1966 European Athletics Championships – Women's shot put

Events at the 1966 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
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
20 km walk		men
50 km walk		men
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Javelin throw		men		women
Combined events
Pentathlon				women
Decathlon		men
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The women's shot put at the 1966 European Athletics Championships was held in Budapest, Hungary, at Népstadion on 30 August 1966.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Nadezhda Chizhova  Soviet Union
Silver	Margitta Gummel  East Germany
Bronze	Marita Lange  East Germany

Results

Final

30 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
01 !	Nadezhda Chizhova	Soviet Union	17.22
02 !	Margitta Gummel	East Germany	17.05
03 !	Marita Lange	East Germany	16.96
4	Galina Zybina	Soviet Union	16.65
5	Maria Chorbova	Bulgaria	15.97
6	Gertrud Schäfer	West Germany	15.95
7	Marlene Fuchs	West Germany	15.89
8	Ana Coman	Romania	15.48
9	Judit Bognár	Hungary	15.17
10	Ludmila Duchoňová	Czechoslovakia	14.93
11	Mary Peters	United Kingdom	14.81
12	Lidia Sharamovich	Bulgaria	14.61
13	Judit Mikuss	Hungary	14.35
14	Pina Thani	Albania	12.63

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 14 athletes from 9 countries participated in the event.

References