Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Women's shot put explained

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:

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

DateTimeRound
Wednesday 4 August 1948 11:00Qualifications
style=background:lemonchiffonWednesday 4 August 1948 style=background:lemonchiffon17:00style=background:lemonchiffonFinals

Qualifying round

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

Final standings

Rank Name Nationality Distance Notes
Micheline Ostermeyer13.750OR
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

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Athletics at the 1948 London Summer Games: Women's Shot Put . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417175407/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1948/ATH/womens-shot-put.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 5 January 2018 . sports-reference.com.