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

Event:	Women's shot put
Games:	1960 Summer
Venue:	Olympic Stadium
Dates:	2 September
Competitors:	18
Nations:	12
Win Value:	17.32
Win Label:	Winning distance
Longnames:	yes
Gold:	Tamara Press
Goldnoc:	URS
Silver:	Johanna Lüttge
Silvernoc:	EUA
Bronze:	Earlene Brown
Bronzenoc:	USA
Prev:	1956
Next:	1964

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

Results

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

Qualifying

Rank	Name	Nationality	Mark	1	2	3
1			16.15	16.15	pass	pass
2			16.07	16.07	pass	pass
3			16.00	13.23	16.00	pass
4			15.84	15.84	pass	pass
5			15.78	15.78	pass	pass
6			15.51	15.51	pass	pass
7			15.10	15.10	pas	pass
8			15.03	15.03	pass	pass
9			14.85	foul	foul	14.85
10			14.74	14.20	14.74	pass
11			14.51	14.51	pass	pass
12			14.50	14.28	14.50	pass
13			14.09	14.06	14.09	foul
14			13.99	13.66	13.99	foul
15			13.51	13.51	12.56	12.99
16			13.10	12.03	13.10	pass
17			12.59	12.59	12.59	pass
18			11.76	11.53	11.42	11.76

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Mark	1	2	3	4	5	6	Notes
			17.32	16.08	17.32 OR	16.40	16.19	16.20	16.14	OR
			16.61	16.21	16.59 =OR	15.74	15.20	15.40	16.61
			16.42	15.73	16.34	16.07	15.80	15.95	16.42
4			16.39	16.11	16.26	15.72	16.39	16.21	16.07
5			16.13	foul	15.72	15.40	15.65	16.13	15.52
6			15.94	15.61	15.94	15.40	15.07	15.20	15.60
7			15.56	13.82	15.56	15.27
8			15.14	14.87	14.75	15.14
9			15.06	15.06	14.29	foul
10			14.66	14.06	14.66	13.78
11			14.55	foul	14.55	14.18
12			14.19	14.19	14.12	14.11

Key: OR = Olympic record

Notes and References

1. Web site: Athletics at the 1960 Rome Summer Games: Women's Shot Put . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417175415/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1960/ATH/womens-shot-put.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 6 January 2018 . sports-reference.com.