Athletics at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Women's javelin throw

Women's javelin throw at the Games of the X Olympiad
Venue	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Dates	July 31
Competitors	8 from 4 nations
Medalists
Babe Didrikson United States   Ellen Braumüller Germany   Tilly Fleischer Germany

Athletics at the 1932 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men
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 steeple		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men
Road events
Marathon		men
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men
Triple jump		men
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Shot put		men
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Combined events
Decathlon		men

The women's javelin throw event at the 1932 Olympic Games took place July 31. This was the first time this event was held for women.

Results

Final standings

Rank	Name	Nationality	Distance	Notes
01 !	Babe Didrikson	United States	43.69	OR
02 !	Ellen Braumüller	Germany	43.50
03 !	Tilly Fleischer	Germany	43.01
4	Masako Shinpo	Japan	39.08
5	Nan Gindele	United States	37.95
6	Gloria Russell	United States	36.74
7	María Uribe	Mexico	33.66
8	Mitsue Ishizu	Japan	30.81

Key: OR = Olympic record

References

• 1932 Summer Olympics results: Women's javelin throw, from http://www.sports-reference.com/; retrieved 2010-04-05.