Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Women's shot put

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Women's shot put
at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Venue Olympic Stadium
DatesSeptember 4 & 7, 1972
Competitors18 from 11 nations
Winning distance21.03 WR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Nadezhda Chizhova
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Silver medal icon.svg Margitta Gummel
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
Bronze medal icon.svg Ivanka Khristova
Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria
  1968
1976  

The women's shot put field event at the 1972 Olympic Games took place on September 4 & 7. Nadezhda Chizhova was very disappointed with her bronze medal finish in 1968 Olympics. She has won the (1966, 1969 and the 1971) European Athletics Championships. Since 1968 she has broken the world record six times. The only threat for the gold medal came from Margitta Gummel the defending Olympic Champion. [1]

Records

Standing records prior to the 1972 Summer Olympics
World record Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Nadezhda Chizhova  (URS)21.68 mMay 19, 1972 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Moscow, Soviet Union
Olympic record Flag of East Germany.svg  Margitta Gummel  (GDR)19.68 mOctober 20, 1968 Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico City, Mexico
Broken records during the 1972 Summer Olympics
Olympic record Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Nadezhda Chizhova  (URS)21.03 mSeptember 7, 1972 Flag of Germany.svg Munich, West Germany

Results

All throwers reaching 16.20 m (53 ft 2 in) and the top 12 including ties, advanced to the finals. All qualifiers are listen in blue. All distances are listed in metres.

Qualifying

RankNameNationalityMark#1#2#3
1 Ivanka Khristova Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 19.2019.20pp
2 Marianne Adam Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 19.1119.11pp
3 Margitta Gummel Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 18.8218.82pp
4 Helena Fibingerová Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 18.6618.66pp
5 Nadezhda Chizhova Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 18.5418.54pp
6 Marita Lange Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 18.1618.16pp
7 Antonina Ivanova Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 17.8717.87pp
8 Radostina Vasekova Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 17.7817.78pp
9 Elena Stoyanova Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 17.7017.70pp
10 Ludwika Chewińska Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 17.4017.40pp
11 Esfir Dolzhenko Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 17.1817.18pp
12 Valentina Cioltan Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 16.8516.85pp
13 Judit Bognár Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 16.5216.52pp
14 Maren Seidler Flag of the United States.svg  United States 16.1815.6316.0516.18
15 Baeg Ok-Ja Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).svg  South Korea 15.78x15.78x
16 Jan Svendsen Flag of the United States.svg  United States 14.9614.48x14.96
17 Rosa Molina Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 14.6114.5914.6114.41
18 Nnenna Njoku Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 10.6310.6310.409.06

Final

RankNameNationalityMark#1#2#3#4#5#6
Gold medal icon.svg Nadezhda Chizhova Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 21.03 WR21.0320.3620.5819.97xx
Silver medal icon.svg Margitta Gummel Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 20.2218.4618.8319.5520.2219.53x
Bronze medal icon.svg Ivanka Khristova Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 19.3519.35x19.22x18.8218.95
4 Esfir Dolzhenko Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 19.2418.4319.24x18.74xx
5 Marianne Adam Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 18.9418.75x18.5818.9418.9118.71
6 Marita Lange Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 18.85x18.4618.2918.8518.3818.71
7 Helena Fibingerová Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 18.8118.62xx18.5918.81x
8 Elena Stoyanova Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 18.3418.2417.7518.34x17.55x
9 Antonina Ivanova Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 18.2818.2817.9917.98
10 Ludwika Chewińska Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 18.2417.7118.2417.73
11 Judit Bognár Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 18.2317.9317.9718.23
12 Radostina Vasekova Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 17.8617.8617.4817.52
13 Valentina Cioltan Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 16.6216.3716.62x

Key: WR = world record; p = pass; x = fault

References

  1. "Athletics at the 1972 Munich Summer Games: Women's Shot Put". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 7 January 2018.