Athletics at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games:

Women's Discus Throw Final Round

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Host City: Melbourne, Australia
Venue(s): Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Victoria
Date Started: November 23, 1956
Date Finished: November 23, 1956

Gold:	Olga Fikotová-Connolly
Silver:	Irina Beglyakova
Bronze:	Nina Romashkova-Ponomaryova

Final Round

Rank	Athlete	Age	Team	NOC	D
1	Olga Fikotová-Connolly	24	Czechoslovakia	TCH	53.69	OR
2	Irina Beglyakova	23	Soviet Union	URS	52.54	OR
3	Nina Romashkova-Ponomaryova	27	Soviet Union	URS	52.02
4	Earlene Brown	21	United States	USA	51.35
5	Albina Yelkina	23	Soviet Union	URS	48.20
6	Isabel Avellán	23	Argentina	ARG	46.73
7	Jiřina Němcová-Vobořilová	19	Czechoslovakia	TCH	45.84
8	Štěpánka Mertová	25	Czechoslovakia	TCH	45.78
9	Lia Manoliu	24	Romania	ROU	43.90
10	Marianne Werner	32	Germany	GER	43.34
11	Paola Paternoster	20	Italy	ITA	42.83
12	Nada Kotlušek	22	Yugoslavia	YUG	42.16
13	Lois Jackman	18	Australia	AUS	40.84

Final Round Round One

Rank	Athlete	Age	Team	NOC	D
1	Irina Beglyakova	23	Soviet Union	URS	51.74	OR
2	Earlene Brown	21	United States	USA	51.35
3	Nina Romashkova-Ponomaryova	27	Soviet Union	URS	51.03
4	Albina Yelkina	23	Soviet Union	URS	47.87
5	Isabel Avellán	23	Argentina	ARG	46.73
6	Olga Fikotová-Connolly	24	Czechoslovakia	TCH	46.56
7	Jiřina Němcová-Vobořilová	19	Czechoslovakia	TCH	45.57
8	Lia Manoliu	24	Romania	ROU	43.90
9	Marianne Werner	32	Germany	GER	43.34
10	Paola Paternoster	20	Italy	ITA	42.83
11	Štěpánka Mertová	25	Czechoslovakia	TCH	41.96
12	Nada Kotlušek	22	Yugoslavia	YUG	41.79
13	Lois Jackman	18	Australia	AUS	40.84

Final Round Round Two

Rank	Athlete	Age	Team	NOC	D	BMD
1	Irina Beglyakova	23	Soviet Union	URS	51.01	51.74
2	Nina Romashkova-Ponomaryova	27	Soviet Union	URS	51.61	51.61
3	Earlene Brown	21	United States	USA	42.55	51.35
4	Olga Fikotová-Connolly	24	Czechoslovakia	TCH	50.09	50.09
5	Albina Yelkina	23	Soviet Union	URS	foul	47.87
6	Isabel Avellán	23	Argentina	ARG	44.84	46.73
7	Štěpánka Mertová	25	Czechoslovakia	TCH	45.78	45.78
8	Jiřina Němcová-Vobořilová	19	Czechoslovakia	TCH	foul	45.57
9	Lia Manoliu	24	Romania	ROU	43.76	43.90
10	Marianne Werner	32	Germany	GER	41.89	43.34
11	Paola Paternoster	20	Italy	ITA	40.89	42.83
12	Nada Kotlušek	22	Yugoslavia	YUG	39.89	41.79
13	Lois Jackman	18	Australia	AUS	40.28	40.84

Final Round Round Three

Rank	Athlete	Age	Team	NOC	D	BMD
1	Irina Beglyakova	23	Soviet Union	URS	52.54	52.54	OR
2	Olga Fikotová-Connolly	24	Czechoslovakia	TCH	52.04	52.04	OR
3	Nina Romashkova-Ponomaryova	27	Soviet Union	URS	50.17	51.61
4	Earlene Brown	21	United States	USA	foul	51.35
5	Albina Yelkina	23	Soviet Union	URS	48.20	48.20
6	Isabel Avellán	23	Argentina	ARG	42.69	46.73
7	Jiřina Němcová-Vobořilová	19	Czechoslovakia	TCH	45.84	45.84
8	Štěpánka Mertová	25	Czechoslovakia	TCH	43.41	45.78
9	Lia Manoliu	24	Romania	ROU	42.72	43.90
10	Marianne Werner	32	Germany	GER	foul	43.34
11	Paola Paternoster	20	Italy	ITA	foul	42.83
12	Nada Kotlušek	22	Yugoslavia	YUG	42.16	42.16
13	Lois Jackman	18	Australia	AUS	40.64	40.84

Final Round Round Four

Rank	Athlete	Age	Team	NOC	D	BMD
1	Irina Beglyakova	23	Soviet Union	URS	50.32	52.54
2	Olga Fikotová-Connolly	24	Czechoslovakia	TCH	52.28	52.28
3	Nina Romashkova-Ponomaryova	27	Soviet Union	URS	47.22	51.61
4	Earlene Brown	21	United States	USA	foul	51.35
5	Albina Yelkina	23	Soviet Union	URS	45.18	48.20
6	Isabel Avellán	23	Argentina	ARG	46.31	46.73

Final Round Round Five

Rank	Athlete	Age	Team	NOC	D	BMD
1	Olga Fikotová-Connolly	24	Czechoslovakia	TCH	53.69	53.69	OR
2	Irina Beglyakova	23	Soviet Union	URS	48.22	52.54
3	Nina Romashkova-Ponomaryova	27	Soviet Union	URS	52.02	52.02
4	Earlene Brown	21	United States	USA	40.45	51.35
5	Albina Yelkina	23	Soviet Union	URS	45.45	48.20
6	Isabel Avellán	23	Argentina	ARG	43.88	46.73

Final Round Round Six

Rank	Athlete	Age	Team	NOC	D
NP	Nina Romashkova-Ponomaryova	27	Soviet Union	URS	51.10
NP	Olga Fikotová-Connolly	24	Czechoslovakia	TCH	49.98
NP	Irina Beglyakova	23	Soviet Union	URS	48.31
NP	Albina Yelkina	23	Soviet Union	URS	47.92
NP	Earlene Brown	21	United States	USA	44.79
NP	Isabel Avellán	23	Argentina	ARG	44.35

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