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

Event:Women's shot put
Games:1972 Summer
Venue:Olympic Stadium
Dates:September 4 & 7
Competitors:18
Nations:11
Win Value:21.03
Win Label:Winning distance
Longnames:yes
Gold:Nadezhda Chizhova
Goldnoc:URS
Silver:Margitta Gummel
Silvernoc:GDR
Bronze:Ivanka Khristova
Bronzenoc:BUL
Prev:1968
Next:1976

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 mMay 19, 1972 Moscow, Soviet Union
19.68 mOctober 20, 1968 Mexico City, Mexico
Broken records during the 1972 Summer Olympics
21.03 mSeptember 7, 1972 Munich, West Germany

Results

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.

Qualifying

Rank Name Nationality Mark
  1. 1
  1. 2
  1. 3
1 Ivanka Khristova19.20 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

Final

Rank Name Nationality Mark
  1. 1
  1. 2
  1. 3
  1. 4
  1. 5
  1. 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
518.94 18.75 x 18.58 18.94 18.91 18.71
618.85 x 18.46 18.29 18.85 18.38 18.71
718.81 18.62 x x 18.59 18.81 x
818.34 18.24 17.75 18.34 x 17.55 x
918.28 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
1316.62 16.37 16.62 x
Key: WR = world record; p = pass; x = fault

External links

Notes and References

  1. 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.