Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Women's shot put

Women's shot put; at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Date	20 October
Competitors	17 from 12 nations
Medalists

The women's shot put was one of three women's throwing events on the Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics program in Tokyo. It was held on 20 October 1964. 17 athletes from 12 nations entered, with 1 not starting the qualification round.[1]

Official Video Highlights

Results

Qualification

The qualification standard was 15.00 metres. Each thrower had three attempts to reach that standard.

Place	Athlete	Nation	Best mark	Throw 1	Throw 2	Throw 3
1	Tamara Press	Soviet Union	16.57 metres	16.57	—
2	Valerie Young	New Zealand	16.40 metres	16.40	—
3	Renate Culmberger	United Team of Germany	16.32 metres	16.32	—
4	Irina Press	Soviet Union	15.67 metres	15.67	—
5	Margitta Helmbold	United Team of Germany	15.61 metres	15.61	—
6	Judit Bognár	Hungary	15.52 metres	14.44	15.52	—
7	Earlene Brown	United States	15.44 metres	13.84	14.67	15.44
8	Johanna Hübner	United Team of Germany	15.38 metres	15.38	—
9	Ana Sălăgean	Romania	15.31 metres	15.31	—
10	Ivanka Khristova	Bulgaria	15.24 metres	15.24	—
11	Galina Zybina	Soviet Union	15.17 metres	15.17	—
12	Nancy McCredie	Canada	15.10 metres	15.10	—
13	Jolán Kleiber-Kontsek	Hungary	14.52 metres	14.48	14.39	14.52
14	Mary Elizabeth Peters	Great Britain	14.46 metres	13.44	X	14.46
15	Seiko Obonai	Japan	13.70 metres	13.70	13.47	12.70
16	Juliette Geverkof	Iran	9.17 metres	X	8.79	9.17
—	Namjilmaa Dashzeveg	Mongolia	Did not start	—

Final

The scores from the qualification were ignored, each thrower having three fresh attempts. The top six after those three received three more, taking their best throw from the six.

Place	Athlete	Nation	Best mark	Throw 1	Throw 2	Throw 3	Throw 4	Throw 5	Throw 6
1	Tamara Press	Soviet Union	18.14 metres OR	17.51	17.72	17.18	16.49	X	18.14
2	Renate Culmberger	United Team of Germany	17.61 metres	17.41	17.10	16.38	17.61	17.00	17.01
3	Galina Zybina	Soviet Union	17.45 metres	17.38	17.25	17.45	17.42	16.65	17.36
4	Valerie Young	New Zealand	17.26 metres	17.08	15.84	16.81	17.26	17.24	17.23
5	Margitta Helmbold	United Team of Germany	16.91 metres	16.67	15.87	X	16.60	16.91	16.34
6	Irina Press	Soviet Union	16.71 metres	X	16.50	X	15.81	15.78	16.71
7	Nancy McCredie	Canada	15.89 metres	15.89	15.13	15.27
8	Ana Sălăgean	Romania	15.83 metres	15.79	15.83	15.70
9	Johanna Hubner	United Team of Germany	15.77 metres	15.77	X	X
10	Ivanka Khristova	Bulgaria	15.69 metres	15.69	X	15.35
11	Judit Bognar	Hungary	15.65 metres	15.65	X	X
12	Earlene Brown	United States	14.80 metres	14.25	13.43	14.80

References

"Athletics at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games: Women's Shot Put". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 7 January 2018.

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Shot put at the Olympic Games
Summary
Men	1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016
Women	1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016
See also: 1912 Men's two handed shot put

Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men
80 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men
3000 m steeplechase	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men
Road events
Marathon	men
20 km walk	men
50 km walk	men
Field events
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Combined events
Pentathlon		women
Decathlon	men