Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Women's shot put

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Women's shot put
at the Games of the XVII Olympiad
Venue Olympic Stadium
Dates2 September 1960
Competitors18 from 12 nations
Winning distance17.32 OR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Tamara Press
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Silver medal icon.svg Johanna Lüttge
Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany
Bronze medal icon.svg Earlene Brown
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
  1956
1964  

The women's shot put throwing event at the 1960 Olympic Games took place on 2 September. [1]

Results

Top 12 throwers and ties plus all throwers reaching 14.50 metres advanced to the finals. All distances are listed in metres.

Qualifying

RankNameNationalityMark123
1 Earlene Brown Flag of the United States.svg  United States 16.1516.15passpass
2 Valerie Sloper Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 16.0716.07passpass
3 Tamara Press Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 16.0013.2316.00pass
4 Wilfriede Hoffmann Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany 15.8415.84passpass
5 Renate Boy Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany 15.7815.78passpass
6 Johanna Lüttge Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany 15.5115.51passpass
7 Zinaida Doynikova Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 15.1015.10paspass
8 Galina Zybina Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 15.0315.03passpass
9 Jadwiga Klimaj Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 14.85foulfoul14.85
10 Milena Usenik Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 14.7414.2014.74pass
11 Věra Černá Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 14.5114.51passpass
12 Eugenia Rusin Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 14.5014.2814.50pass
13 Lidiya Sharamovich Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg  Bulgaria 14.0914.0614.09foul
14 Tsvetanka Krasteva Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg  Bulgaria 13.9913.6613.99foul
15 Yasuko Matsuda Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 13.5113.5112.5612.99
16 Suzanne Farmer Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 13.1012.0313.10pass
17 Ayala Hetzroni Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 12.5912.5912.59pass
18 Wu Jin-yun Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Formosa 11.7611.5311.4211.76

Final

RankNameNationalityMark123456Notes
Gold medal icon.svg Tamara Press Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 17.3216.0817.32 OR16.4016.1916.2016.14OR
Silver medal icon.svg Johanna Lüttge Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany 16.6116.2116.59 =OR15.7415.2015.4016.61
Bronze medal icon.svg Earlene Brown Flag of the United States.svg  United States 16.4215.7316.3416.0715.8015.9516.42
4 Valerie Sloper Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 16.3916.1116.2615.7216.3916.2116.07
5 Zinaida Doynikova Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 16.13foul15.7215.4015.6516.1315.52
6 Renate Boy Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany 15.9415.6115.9415.4015.0715.2015.60
7 Galina Zybina Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 15.5613.8215.5615.27
8 Wilfriede Hoffmann Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany 15.1414.8714.7515.14
9 Věra Černá Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 15.0615.0614.29foul
10 Jadwiga Klimaj Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 14.6614.0614.6613.78
11 Eugenia Rusin Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 14.55foul14.5514.18
12 Milena Usenik Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 14.1914.1914.1214.11

Key: OR = Olympic record

References

  1. "Athletics at the 1960 Rome Summer Games: Women's Shot Put". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2018.