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

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.

## Medalists

| Gold | Galina Zybina (URS) |
| - | - |
| Silver | Marianne Werner (GER) |
| Bronze | Klavdiya Tochonova (URS) |

## Results

### Qualifying round

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 |

### Final

| 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 |
