The qualification standard was 50.00 metres. Each thrower had three attempts to reach that standard.
Place | Athlete | Nation | Best mark | | Throw 1 | Throw 2 | Throw 3 |
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1 | Virzhiniya Mikhaylova | {{flagIOC|BUL|1964 Summer}} | 54.94 metres | | 54.94 | — |
2 | Ingrid Lotz | {{flagIOC|EUA|1964 Summer}} | 54.82 metres | 48.38 | 54.82 | — |
3 | Kriemhild Limberg | {{flagIOC|EUA|1964 Summer}} | 54.54 metres | 46.59 | 48.63 | 54.54 |
4 | Lia Manoliu | {{flagIOC|ROU|1964 Summer}} | 53.64 metres | 47.80 | 53.64 | — |
5 | Olimpia Cataramă | {{flagIOC|ROU|1964 Summer}} | 53.20 metres | 46.96 | 53.20 | — |
6 | Olga Connolly | {{flagIOC|USA|1964 Summer}} | 53.17 metres | 49.99 | 53.17 | — |
7 | Eugenia Kuznetsova | {{flagIOC|URS|1964 Summer}} | 52.44 metres | 49.40 | 52.44 | — |
8 | Jolán Kleiber-Kontsek | {{flagIOC|HUN|1964 Summer}} | 52.35 metres | 52.35 | — |
9 | Judit Stugner | {{flagIOC|HUN|1964 Summer}} | 52.30 metres | 48.96 | 48.49 | 52.30 |
10 | Valerie Young | {{flagIOC|NZL|1964 Summer}} | 51.94 metres | 48.01 | 51.94 | — |
11 | Doris Lorenz | {{flagIOC|EUA|1964 Summer}} | 51.58 metres | 51.58 | — |
12 | Jiřina Němcová | {{flagIOC|TCH|1964 Summer}} | 50.64 metres | 50.64 | — |
13 | Tamara Press | {{flagIOC|URS|1964 Summer}} | 50.28 metres | 50.28 | — |
14 | Nina Ponomaryova | {{flagIOC|URS|1964 Summer}} | 50.18 metres | 44.69 | 44.89 | 50.18 |
15 | Nancy McCredie | {{flagIOC|CAN|1964 Summer}} | 47.27 metres | 44.91 | 47.27 | 44.75 |
16 | Hiroko Uchida-Yokoyama | {{flagIOC|JPN|1964 Summer}} | 47.18 metres | 46.19 | 47.18 | 34.48 |
17 | Dashzevgiin Namjilmaa | {{flagIOC|MGL|1964 Summer}} | 44.55 metres | 43.37 | 40.26 | 44.55 |
18 | Josephine de la Viña | {{flagIOC|PHI|1964 Summer}} | 42.27 metres | 40.05 | 42.27 | 41.71 |
19 | Pranee Kitipongpitaya | {{flagIOC|THA|1964 Summer}} | 38.73 metres | 36.21 | 38.73 | 34.20 |
20 | Park Yeong-suk | {{flagIOC|KOR|1964 Summer}} | 37.50 metres | 37.50 | 33.27 | 34.97 |
21 | Juliette Geverkof | {{flagIOC|IRI|1964 Summer}} | 30.05 metres | X | 30.05 | X |
— | Judit Bognar | {{flagIOC|HUN|1964 Summer}} | Did not start | — |
The marks for the qualification were ignored in the final. Each thrower had three attempts; the top six after those three received three more and counted their best mark of the six. All five of the top throwers defeated the old Olympic record.
Place | Athlete | Nation | Best mark | | Throw 1 | Throw 2 | Throw 3 | Throw 4 | Throw 5 | Throw 6 |
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1 | Tamara Press | {{flagIOC|URS|1964 Summer}} | 57.27 metres OR | | X | 55.38 | 50.38 | 55.23 | 57.27 | 56.08 |
2 | Ingrid Lotz | {{flagIOC|EUA|1964 Summer}} | 57.21 metres | 57.21 | X | 55.41 | X | 54.59 | 54.74 |
3 | Lia Manoliu | {{flagIOC|ROU|1964 Summer}} | 56.97 metres | 55.90 | X | X | 56.09 | 56.97 | X |
4 | Virginia Angelova | {{flagIOC|BUL|1964 Summer}} | 56.70 metres | 47.38 | 56.56 | 52.19 | 56.70 | 55.77 | 55.54 |
5 | Eugenia Kuznetsova | {{flagIOC|URS|1964 Summer}} | 55.17 metres | 55.17 | 53.58 | X | X | X | 53.80 |
6 | Jolán Kleiber-Kontsek | {{flagIOC|HUN|1964 Summer}} | 54.87 metres | 54.46 | 53.05 | 53.51 | 53.14 | 54.87 | 51.69 |
7 | Kriemhild Limberg | {{flagIOC|EUA|1964 Summer}} | 53.81 metres | 48.35 | 53.81 | 53.02 | |
8 | Olimpia Catarama | {{flagIOC|ROU|1964 Summer}} | 53.08 metres | 53.08 | 49.99 | 51.28 |
9 | Jiřina Němcová | {{flagIOC|TCH|1964 Summer}} | 52.80 metres | 49.06 | 52.80 | 51.13 |
10 | Judit Stugner | {{flagIOC|HUN|1964 Summer}} | 52.52 metres | 50.88 | 50.47 | 52.52 |
11 | Nina Ponomariova | {{flagIOC|URS|1964 Summer}} | 52.48 metres | 52.15 | 51.12 | 52.48 |
12 | Olga Connolly | {{flagIOC|USA|1964 Summer}} | 51.58 metres | 51.21 | X | 51.58 |
13 | Valerie Young | {{flagIOC|NZL|1964 Summer}} | 49.59 metres | 48.93 | 46.17 | 49.59 |
14 | Doris Lorenz | {{flagIOC|EUA|1964 Summer}} | 45.63 metres | X | X | 45.63 |
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