Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Women's shot put explained

Event:	Women's shot put
Games:	1968 Summer
Venue:	Estadio Olímpico Universitario
Date:	October 20
Competitors:	14
Nations:	9
Longnames:	yes
Gold:	Margitta Gummel
Goldnoc:	GDR
Silver:	Marita Lange
Silvernoc:	GDR
Bronze:	Nadezhda Chizhova
Bronzenoc:	URS
Win Label:	Winning distance
Win Value:	19.61 WR
Prev:	1964
Next:	1972

The women's shot put competition at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico took place on October 20.^[1]

Competition format

The competition consisted of a single round. Each competitor was allowed three throws, with the top eight athletes after that point being given three further attempts.

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.

World record		18.87 m	Frankfurt (Oder), East Germany	April 23, 1967
Olympic record		18.14 m	Tokyo, Japan	October 20, 1964

Results

Rank	Name	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result	Notes
		18.53	17.88	19.07	18.30	19.61	18.59	19.61	WR
		18.78	X	18.17	18.47	18.20	18.26	18.78
		18.19	X	18.03	17.62	17.49	17.26	18.19
		17.14	17.30	17.21	17.78	17.75	16.83	17.78
		17.67	17.15	17.68	17.49	17.72	17.69	17.72
		16.65	17.25	16.85	X	X	17.20	17.25
		17.11	16.56	X	X	X	16.19	17.11
		15.89	15.71	14.97	15.54	16.23	16.10	16.23
		X	15.88	15.76	colspan=3	15.88
10		14.70	15.26	15.10	colspan=3	15.26
11		14.38	14.86	X	colspan=3	14.86
12		12.85	11.89	11.94	colspan=3	12.85
13	Baeg Ok-Ja	12.67	12.08	11.97	colspan=3	12.67
14		9.58	X	10.18	colspan=3	10.18

External links

Official Olympic Report, la84foundation.org. Retrieved August 16, 2012.

Notes and References

Web site: Athletics at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games: Women's Shot Put . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417175420/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1968/ATH/womens-shot-put.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 7 January 2018 . sports-reference.com.