Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Women's javelin throw

Women's javelin throw at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
Dates	July 31 (final)
Competitors	15
Medalists
Herma Bauma Austria   Kaisa Parviainen Finland   Lily Carlstedt Denmark

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Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics
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
10 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

The women's javelin throw event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1948 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on July 31, 1948. The final was won by Austrian Herma Bauma.

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.

World record	Anneliese Steinheuer (GER)	47.24 m	Frankfurt, Germany	21 June 1942
Olympic record	Tilly Fleischer (GER)	45.18 m	Berlin, Germany	2 August 1936

The following new Olympic record was set during this competition:

Date	Event	Athlete	Time	Notes
31 July	Final	Herma Bauma (AUT)	45.57	OR

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Results

Final standings

Rank	Name	Nationality	Distance	Notes
01 !	Herma Bauma	Austria	45.57	OR
02 !	Kaisa Parviainen	Finland	43.79
03 !	Lily Carlstedt	Denmark	42.08
4	Dorothy Dodson	United States	41.96
5	Jo Teunissen-Waalboer	Netherlands	40.92
6	Ans Koning	Netherlands	40.33
7	Dana Ingrová-Zátopková	Czechoslovakia	39.94
8	Elly Dammers	Netherlands	38.23
9	Gerda Schilling-Staniek	Austria	38.01
10	Ingrid Almqvist	Sweden	37.26
11	Melania Sinoracka	Poland	35.74
12	Theresa Manuel	United States	33.82
13	Nicole Saeys	Belgium	31.77
14	Kay Long	Great Britain	30.29
15	Gladys Clarke	Great Britain	29.59

Key: OR = Olympic record

External links

• 1948 Summer Olympics results: Women's javelin put, from http://www.sports-reference.com/; retrieved 2010-11-08.
• Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad, The (1948). The Official Report of the Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad. LA84 Foundation. Retrieved 5 September 2016.