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Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Women's shot put

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Women's shot put
at the Games of the XVII Olympiad
VenueOlympic Stadium
Dates2 September
Competitors18 from 12 nations
Winning distance17.32 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Tamara Press
 Soviet Union
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Johanna Lüttge
 United Team of Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Earlene Brown
 United States
← 1956
1964 →

The women's shot put throwing event at the 1960 Olympic Games took place on 2 September.[1]

Results

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Top 12 throwers and ties plus all throwers reaching 14.50 metres advanced to the finals. All distances are listed in metres.

Qualifying

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Rank Name Nationality Mark 1 2 3
1 Earlene Brown  United States 16.15 16.15 pass pass
2 Valerie Sloper  New Zealand 16.07 16.07 pass pass
3 Tamara Press  Soviet Union 16.00 13.23 16.00 pass
4 Wilfriede Hoffmann  United Team of Germany 15.84 15.84 pass pass
5 Renate Boy  United Team of Germany 15.78 15.78 pass pass
6 Johanna Lüttge  United Team of Germany 15.51 15.51 pass pass
7 Zinaida Doynikova  Soviet Union 15.10 15.10 pas pass
8 Galina Zybina  Soviet Union 15.03 15.03 pass pass
9 Jadwiga Klimaj  Poland 14.85 foul foul 14.85
10 Milena Usenik  Yugoslavia 14.74 14.20 14.74 pass
11 Věra Černá  Czechoslovakia 14.51 14.51 pass pass
12 Eugenia Rusin  Poland 14.50 14.28 14.50 pass
13 Lidiya Sharamovich  Bulgaria 14.09 14.06 14.09 foul
14 Tsvetanka Krasteva  Bulgaria 13.99 13.66 13.99 foul
15 Yasuko Matsuda  Japan 13.51 13.51 12.56 12.99
16 Suzanne Farmer  Great Britain 13.10 12.03 13.10 pass
17 Ayala Hetzroni  Israel 12.59 12.59 12.59 pass
18 Wu Jin-yun  Formosa 11.76 11.53 11.42 11.76

Final

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Rank Name Nationality Mark 1 2 3 4 5 6 Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Tamara Press  Soviet Union 17.32 16.08 17.32 OR 16.40 16.19 16.20 16.14 OR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Johanna Lüttge  United Team of Germany 16.61 16.21 16.59 =OR 15.74 15.20 15.40 16.61
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Earlene Brown  United States 16.42 15.73 16.34 16.07 15.80 15.95 16.42
4 Valerie Sloper  New Zealand 16.39 16.11 16.26 15.72 16.39 16.21 16.07
5 Zinaida Doynikova  Soviet Union 16.13 foul 15.72 15.40 15.65 16.13 15.52
6 Renate Boy  United Team of Germany 15.94 15.61 15.94 15.40 15.07 15.20 15.60
7 Galina Zybina  Soviet Union 15.56 13.82 15.56 15.27
8 Wilfriede Hoffmann  United Team of Germany 15.14 14.87 14.75 15.14
9 Věra Černá  Czechoslovakia 15.06 15.06 14.29 foul
10 Jadwiga Klimaj  Poland 14.66 14.06 14.66 13.78
11 Eugenia Rusin  Poland 14.55 foul 14.55 14.18
12 Milena Usenik  Yugoslavia 14.19 14.19 14.12 14.11

Key: OR = Olympic record

References

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  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1960 Rome Summer Games: Women's Shot Put". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2018.