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

Women's shot put at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
Venue	Estadio Olímpico Universitario
Date	October 20
Competitors	14 from 9 nations
Winning distance	19.61 WR
Medalists
Margitta Gummel   East Germany   Marita Lange   East Germany   Nadezhda Chizhova   Soviet Union

Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men
80 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men
Road events
Marathon		men
20 km walk		men
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Combined events
Pentathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The Women's shot put competition at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico took place on October 20.

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	Margitta Gummel (GDR)	18.87 m	Frankfurt (Oder), East Germany	April 23, 1967
Olympic record	Tamara Press (URS)	18.14 m	Tokyo, Japan	October 20, 1964

Results

Rank	Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
01 !	Gummel, MargittaMargitta Gummel	East Germany	18.53	17.88	19.07	18.30	19.61	18.59	19.61	WR
02 !	Lange, MaritaMarita Lange	East Germany	18.78	X	18.17	18.47	18.20	18.26	18.78
03 !	Chizhova, NadezhdaNadezhda Chizhova	Soviet Union	18.19	X	18.03	17.62	17.49	17.26	18.19
04 !4	Bognár, JuditJudit Bognár	Hungary	17.14	17.30	17.21	17.78	17.75	16.83	17.78
05 !5	Garisch-Culmberger, RenateRenate Garisch-Culmberger	East Germany	17.67	17.15	17.68	17.49	17.72	17.69	17.72
06 !6	Khristova, IvankaIvanka Khristova	Bulgaria	16.65	17.25	16.85	X	X	17.20	17.25
07 !7	Fuchs, MarleneMarlene Fuchs	West Germany	17.11	16.56	X	X	X	16.19	17.11
08 !8	van Noorduyn, ElsEls van Noorduyn	Netherlands	15.89	15.71	14.97	15.54	16.23	16.10	16.23
09 !9	Solontsova-Kudryavtseva, IrinaIrina Solontsova-Kudryavtseva	Soviet Union	X	15.88	15.76	N/A			15.88
10	Schäfer, GertrudGertrud Schäfer	West Germany	14.70	15.26	15.10	N/A			15.26
11	Seidler, MarenMaren Seidler	United States	14.38	14.86	X	N/A			14.86
12	Molina, RosaRosa Molina	Chile	12.85	11.89	11.94	N/A			12.85
13	Baeg Ok-Ja	South Korea	12.67	12.08	11.97	N/A			12.67
14	Martínez, RosarioRosario Martínez	El Salvador	9.58	X	10.18	N/A			10.18

References

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