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

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Women's shot put
at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad
Medal winners
VenueOlympic Stadium
Date20 October
Competitors17 from 12 nations
Winning distance18.14 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Tamara Press  Soviet Union
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Renate Culmberger  United Team of Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Galina Zybina  Soviet Union
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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.[1]

Results

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Qualification

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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 16.57 16.57
2 Valerie Young  New Zealand 16.40 16.40
3 Renate Culmberger  United Team of Germany 16.32 16.32
4 Irina Press  Soviet Union 15.67 15.67
5 Margitta Helmbold  United Team of Germany 15.61 15.61
6 Judit Bognár  Hungary 15.52 14.44 15.52
7 Earlene Brown  United States 15.44 13.84 14.67 15.44
8 Johanna Hübner  United Team of Germany 15.38 15.38
9 Ana Sălăgean  Romania 15.31 15.31
10 Ivanka Khristova  Bulgaria 15.24 15.24
11 Galina Zybina  Soviet Union 15.17 15.17
12 Nancy McCredie  Canada 15.10 15.10
13 Jolán Kleiber-Kontsek  Hungary 14.52 14.48 14.39 14.52
14 Mary Elizabeth Peters  Great Britain 14.46 13.44 X 14.46
15 Seiko Obonai  Japan 13.70 13.70 13.47 12.70
16 Juliette Geverkof  Iran 9.17 X 8.79 9.17
Namjilmaa Dashzeveg  Mongolia Did not start

Final

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

References

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  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games: Women's Shot Put". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 7 January 2018.