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

The women's javelin throw event was part of the track and field athletics programme

Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics

At the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, 33 athletics events were contested, 24 for men and 9 for women. Three events made their Olympic debut at these Games: women's 200 metres, women's long jump and women's shot put...

at the 1948 Summer Olympics

1948 Summer Olympics

The 1948 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XIV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was held in London, England, United Kingdom. After a 12-year hiatus because of World War II, these were the first Summer Olympics since the 1936 Games in Berlin...

. The competition was held on July 31, 1948. The final was won by Austrian Herma Bauma.

Final standings

Rank	Name	Nationality	Distance	Notes
	Herma Bauma Herma Bauma Hermine Bauma was an Austrian athlete who competed mainly in the javelin...	align=left	\| 45.57	OR
	Kaisa Parviainen Kaisa Parviainen Katri Vellamo Parviainen was a Finnish athlete who mainly competed in the javelin throw for Turun Urheiluliitto....		43.79
	Lily Carlstedt Lily Carlstedt Lily Carlstadt was a Danish athlete who competed mainly in javelin throwing....		42.08
4	Dorothy Dodson Dorothy Dodson Dorothy Lucille Dodson was a distinguished American track and field athlete whose career spanned the late 1930s through late 1940s; Dodson's specialty was the throwing events. From 1939 to 1949 - with the exception of 1940 - Dorothy participated in every U.S...		41.96
5	Jo Teunissen-Waalboer		40.92
6	Ans Koning		40.33
7	Dana Ingrová-Zátopková		39.94
8	Elly Dammers		38.23
9	Gerda Schilling-Staniek		38.01
10	Ingrid Almqvist		37.26
11	Melania Sinoracka		35.74
12	Theresa Manuel		33.82
13	Nicole Saeys		31.77
14	Kay Long		30.29
15	Gladys Clarke		29.59

Key: OR = Olympic record

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