Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Women's discus throw
# Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Women's discus throw

The Women's shot put event at the 1952 Summer Olympics took place on 20 July at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium. Russian athlete Nina Ponomaryova Ural Oblast from won the gold medal and set a new Olympic record.

## Medalists

| Gold | Nina Ponomaryova (URS) |
| - | - |
| Silver | Yelisaveta Bagriantseva (URS) |
| Bronze | Nina Dumbadze (URS) |

## Results

### Qualifying round

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 36.00 advance to the Final.

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Result |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Nina Ponomaryova | Soviet Union | 45.05 |
| 2 | Nina Dumbadze | Soviet Union | 43.20 |
| 3 | Marianne Werner | Germany | 41.37 |
| 4 | Yvette Williams | New Zealand | 41.32 |
| 5 | Ingeborg Mello | Argentina | 40.91 |
| 6 | Yelisaveta Bagriantseva | Soviet Union | 40.73 |
| 7 | Libuše Nováková | Czechoslovakia | 39.89 |
| 8 | Toyoko Yoshino | Japan | 39.75 |
| 9 | Lotte Haidegger | Austria | 39.54 |
| 10 | Frieda Tiltsch | Austria | 39.47 |
| 11 | Gretel Bolliger | Switzerland | 38.20 |
| 12 | Dezsőné Józsa | Hungary | 37.75 |
| 13 | Lia Manoliu | Romania | 37.58 |
| 14 | Paulette Veste | France | 37.47 |
| 15 | Edera Cordiale | Italy | 37.40 |
| 16 | Ingeborg Pfüller | Argentina | 36.61 |
| 17 | Kaarina Koivuniemi | Finland | 36.56 |
| 18 | Suzanne Allday | Great Britain | 36.37 |
| 19 | Olga Winterberg | Israel | 35.79 |
| 20 | Esther Brand | South Africa | 34.18 |

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Result |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Nina Ponomaryova | Soviet Union | 45.16 | 50.84 | 51.42 | 47.24 | 44.66 | 49.37 | 51.42 OR |
| | Yelisaveta Bagriantseva | Soviet Union | 43.58 | 47.08 | 44.26 | 43.97 | 44.58 | 43.00 | 47.08 |
| | Nina Dumbadze | Soviet Union | 45.85 | 40.24 | 44.10 | 46.29 | 45.10 | 41.05 | 46.29 |
| 4 | Toyoko Yoshino | Japan | 41.71 | 42.67 | 37.15 | 41.58 | 43.81 | 42.02 | 43.81 |
| 5 | Lotte Haidegger | Austria | 35.66 | 43.49 | 40.02 | x | x | 41.32 | 43.49 |
| 6 | Lia Manoliu | Romania | 41.57 | 42.65 | 41.48 | 36.05 | 41.21 | 40.79 | 42.65 |
| 7 | Ingeborg Pfüller | Argentina | 37.05 | 40.32 | 41.73 | | | | 41.73 |
| 8 | Ilona Szikora-Józsá | Hungary | x | 39.58 | 41.61 | | | | 41.61 |
| 9 | Marianne Werner | Germany | 39.77 | x | 41.03 | | | | 41.03 |
| 10 | Yvette Williams | New Zealand | 40.48 | 32.95 | 40.38 | | | | 40.48 |
| 11 | Kaarina Koivuniemi | Finland | 40.33 | 32.72 | 40.05 | | | | 40.33 |
| 12 | Ingeborg Mello | Argentina | 39.04 | 37.84 | 37.24 | | | | 39.04 |
| 13 | Libuše Nováková | Czechoslovakia | 38.17 | x | 38.83 | | | | 38.83 |
| 14 | Edera Cordiale | Italy | 38.22 | x | 37.03 | | | | 38.22 |
| 15 | Suzanne Allday | Great Britain | 34.54 | 37.34 | 37.96 | | | | 37.96 |
| 16 | Paulette Veste | France | 37.64 | 28.94 | 33.28 | | | | 37.64 |
| 17 | Gretel Bolliger | Switzerland | 35.34 | 36.36 | 36.24 | | | | 36.36 |
| 18 | Frieda Tiltsch | Austria | x | 27.84 | x | | | | 27.84 |
