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Shot Put, Women

Date	4 – 7 September 1972
Status	Olympic
Location	Olympiastadion, Olympiapark, München
Participants	18 from 11 countries

Nadezhda Chizhova (URS) had been disappointing in 1968 when, as co-favorite, she won only a bronze medal. She had won the last three European Championships (1966, 1969, 1971), and since 1968 had broken the world record six times, most recently in May 1972 with 20.63. The defending champion, Margitta Gummel was back, and had one world record during the recent Olympiad, 20.10 (65-11½) in 1969, but had been surpassed by Chizhova. This time Chizhova did not disappoint, settling matters with her first throw, a world record 21.03 (69-0). Gummel recorded a personal best in round four with 20.22 (66-4¼) but was not close to Chizhova.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Qualifying	Final
1	339	Nadezhda Chizhova	URS	18.54 (5)	21.03 (1)	Gold	WR
2	129	Margitta Gummel	GDR	18.82 (3)	20.22 (2)	Silver
3	35	Ivanka Hristova	BUL	19.20 (1)	19.35 (3)	Bronze
4	341	Esfir Dolzhenko	URS	17.18 (11)	19.24 (4)
5	120	Marianne Adam	GDR	19.11 (2)	18.94 (5)
6	137	Marita Lange	GDR	18.16 (6)	18.85 (6)
7	323	Helena Fibingerová	TCH	18.66 (4)	18.81 (7)
8	40	Elena Stoyanova	BUL	17.70 (9)	18.34 (8)
9	345	Antonina Ivanova	URS	17.87 (7)	18.28 (9)
10	269	Ludwika Chewińska	POL	17.40 (10)	18.24 (10)
11	193	Judit Bognár	HUN	16.52 (13)	18.23 (11)
12	44	Radostina Vasekova	BUL	17.78 (8)	17.86 (12)
13	293	Valentina Cioltan	ROU	16.85 (12)	16.62 (13)
14 QR	392	Maren Seidler	USA	16.18 (14)	–
15 QR	62	Baek Ok-Ja	KOR	15.78 (15)	–
16 QR	393	Jan Svendsen	USA	14.96 (16)	–
17 QR	58	Rosa Molina	CHI	14.61 (17)	–
18 QR	290	Nnenna Njoku	NGR	10.63 (18)	–

Qualifying Round

Date	4 September 1972 — 10:30
Format	Top 12 and ties and all those reaching 16.20 metres advanced to the final.

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Distance	Round #1 Distance	Round #2 Distance	Round #3 Distance
1	8	Ivanka Hristova	BUL	19.20	19.20	p	p	Q
2	1	Marianne Adam	GDR	19.11	19.11	p	p	Q
3	6	Margitta Gummel	GDR	18.82	18.82	p	p	Q
4	4	Helena Fibingerová	TCH	18.66	18.66	p	p	Q
5	12	Nadezhda Chizhova	URS	18.54	18.54	p	p	Q
6	11	Marita Lange	GDR	18.16	18.16	p	p	Q
7	18	Antonina Ivanova	URS	17.87	17.87	p	p	Q
8	2	Radostina Vasekova	BUL	17.78	17.78	p	p	Q
9	13	Elena Stoyanova	BUL	17.70	17.70	p	p	Q
10	15	Ludwika Chewińska	POL	17.40	17.40	p	p	Q
11	14	Esfir Dolzhenko	URS	17.18	17.18	p	p	Q
12	10	Valentina Cioltan	ROU	16.85	16.85	p	p	Q
13	9	Judit Bognár	HUN	16.52	16.52	p	p	Q
14	16	Maren Seidler	USA	16.18	15.63	16.05	16.18
15	17	Baek Ok-Ja	KOR	15.78	x	15.78	x
16	7	Jan Svendsen	USA	14.96	14.48	x	14.96
17	5	Rosa Molina	CHI	14.61	14.59	14.61	14.41
18	3	Nnenna Njoku	NGR	10.63	10.63	10.40	9.06

Final Round

Date	7 September 1972 — 16:30

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Distance	Round #1 Distance	Round #2 Distance	Round #3 Distance	Round #4 Distance	Round #5 Distance	Round #6 Distance
1	9	Nadezhda Chizhova	URS	21.03	21.03	20.36	20.58	19.97	x	x	WR
2	11	Margitta Gummel	GDR	20.22	18.46	18.83	19.55	20.22	19.53	x
3	8	Ivanka Hristova	BUL	19.35	19.35	x	19.22	x	18.82	18.95
4	4	Esfir Dolzhenko	URS	19.24	18.43	19.24	x	18.74	x	x
5	13	Marianne Adam	GDR	18.94	18.75	x	18.58	18.94	18.91	18.71
6	10	Marita Lange	GDR	18.85	x	18.46	18.29	18.85	18.38	18.71
7	7	Helena Fibingerová	TCH	18.81	18.62	x	x	18.59	18.81	x
8	12	Elena Stoyanova	BUL	18.34	18.24	17.75	18.34	x	17.55	x
9	2	Antonina Ivanova	URS	18.28	18.28	17.99	17.98	–	–	–
10	3	Ludwika Chewińska	POL	18.24	17.71	18.24	17.73	–	–	–
11	6	Judit Bognár	HUN	18.23	17.93	17.97	18.23	–	–	–
12	5	Radostina Vasekova	BUL	17.86	17.86	17.48	17.52	–	–	–
13	1	Valentina Cioltan	ROU	16.62	16.37	16.62	x	–	–	–