Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics - Women's shot put

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The women's shot put was one of three women's throwing events on the Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics program in Tokyo. It was held on 20 October 1964. 17 athletes from 12 nations entered, with 1 not starting the qualification round.

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[edit] Medallists

Gold Silver Bronze
Soviet Union Tamara Press
Soviet Union		 Unified Team of Germany Renate Culmberger
Unified Team of Germany		 Soviet Union Galina Zybina
Soviet Union

[edit] Results

[edit] Qualification

The qualification standard was 15.00 metres. Each thrower had three attempts to reach that standard.

Place Athlete Nation Best mark Throw 1 Throw 2 Throw 3
1 Tamara Press Soviet Union Soviet Union 16.57 metres 16.57 —
2 Isobel Young New Zealand New Zealand 16.40 metres 16.40 —
3 Renate Culmberger Unified Team of Germany Unified Team of Germany 16.32 metres 16.32 —
4 Irina Press Soviet Union Soviet Union 15.67 metres 15.67 —
5 Margitta Helmbold Unified Team of Germany Unified Team of Germany 15.61 metres 16.40 —
6 Judit Bognar Hungary Hungary 15.52 metres 14.44 15.52 —
7 Earlene Brown United States United States 15.44 metres 13.84 14.67 15.44
8 Johanna Hubner Unified Team of Germany Unified Team of Germany 15.38 metres 15.38 —
9 Ana Salagean Romania Romania 15.31 metres 15.31 —
10 Ivanka Christova Bulgaria Bulgaria 15.24 metres 15.24 —
11 Galina Zybina Soviet Union Soviet Union 15.17 metres 15.17 —
12 Nancy McCredie Canada Canada 15.10 metres 15.10 —
13 Kontsek Kleiber Hungary Hungary 14.52 metres 14.48 14.39 14.52
14 Mary Elizabeth Peters Great Britain and Northern Ireland Great Britain and Northern Ireland 14.46 metres 13.44 X 14.46
15 Obari Seiko Japan Japan 13.70 metres 13.70 13.47 12.70
16 Juliet Geverkof Iran Iran 9.17 metres X 8.79 9.17
— Namjilmaa Dashzeveg Mongolia Mongolia Did not start —

[edit] Final

The scores from the qualification were ignored, each thrower having three fresh attempts. The top six after those three received three more, taking their best throw from the six.

Place Athlete Nation Best mark Throw 1 Throw 2 Throw 3 Throw 4 Throw 5 Throw 6
1 Tamara Press Soviet Union Soviet Union 18.14 metres OR 17.51 17.72 17.18 16.49 X 18.14
2 Renate Culmberger Unified Team of Germany Unified Team of Germany 17.61 metres 17.41 17.10 16.38 17.61 17.00 17.01
3 Galina Zybina Soviet Union Soviet Union 17.45 metres 17.38 17.25 17.45 17.42 16.65 17.36
4 Isobel Young New Zealand New Zealand 17.26 metres 17.08 15.84 16.81 17.26 17.24 17.23
5 Margitta Helmbold Unified Team of Germany Unified Team of Germany 16.91 metres 16.67 15.87 X 16.60 16.91 16.34
6 Irina Press Soviet Union Soviet Union 16.71 metres X 16.50 X 15.81 15.78 16.71
7 Nancy McCredie Canada Canada 15.89 metres 15.89 15.13 15.27
8 Ana Salagean Romania Romania 15.83 metres 15.79 15.83 15.70
9 Johanna Hubner Unified Team of Germany Unified Team of Germany 15.77 metres 15.77 X X
10 Ivanka Christova Bulgaria Bulgaria 15.69 metres 15.69 X 15.35
11 Judit Bognar Hungary Hungary 15.65 metres 15.65 X X
12 Earlene Brown United States United States 14.80 metres 14.25 13.43 14.80

[edit] References

  • Official Report


The 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo
Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Men's

100 m | 200 m | 400 m | 800 m | 1500 m | 5000 m | 10000 m | 110 m hurdles | 400 m hurdles | 3000 m steeplechase | 4x100 m | 4x400 m | marathon | 20 km walk | 50 km walk | decathlon | long jump | triple jump | high jump | pole vault | shot put | discus | javelin | hammer
Women's

100 m | 200 m | 400 m | 800 m | 80 m hurdles | 4x100 m | pentathlon | long jump | high jump | shot put | discus | javelin
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