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

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
	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
—	Jacqueline MacDonald (CAN)	DNQ
—	Marjorie Larney (USA)	DNQ
—	Pamela Joan Kurrell (USA)	DNQ

References

• Official Report
• Results