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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
1936 →

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
Sprint hurdles (110m/80w)	men	women
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
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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
	Babe Didrikson	United States	43.69	OR
	Ellen Braumüller	Germany	43.50
	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

1. "Athletics at the 1932 Los Angeles Summer Games: Women's Javelin Throw". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 16 January 2018.

• Athletics at the 1932 Summer Olympics
• Javelin throw at the Olympics
• 1932 in women's athletics
• Women's events at the 1932 Summer Olympics