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Shot Put, Women

Date4 – 7 September 1972
StatusOlympic
LocationOlympiastadion, Olympiapark, München
Participants18 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.

PosNrAthleteNOCQualifyingFinal
1339Nadezhda ChizhovaURS18.54 (5)21.03 (1)GoldWR
2129Margitta GummelGDR18.82 (3)20.22 (2)Silver
335Ivanka HristovaBUL19.20 (1)19.35 (3)Bronze
4341Esfir DolzhenkoURS17.18 (11)19.24 (4)
5120Marianne AdamGDR19.11 (2)18.94 (5)
6137Marita LangeGDR18.16 (6)18.85 (6)
7323Helena FibingerováTCH18.66 (4)18.81 (7)
840Elena StoyanovaBUL17.70 (9)18.34 (8)
9345Antonina IvanovaURS17.87 (7)18.28 (9)
10269Ludwika ChewińskaPOL17.40 (10)18.24 (10)
11193Judit BognárHUN16.52 (13)18.23 (11)
1244Radostina VasekovaBUL17.78 (8)17.86 (12)
13293Valentina CioltanROU16.85 (12)16.62 (13)
14 r1/2392Maren SeidlerUSA16.18 (14)
15 r1/262Baek Ok-JaKOR15.78 (15)
16 r1/2393Jan SvendsenUSA14.96 (16)
17 r1/258Rosa MolinaCHI14.61 (17)
18 r1/2290Nnenna NjokuNGR10.63 (18)

Qualifying Round (4 September 1972 — 10:30)

Top 12 and ties and all those reaching 16.20 metres advanced to the final.

PosOrdAthleteNOCDistanceR1R2R3
18Ivanka HristovaBUL19.2019.20--Q
21Marianne AdamGDR19.1119.11--Q
36Margitta GummelGDR18.8218.82--Q
44Helena FibingerováTCH18.6618.66--Q
512Nadezhda ChizhovaURS18.5418.54--Q
611Marita LangeGDR18.1618.16--Q
718Antonina IvanovaURS17.8717.87--Q
82Radostina VasekovaBUL17.7817.78--Q
913Elena StoyanovaBUL17.7017.70--Q
1015Ludwika ChewińskaPOL17.4017.40--Q
1114Esfir DolzhenkoURS17.1817.18--Q
1210Valentina CioltanROU16.8516.85--Q
139Judit BognárHUN16.5216.52--Q
1416Maren SeidlerUSA16.1815.6316.0516.18
1517Baek Ok-JaKOR15.78×15.78×
167Jan SvendsenUSA14.9614.48×14.96
175Rosa MolinaCHI14.6114.5914.6114.41
183Nnenna NjokuNGR10.6310.6310.409.06

Final Round (7 September 1972 — 16:30)

PosOrdAthleteNOCDistanceR1R2R3R4R5R6
19Nadezhda ChizhovaURS21.0321.0320.3620.5819.97××WR
211Margitta GummelGDR20.2218.4618.8319.5520.2219.53×
38Ivanka HristovaBUL19.3519.35×19.22×18.8218.95
44Esfir DolzhenkoURS19.2418.4319.24×18.74××
513Marianne AdamGDR18.9418.75×18.5818.9418.9118.71
610Marita LangeGDR18.85×18.4618.2918.8518.3818.71
77Helena FibingerováTCH18.8118.62××18.5918.81×
812Elena StoyanovaBUL18.3418.2417.7518.34×17.55×
92Antonina IvanovaURS18.2818.2817.9917.98
103Ludwika ChewińskaPOL18.2417.7118.2417.73
116Judit BognárHUN18.2317.9317.9718.23
125Radostina VasekovaBUL17.8617.8617.4817.52
131Valentina CioltanROU16.6216.3716.62×