Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Women's discus throw
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| Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics  |
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| 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 | |||
| 20 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 | |||
These are the official results of the Women's Discus Throw event at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. The qualification round mark was set at 42.00 metres. Nine competitors failed to reach that distance.
Final classification
| RANK | NAME ATHLETE | DISTANCE |
|---|---|---|
 |
 Olga Fikotová (TCH) |
53.69 m |
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 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. | Jirina Voborilova (TCH) |
45.84 m |
| 8. | Stepanka Mertova (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 |
| — | 22x20px Jacqueline MacDonald (CAN) | DNQ |
| — | Marjorie Larney (USA) |
DNQ |
| — | Pamela Joan Kurrell (USA) |
DNQ |
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