Melbourne 1956 - Athletics - Women: Discus Throw

Date: 23 November 1956

Rank	Name	Nation	Distance
1	Olga Fikotova	TCH	53.69m [176' 1 ¾"]
2	Irina Begliakova	URS	52.54m [172' 4 ½"]
3	Nina Ponomariova	URS	52.02m [170' 8"]
4	Earlene Brown	USA	51.35m [168' 5 ¾"]
5	Albina Elkina	URS	48.20m [158' 1 ¾"]
6	Isabel Avellan	ARG	46.73m [153' 3 ¾"]
7	Jirina Voborilova	TCH	45.84m [150' 4 ¾"]
8	Stepanka Mertova	TCH	45.78m [150' 2 ¼"]
9	Lia Manoliu	ROU	43.90m [144' ¼"]
10	Marianne Werner	GER	43.34m [142' 2 ¼"]
11	Paola Paternoster	ITA	42.83m [140' 6 ¼"]
12	Nada Kotlusek	YUG	42.16m [138' 3 ¾"]
13	Lois Jackman	AUS	40.84m [133' 11 ¾"]
Did not qualify for final (Mark unknown)
	Almut Brommel	GER
	Shirley Cotton	AUS
	Toyoko Yoshino	JPN
	Suzanne Allday	GBR
	Anne-Katrin Lafrenz	GER
	Valerie Lawrence	AUS
	Jacqueline MacDonald	CAN
	Marjorie Larney	USA
	Pamela Kurrell	USA

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