| | | Final 15:10 | Distance | 1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | 5. | 6. |  | 1. Galina Zibina |  Soviet Union | 15.28m | 15.00 | 14.58 | 14.04 | 14.55 | 14.33 | 15.28 |  | 2. Marianne Werner |  Germany | 14.57m | 13.89 | 13.91 | X | X | 14.04 | 14.57 |  | 3. Klavdija Totshenova |  Soviet Union | 14.50m | 14.42 | X | 14.50 | 14.11 | 14.06 | 14.35 |  | 4. Tamara Tushkevitsh |  Soviet Union | 14.42m | 14.42 | 14.13 | 13.57 | 14.00 | 13.45 | 13.88 |  | 5. Gertrud Kille |  Germany | 13.84m | X | 12.49 | 13.48 | 13.77 | 13.74 | 13.84 |  | 6. Yvette Williams |  New Zealand | 13.35m | 12.27 | 11.54 | 13.35 | 12.68 | 12.28 | 11.73 |  | eliminated after 3rd throw |  | 7. Marija Radosavljevic |  Yugoslavia | 13.30m | 13.23 | X | 13.30 |  |  | 8. Meeri Saari |  Finland | 13.02m | 12.05 | 12.61 | 13.02 |  |  | 9. Paulette Veste |  France | 12.96m | 12.96 | 12.23 | 12.88 |  |  | 10.Magdalena Bregula |  Poland | 12.93m | X | 12.39 | 12.93 |  |  | 11.Dorothea Kress |  Germany | 12.91m | 12.91 | 12.52 | 12.61 |  |  | 12.Jaroslava Komárková-Křítková |  Czechoslovakia | 12.73m | 12.18 | 12.59 | 12.73 |  |  | 13.Eivor Olson |  Sweden | 12.46m | 12.46 | 11.28 | 12.05 |  |  | 14.Nada Kotlusek |  Yugoslavia | 11.98m | 11.98 | X | 11.76 |  | 
 | |  |  | Venue: Helsingin Olympiastadion 70,000. |  | 20 competitors from 14 nations. | 
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 Zybina had broken the world record with 15.19 in a domestic meeting
in Vyborg four weeks before the Games, though Tyshkevich was con-
sidered favourite after a better-publicised effort of 14.94. Zybina set
out her stall immediately with 15.00 to lead from the 14.42 efforts by
Tochonova and the huge (1.73/116kg) Tyshkevich. The positions
remained the same until the final round, when Werner moved from
fourth to second with her 14.57, and Zybina more than confirmed her
15.19 with a world record of 15.28.
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 | Qualification> - Saturday 26.07 10:00 |  | Mark 12.30m 14 Athletes | 
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