Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Women's shot put explained

The women's shot put field event at the 1972 Olympic Games took place on September 4 & 7. Nadezhda Chizhova was very disappointed with her bronze medal finish in 1968 Olympics. She has won the (1966, 1969 and the 1971) European Athletics Championships. Since 1968 she has broken the world record six times. The only threat for the gold medal came from Margitta Gummel the defending Olympic Champion.^[1]

Records

Standing records prior to the 1972 Summer Olympics
	21.68 m	May 19, 1972	Moscow, Soviet Union
	19.68 m	October 20, 1968	Mexico City, Mexico
Broken records during the 1972 Summer Olympics
	21.03 m	September 7, 1972	Munich, West Germany

All throwers reaching and the top 12 including ties, advanced to the finals. All qualifiers are listen in blue. All distances are listed in metres.

Rank	Name	Mark	1	2	3
1	Ivanka Khristova	19.20	19.20	p	p
2		19.11	19.11	p	p
3		18.82	18.82	p	p
4		18.66	18.66	p	p
5		18.54	18.54	p	p
6		18.16	18.16	p	p
7		17.87	17.87	p	p
8		17.78	17.78	p	p
9		17.70	17.70	p	p
10		17.40	17.40	p	p
11		17.18	17.18	p	p
12		16.85	16.85	p	p
13		16.52	16.52	p	p
14		16.18	15.63	16.05	16.18
15		15.78	x	15.78	x
16		14.96	14.48	x	14.96
17		14.61	14.59	14.61	14.41
18		10.63	10.63	10.40	9.06

Rank	Mark	1	2	3	4	5	6
	21.03 WR	21.03	20.36	20.58	19.97	x	x
	20.22	18.46	18.83	19.55	20.22	19.53	x
	19.35	19.35	x	19.22	x	18.82	18.95
4	19.24	18.43	19.24	x	18.74	x	x
5	18.94	18.75	x	18.58	18.94	18.91	18.71
6	18.85	x	18.46	18.29	18.85	18.38	18.71
7	18.81	18.62	x	x	18.59	18.81	x
8	18.34	18.24	17.75	18.34	x	17.55	x
9	18.28	18.28	17.99	17.98
10	18.24	17.71	18.24	17.73
11	18.23	17.93	17.97	18.23
12	17.86	17.86	17.48	17.52
13	16.62	16.37	16.62	x

Key: WR = world record; p = pass; x = fault

Web site: Athletics at the 1972 Munich Summer Games: Women's Shot Put . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417175359/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1972/ATH/womens-shot-put.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 7 January 2018 . sports-reference.com.