Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Women's discus throw
Final classification

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

Section Title: Final classification
Table Section Text: None

RANK	NAME ATHLETE	DISTANCE

-	Olga Fikotová (TCH)	53.69 m

-	Irina Beglyakova (URS)	52.54 m

-	Nina Ponomaryeva (URS)	52.02 m

4.	Earlene Brown (USA)	51.35 m

5.	Albina Yelkina (URS)	48.20 m

6.	Isabel Avellán (ARG)	46.73 m

7.	Jiřina Vobořilová (TCH)	45.84 m

8.	Štěpánka Mertová (TCH)	45.78 m

9.	Lia Manoliu (ROU)	43.90 m

10.	Marianne Werner (EUA)	43.34 m

11.	Paola Paternoster (ITA)	42.83 m

12.	Nada Kotlusek (YUG)	42.16 m

13.	Lois Jackman (AUS)	40.84 m

—	Almut Brömmel (EUA)	DNQ

—	Shirley Cotton (AUS)	DNQ

—	Toyoko Yoshino (JPN)	DNQ

—	Suzanne Allday (GBR)	DNQ

—	Anne-Katrin Lafrenz (EUA)	DNQ

—	Valerie Dawn Lawrence (AUS)	DNQ

—	Jacqueline MacDonald (CAN)	DNQ

—	Marjorie Larney (USA)	DNQ

—	Pamela Joan Kurrell (USA)	DNQ

Sentence(s)

Beglyakova recorded 52.54m.

final_sentence: Beglyakova recorded 52.54m.