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Shot Put, Women

Date	2 September 1960
Status	Olympic
Location	Stadio Olimpico, Roma
Participants	18 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.

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Qualifying	Final
1	173	Tamara Press	URS	16.00 (3)	17.32 (1)	Gold	OR
2	91	Johanna Lüttge	GER	15.51 (6)	16.61 (2)	Silver
3	129	Earlene Brown	USA	16.15 (1)	16.42 (3)	Bronze
4	20	Valerie Sloper	NZL	16.07 (2)	16.39 (4)
5	175	Zinaida Doynikova	URS	15.10 (7)	16.13 (5)
6	89	Renate Garisch-Culmberger	GER	15.78 (5)	15.94 (6)
7	174	Galina Zybina	URS	15.03 (8)	15.56 (7)
8	90	Wilfriede Hoffmann	GER	15.84 (4)	15.14 (8)
9	38	Věra Černá	TCH	14.51 (11)	15.06 (9)
10	154	Jadwiga Klimaj	POL	14.85 (9)	14.66 (10)
11	155	Eugenia Rusin	POL	14.50 (12)	14.55 (11)
12	101	Milena Usenik	YUG	14.74 (10)	14.19 (12)
13 r1/2	46	Lidiya Sharamovich	BUL	14.09 (13)	–
14 r1/2	45	Tsvetanka Krasteva	BUL	13.99 (14)	–
15 r1/2	111	Yasuko Matsuda	JPN	13.51 (15)	–
16 r1/2	201	Suzanne Allday	GBR	13.10 (16)	–
17 r1/2	208	Ayala Hetzroni	ISR	12.59 (17)	–
18 r1/2	14	Wu Jin-Yun	TPE	11.76 (18)	–
DNS	65	Melania Marinescu	ROU	– (DNS)	–
DNS	59	Judit Bognár	HUN	– (DNS)	–

Qualifying Round (2 September 1960 — 9:00)

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

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Distance	R1	R2	R3
1	18	Earlene Brown	USA	16.15	16.15	-	-	Q
2	16	Valerie Sloper	NZL	16.07	16.07	-	-	Q
3	13	Tamara Press	URS	16.00	13.23	16.00	-	Q
4	5	Wilfriede Hoffmann	GER	15.84	15.84	-	-	Q
5	1	Renate Garisch-Culmberger	GER	15.78	15.78	-	-	Q
6	8	Johanna Lüttge	GER	15.51	15.51	-	-	Q
7	15	Zinaida Doynikova	URS	15.10	15.10	-	-	Q
8	6	Galina Zybina	URS	15.03	15.03	-	-	Q
9	9	Jadwiga Klimaj	POL	14.85	×	×	14.85	Q
10	11	Milena Usenik	YUG	14.74	14.20	14.74	-	Q
11	12	Věra Černá	TCH	14.51	14.51	-	-	Q
12	19	Eugenia Rusin	POL	14.50	14.28	14.50	-	Q
13	3	Lidiya Sharamovich	BUL	14.09	14.06	14.09	×
14	2	Tsvetanka Krasteva	BUL	13.99	13.66	13.99	×
15	7	Yasuko Matsuda	JPN	13.51	13.51	12.56	12.99
16	14	Suzanne Allday	GBR	13.10	12.03	13.10	-
17	17	Ayala Hetzroni	ISR	12.59	12.59	11.81	-
18	4	Wu Jin-Yun	TPE	11.76	11.53	11.42	11.76
DNS	10	Melania Marinescu	ROU	–	–	–	–
DNS	20	Judit Bognár	HUN	–	–	–	–

Final Round (2 September 1960 — 16:40)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Distance	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6
1	8	Tamara Press	URS	17.32	16.08	17.32	16.40	16.19	16.20	16.14	OR
2	4	Johanna Lüttge	GER	16.61	16.21	16.59	15.74	15.20	15.40	16.61
3	11	Earlene Brown	USA	16.42	15.73	16.34	16.07	15.80	15.95	16.42
4	10	Valerie Sloper	NZL	16.39	16.11	16.26	15.72	16.39	16.21	16.07
5	9	Zinaida Doynikova	URS	16.13	×	15.72	15.40	15.65	16.13	15.52
6	1	Renate Garisch-Culmberger	GER	15.94	15.61	15.94	15.40	15.07	15.20	15.60
7	3	Galina Zybina	URS	15.56	13.82	15.56	15.37	–	–	–
8	2	Wilfriede Hoffmann	GER	15.14	14.87	14.75	15.14	–	–	–
9	7	Věra Černá	TCH	15.06	15.06	14.29	×	–	–	–
10	5	Jadwiga Klimaj	POL	14.66	14.06	14.66	13.78	–	–	–
11	12	Eugenia Rusin	POL	14.55	×	14.55	14.18	–	–	–
12	6	Milena Usenik	YUG	14.19	14.19	14.12	14.11	–	–	–