Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Women's shot put

{{Infobox Olympic event

|event = Women's shot put

|games = 1968 Summer

|venue = Estadio Olímpico Universitario

|date = October 20, 1968

|competitors = 14

|nations = 9

|longnames = yes

|gold = Margitta Gummel

|goldNOC = GDR

|silver = Marita Lange

|silverNOC = GDR

|bronze = Nadezhda Chizhova

|bronzeNOC = URS

|win_label = Winning distance

|win_value = 19.61 WR

|prev = 1964

|next = 1972

}}

The women's shot put competition at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico took place on October 20.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1968/ATH/womens-shot-put.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417175420/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1968/ATH/womens-shot-put.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Athletics at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games: Women's Shot Put |access-date=7 January 2018 |work=sports-reference.com}}

Competition format

The competition consisted of a single round. Each competitor was allowed three throws, with the top eight athletes after that point being given three further attempts.

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.

class="wikitable"

World record

|{{flagathlete|Margitta Gummel|GDR}}

|18.87 m

|Frankfurt (Oder), East Germany

|April 23, 1967

Olympic record

|{{flagathlete|Tamara Press|URS}}

|18.14 m

|Tokyo, Japan

|October 20, 1964

Results

Rank	Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result
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{{Gold01}}	align=left\|{{Sortname\|Margitta\|Gummel}}	align=left\|{{flagIOC\|GDR\|1968 Summer}} \| 18.53	17.88	19.07	18.30	19.61	18.59	19.61	WR
{{Silver02}}	align=left\|{{Sortname\|Marita\|Lange}}	align=left\|{{flagIOC\|GDR\|1968 Summer}} \| 18.78	X	18.17	18.47	18.20	18.26	18.78
{{Bronze03}}	align=left\|{{Sortname\|Nadezhda\|Chizhova}}	align=left\|{{flagIOC\|URS\|1968 Summer}} \| 18.19	X	18.03	17.62	17.49	17.26	18.19
{{Sort\|04\|4}}	align=left\|{{Sortname\|Judit\|Bognár}}	align=left\|{{flagIOC\|HUN\|1968 Summer}} \| 17.14	17.30	17.21	17.78	17.75	16.83	17.78
{{Sort\|05\|5}}	align=left\|{{Sortname\|Renate\|Garisch-Culmberger}}	align=left\|{{flagIOC\|GDR\|1968 Summer}} \| 17.67	17.15	17.68	17.49	17.72	17.69	17.72
{{Sort\|06\|6}}	align=left\|{{Sortname\|Ivanka\|Khristova}}	align=left\|{{flagIOC\|BUL\|1968 Summer}} \| 16.65	17.25	16.85	X	X	17.20	17.25
{{Sort\|07\|7}}	align=left\|{{Sortname\|Marlene\|Fuchs}}	align=left\|{{flagIOC\|FRG\|1968 Summer}} \| 17.11	16.56	X	X	X	16.19	17.11
{{Sort\|08\|8}}	align=left\|{{Sortname\|Els\|van Noorduyn}}	align=left\|{{flagIOC\|NED\|1968 Summer}} \| 15.89	15.71	14.97	15.54	16.23	16.10	16.23
{{Sort\|09\|9}}	align=left\|{{Sortname\|Irina\|Solontsova-Kudryavtseva}}	align=left\|{{flagIOC\|URS\|1968 Summer}} \| X	15.88	15.76	colspan=3 {{n/a}}	15.88
10	align=left\|{{Sortname\|Gertrud\|Schäfer}}	align=left\|{{flagIOC\|FRG\|1968 Summer}} \| 14.70	15.26	15.10	colspan=3 {{n/a}}	15.26
11	align=left\|{{Sortname\|Maren\|Seidler}}	align=left\|{{flagIOC\|USA\|1968 Summer}} \| 14.38	14.86	X	colspan=3 {{n/a}}	14.86
12	align=left\|{{Sortname\|Rosa\|Molina}}	align=left\|{{flagIOC\|CHI\|1968 Summer}} \| 12.85	11.89	11.94	colspan=3 {{n/a}}	12.85
13	align=left\|Baeg Ok-Ja	align=left\|{{flagIOC\|KOR\|1968 Summer}} \| 12.67	12.08	11.97	colspan=3 {{n/a}}	12.67
14	align=left\|{{Sortname\|Rosario\|Martínez\|Rosario Martínez (athlete)}}	align=left\|{{flagIOC\|ESA\|1968 Summer}} \| 9.58	X	10.18	colspan=3 {{n/a}}	10.18

References

External links

[http://la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1968/1968v3.pdf Official Olympic Report]{{Dead link|date=February 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, la84foundation.org. Retrieved August 16, 2012.

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