Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Women's shot put

Women's shot put
at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
Venue Olympic Stadium
Date 31 July 1976
Competitors 13 from 8 nations
Winning distance 21.16 OR
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Ivanka Khristova
 Bulgaria
2nd, silver medalist(s) Nadezhda Chizhova
 Soviet Union
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Helena Fibingerová
 Czechoslovakia

The Women's Shot Put event at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada had an entrylist of 13 competitors. The final was held on 31 July 1976. There was no qualification round.[1]

Medalists

GoldIvanka Khristova
 Bulgaria
SilverNadezhda Chizhova
 Soviet Union
BronzeHelena Fibingerová
 Czechoslovakia

Abbreviations

  • All results shown are in metres
Qautomatic qualification
qqualification by rank
DNSdid not start
NMno mark
ORolympic record
WRworld record
ARarea record
NRnational record
PBpersonal best
SBseason best

Records

Standing records prior to the 1976 Summer Olympics
World Record Ivanka Khristova (BUL)21.89 m July 4, 1976Bulgaria Belmeken, Bulgaria
Olympic Record Nadezhda Chizhova (URS)21.03 m September 7, 1972West Germany Munich, West Germany
Broken records during the 1976 Summer Olympics
Olympic Record Ivanka Khristova (BUL)21.16 m July 31, 1976Canada Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Final

Rank Athlete Attempts Distance Note
1 2 3 4 5 6
1st, gold medalist(s) Ivanka Khristova (BUL)19.9620.8820.6720.4721.1620.1921.16 m
2nd, silver medalist(s) Nadezhda Chizhova (URS)20.8420.96XX14.16X20.96 m
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Helena Fibingerová (TCH)X19.6820.15X20.67X20.67 m
4 Marianne Adam (GDR)20.55XXX18.1519.5020.55 m
5 Ilona Slupianek (GDR)20.5219.7819.6519.8019.7220.5420.54 m
6 Margitta Droese (GDR)X17.5319.15X19.6419.7919.79 m
7 Eva Wilms (FRG)X19.1119.2919.29XX19.29 m
8 Elena Stoyanova (BUL)18.8918.5018.85XX18.6118.89 m
9 Svetlana Krachevskaya (URS)X18.1118.3618.36 m
10 Faina Melnyk (URS)17.4617.7718.0718.07 m
11 María Elena Sarría (CUB)X16.31X16.31 m
12 Maren Seidler (USA)14.6315.60X15.60 m
13 Lucette Moreau (CAN)14.7914.8715.4815.48 m

See also

  • 1974 Women's European Championships Shot Put (Rome)
  • 1978 Women's European Championships Shot Put (Prague)

References

  1. "Athletics at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games: Women's Shot Put". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 8 January 2018.


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