| Women's shot put at the Games of the XIV Olympiad |
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| Dates | August 4 (qualifying and final) | ||||||
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| Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics |
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| Track events | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| 400 m | men | |||
| 800 m | men | |||
| 1500 m | men | |||
| 5000 m | men | |||
| 10,000 m | men | |||
| 80 m hurdles | women | |||
| 110 m hurdles | men | |||
| 400 m hurdles | men | |||
| 3000 m steeplechase |
men | |||
| 4×100 m relay | men | women | ||
| 4×400 m relay | men | |||
| Road events | ||||
| Marathon | men | |||
| 10 km walk | men | |||
| 50 km walk | men | |||
| Field events | ||||
| Long jump | men | women | ||
| Triple jump | men | |||
| High jump | men | women | ||
| Pole vault | men | |||
| Shot put | men | women | ||
| Discus throw | men | women | ||
| Javelin throw | men | women | ||
| Hammer throw | men | |||
| Combined events | ||||
| Decathlon | men | |||
The women's shot put event was, for the first time, part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1948 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on August 4, 1948. The final was won by Frenchwoman Micheline Ostermeyer.
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| Rank | Name | Nationality | Distance | Notes |
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| Micheline Ostermeyer | France | 13.750 | OR | |
| Amelia Piccinini | Italy | 13.095 | ||
| Ine Schäffer | Austria | 13.080 | ||
| 4 | Paulette Veste | France | 12.985 | |
| 5 | Jaroslava Křítková-Komárková | Czechoslovakia | 12.920 | |
| 6 | Anni Bruk | Austria | 12.500 | |
| 7 | Marija Radosavljević | Yugoslavia | 12.355 | |
| 8 | Bevis Reid | Great Britain | 12.170 | |
| 9 | Ingeborg Mello | Argentina | 12.085 | |
| 10 | Paulette Laurent | France | 12.030 | |
| 11 | Eivor Olson | Sweden | 11.840 | |
| 12 | Marianne Schläger | Austria | 11.775 |
Key: OR = Olympic record
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