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Shot Put, Women

Date 2 September 1960
StatusOlympic
LocationStadio Olimpico, Roma
Participants18 from 12 countries

Tamara Press first broke the world record in 1959, and that would be the first of six consecutive world records for her in the shot put. After a mediocre 16.08 (52-9¼) in round one, she threw 17.32 (56-10) in the second round, a mark only she had ever bettered (twice). That held on for an easy victory. Johanna Lüttge (GDR) threw 16.59 (54-5¼) in round two which cemented the silver, although she surpassed that in round six.

PosNrAthleteNOCQualifyingFinal
1173Tamara PressURS16.00 (3)17.32 (1)GoldOR
291Johanna LüttgeGER15.51 (6)16.61 (2)Silver
3129Earlene BrownUSA16.15 (1)16.42 (3)Bronze
420Valerie SloperNZL16.07 (2)16.39 (4)
5175Zinaida DoynikovaURS15.10 (7)16.13 (5)
689Renate Garisch-CulmbergerGER15.78 (5)15.94 (6)
7174Galina ZybinaURS15.03 (8)15.56 (7)
890Wilfriede HoffmannGER15.84 (4)15.14 (8)
938Věra ČernáTCH14.51 (11)15.06 (9)
10154Jadwiga KlimajPOL14.85 (9)14.66 (10)
11155Eugenia RusinPOL14.50 (12)14.55 (11)
12101Milena UsenikYUG14.74 (10)14.19 (12)
13 r1/246Lidiya SharamovichBUL14.09 (13)
14 r1/245Tsvetanka KrastevaBUL13.99 (14)
15 r1/2111Yasuko MatsudaJPN13.51 (15)
16 r1/2201Suzanne AlldayGBR13.10 (16)
17 r1/2208Ayala HetzroniISR12.59 (17)
18 r1/214Wu Jin-YunTPE11.76 (18)
DNS65Melania MarinescuROU– (DNS)
DNS59Judit BognárHUN– (DNS)

Qualifying Round (2 September 1960 — 9:00)

Top 12 and ties and all those reaching 14.50 metres advanced to the final.

PosOrdAthleteNOCDistanceR1R2R3
118Earlene BrownUSA16.1516.15--Q
216Valerie SloperNZL16.0716.07--Q
313Tamara PressURS16.0013.2316.00-Q
45Wilfriede HoffmannGER15.8415.84--Q
51Renate Garisch-CulmbergerGER15.7815.78--Q
68Johanna LüttgeGER15.5115.51--Q
715Zinaida DoynikovaURS15.1015.10--Q
86Galina ZybinaURS15.0315.03--Q
99Jadwiga KlimajPOL14.85××14.85Q
1011Milena UsenikYUG14.7414.2014.74-Q
1112Věra ČernáTCH14.5114.51--Q
1219Eugenia RusinPOL14.5014.2814.50-Q
133Lidiya SharamovichBUL14.0914.0614.09×
142Tsvetanka KrastevaBUL13.9913.6613.99×
157Yasuko MatsudaJPN13.5113.5112.5612.99
1614Suzanne AlldayGBR13.1012.0313.10-
1717Ayala HetzroniISR12.5912.5911.81-
184Wu Jin-YunTPE11.7611.5311.4211.76
DNS10Melania MarinescuROU
DNS20Judit BognárHUN

Final Round (2 September 1960 — 16:40)

PosOrdAthleteNOCDistanceR1R2R3R4R5R6
18Tamara PressURS17.3216.0817.3216.4016.1916.2016.14OR
24Johanna LüttgeGER16.6116.2116.5915.7415.2015.4016.61
311Earlene BrownUSA16.4215.7316.3416.0715.8015.9516.42
410Valerie SloperNZL16.3916.1116.2615.7216.3916.2116.07
59Zinaida DoynikovaURS16.13×15.7215.4015.6516.1315.52
61Renate Garisch-CulmbergerGER15.9415.6115.9415.4015.0715.2015.60
73Galina ZybinaURS15.5613.8215.5615.37
82Wilfriede HoffmannGER15.1414.8714.7515.14
97Věra ČernáTCH15.0615.0614.29×
105Jadwiga KlimajPOL14.6614.0614.6613.78
1112Eugenia RusinPOL14.55×14.5514.18
126Milena UsenikYUG14.1914.1914.1214.11