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Shot Put, Women

Date31 July 1976 — 17:40
StatusOlympic
LocationStade olympique, Parc olympique, Montréal, Québec
Participants13 from 8 countries
FormatFinal only.

With only 13 competitors there was no qualifying round contested. The world record had been improved four times in 1975-76. Marianne Adam (GDR) threw 21.60 (70-10½) in August 1975, and bettered that with 21.67 (71-1¼) in May 1976. But Bulgaria’s Ivanka Khristova recorded 21.87 (71-9) and 21.89 (71-10) on consecutive days in July 1976. Defending champion Nadezhda Chizhova (URS) was back and was still a force but had been surpassed as the top thrower in 76 by Khristova. However, in the competition, Khristova struggled early. Chizhova took the lead in round one with 20.84 (68-4½), and bettered that with 20.96 (68-9¼) in round two though she slipped in the wet circle and injured her leg, after Khristova had thrown 20.88 (68-6). Those marks held through four rounds when Khristova moved ahead with 21.16 (69-5¼) to win the gold medal, Chizhova finishing second and completing a full set of medals in the shot put.

PosNrAthleteNOCDistanceR1R2R3R4R5R6
144Ivanka HristovaBUL21.1619.96 (4)20.88 (2)20.67 (2)20.47 (2)21.16 (1)20.19 (NP)GoldOR
2334Nadezhda ChizhovaURS20.9620.84 (1)20.96 (1)x (1)- (1)14.16 (2)x (NP)Silver
3312Helena FibingerováTCH20.67x (NP)19.68 (5)20.15 (5)x (5)20.67 (3)x (NP)Bronze
4133Marianne AdamGDR20.5520.55 (2)x (3)x (3)x (3)18.15 (4)19.50 (NP)
5158Ilona SchoknechtGDR20.5420.52 (3)19.78 (4)19.65 (4)19.80 (4)19.72 (5)20.54 (NP)
6138Margitta DroeseGDR19.79x (NP)17.53 (10)19.15 (7)x (7)19.64 (6)19.79 (NP)
7187Eva WilmsFRG19.29x (NP)19.11 (6)19.29 (6)19.29 (6)x (7)x (NP)
852Elena StoyanovaBUL18.8918.89 (5)18.50 (7)18.85 (8)x (8)x (8)18.61 (NP)
9343Esfir KrachevskayaURS18.36x (NP)18.11 (8)18.36 (9)
10347Faina MelnikURS18.0717.46 (6)17.77 (9)18.07 (10)
1186María Elena SarríaCUB16.31x (NP)16.31 (11)x (11)
12382Maren SeidlerUSA15.6014.63 (8)15.60 (12)x (12)
1369Lucette MoreauCAN15.4814.79 (7)14.87 (13)15.48 (13)