| Event: | Women's shot put |
| Games: | 1948 Summer |
| Venue: | Olympic Stadium |
| Dates: | 4 August (qualifying and final) |
| Competitors: | 19 |
| Nations: | 12 |
| Win Value: | 13.750 |
| Longnames: | yes |
| Gold: | Micheline Ostermeyer |
| Goldnoc: | FRA |
| Silver: | Amelia Piccinini |
| Silvernoc: | ITA |
| Bronze: | Ine Schäffer |
| Bronzenoc: | AUT |
| Next: | 1952 |
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 4 August 1948. The final was won by Micheline Ostermeyer of France.[1]
Since it was the first time this event took place, the following new Olympic record was set during this competition:
All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)
| Date | Time | Round | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wednesday 4 August 1948 | 11:00 | Qualifications | |||
| style=background:lemonchiffon | Wednesday 4 August 1948 | style=background:lemonchiffon | 17:00 | style=background:lemonchiffon | Finals |
Qual. rule: qualification standard 12.30m (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q).
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | align=left | 13.140 | OR | |||
| 2 | align=left | align=left | 12.620 | ||||
| 3 | align=left | align=left | 12.570 | ||||
| 4 | align=left | align=left | |||||
| 5 | align=left | align=left | |||||
| 6 | align=left | align=left | |||||
| 7 | align=left | align=left | |||||
| 8 | align=left | align=left | |||||
| 9 | align=left | align=left | |||||
| 10 | align=left | align=left | |||||
| 11 | align=left | align=left | |||||
| 12 | align=left | align=left | |||||
| 13 | align=left | align=left | 11.870 | ||||
| 14 | align=left | align=left | 11.310 | ||||
| 15 | align=left | align=left | 11.180 | ||||
| 16 | align=left | align=left | 11.055 | ||||
| 17 | align=left | align=left | 10.755 | ||||
| 18 | align=left | align=left | 10.200 | ||||
| 19 | align=left | align=left | 9.740 |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Distance | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Micheline Ostermeyer | 13.750 | OR | |||
| 13.095 | |||||
| 13.080 | |||||
| 4 | 12.985 | ||||
| 5 | 12.920 | ||||
| 6 | 12.500 | ||||
| 7 | 12.355 | ||||
| 8 | 12.170 | ||||
| 9 | 12.085 | ||||
| 10 | 12.030 | ||||
| 11 | 11.840 | ||||
| 12 | 11.775 |
Key: OR = Olympic record