throw

These are the official results of the Women's Javelin Throw event at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. The qualifying round mark was set at 43.00m. Five athletes didn't surpass that distance in the heats.[1]

Athletics at the
1956 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmen
800 mmen
1500 mmen
5000 mmen
10,000 mmen
80 m hurdleswomen
110 m hurdlesmen
400 m hurdlesmen
3000 m
steeplechase		men
4×100 m relaymenwomen
4×400 m relaymen
Road events
Marathonmen
20 km walkmen
50 km walkmen
Field events
Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmen
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Pole vaultmen
Shot putmenwomen
Discus throwmenwomen
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Hammer throwmen
Combined events
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Summary

Nadezhda Konyayeva entered as the world record holder, having set the record almost 3 years earlier. Dana Zátopková was the returning champion. The leading qualifier was 18 year old Karen Anderson, throwing 49.64m on her first attempt. But she was unable to match that in the final. On her first throw of the final, Inese Jaunzeme set the Olympic record with a 51.63m throw. Ingrid Almqvist moved into second with a 49.74m while Konyayeva was third. With a 50.28m in the second round, Konyayeva moved into second place, with Zátopková moving into third. The medal positions held until the fifth round when Marlene Ahrens threw 50.38m to leap from fifth place to silver. On her final attempt for punctuation, Jaunzeme added more than two meters, almost seven feet to the Olympic record, throwing 53.86 m (176 ft 8 in). Ahrens was the first and still only Olympic medal for a Chilean woman.

Medalists
Gold Inese Jaunzeme (URS)
Silver Marlene Ahrens (CHI)
Bronze Nadezhda Konyayeva (URS)

Final classification
RANKNAME ATHLETEDISTANCE
 Inese Jaunzeme (URS) 53.86 m
 Marlene Ahrens (CHI) 50.38 m
 Nadezhda Konyayeva (URS) 50.28 m
4.  Dana Zátopková (TCH) 49.83 m
5.  Ingrid Almqvist (SWE) 49.74 m
6.  Urszula Figwer (POL) 48.16 m
7.  Erzsébet Vígh (HUN) 48.07 m
8.  Karen Anderson (USA) 48.00 m
9.  Anna Wojtaszek (POL) 46.92 m
10.  Erika Raue (EUA) 45.87 m
11.  Marjorie Larney (USA) 45.27 m
12.  Yoriko Shida (JPN) 44.96 m
13.  Almut Brömmel (EUA) 44.67 m
14.  Amelia Wershoven (USA) 44.29 m
—  Paola Paternoster (ITA) DNQ
—  Heather Innes (AUS) DNQ
—  Margaret George (CAN) DNQ
—  June Heath (AUS) DNQ
—  Maureen Wright (AUS) DNQ

References
  1. "Athletics at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games: Women's Javelin Throw". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
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