Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Women's shot put

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Women's shot put
at the Games of the XX Olympiad
VenueOlympic Stadium
DatesSeptember 4 & 7
Competitors18 from 11 nations
Winning distance21.03 WR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Nadezhda Chizhova
 Soviet Union
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Margitta Gummel
 East Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ivanka Khristova
 Bulgaria
← 1968
1976 →

The women's shot put field event at the 1972 Olympic Games took place on September 4 & 7. Nadezhda Chizhova was very disappointed with her bronze medal finish in 1968 Olympics. She has won the (1966, 1969 and the 1971) European Athletics Championships. Since 1968 she has broken the world record six times. The only threat for the gold medal came from Margitta Gummel the defending Olympic Champion.[1]

Results[edit]

All throwers reaching 16.20 m (53 ft 2 in) and the top 12 including ties, advanced to the finals. All qualifiers are listen in blue. All distances are listed in metres.

Qualifying[edit]

Rank Name Nationality Mark #1 #2 #3
1 Ivanka Khristova  Bulgaria 19.20 19.20 p p
2 Marianne Adam  East Germany 19.11 19.11 p p
3 Margitta Gummel  East Germany 18.82 18.82 p p
4 Helena Fibingerová  Czechoslovakia 18.66 18.66 p p
5 Nadezhda Chizhova  Soviet Union 18.54 18.54 p p
6 Marita Lange  East Germany 18.16 18.16 p p
7 Antonina Ivanova  Soviet Union 17.87 17.87 p p
8 Radostina Vasekova  Bulgaria 17.78 17.78 p p
9 Elena Stoyanova  Bulgaria 17.70 17.70 p p
10 Ludwika Chewińska  Poland 17.40 17.40 p p
11 Esfir Dolzhenko  Soviet Union 17.18 17.18 p p
12 Valentina Cioltan  Romania 16.85 16.85 p p
13 Judit Bognár  Hungary 16.52 16.52 p p
14 Maren Seidler  United States 16.18 15.63 16.05 16.18
15 Baeg Ok-Ja  South Korea 15.78 x 15.78 x
16 Jan Svendsen  United States 14.96 14.48 x 14.96
17 Rosa Molina  Chile 14.61 14.59 14.61 14.41
18 Nnenna Njoku  Nigeria 10.63 10.63 10.40 9.06

Final[edit]

Rank Name Nationality Mark #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6
1st place, gold medalist(s) Nadezhda Chizhova  Soviet Union 21.03 WR 21.03 20.36 20.58 19.97 x x
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Margitta Gummel  East Germany 20.22 18.46 18.83 19.55 20.22 19.53 x
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ivanka Khristova  Bulgaria 19.35 19.35 x 19.22 x 18.82 18.95
4 Esfir Dolzhenko  Soviet Union 19.24 18.43 19.24 x 18.74 x x
5 Marianne Adam  East Germany 18.94 18.75 x 18.58 18.94 18.91 18.71
6 Marita Lange  East Germany 18.85 x 18.46 18.29 18.85 18.38 18.71
7 Helena Fibingerová  Czechoslovakia 18.81 18.62 x x 18.59 18.81 x
8 Elena Stoyanova  Bulgaria 18.34 18.24 17.75 18.34 x 17.55 x
9 Antonina Ivanova  Soviet Union 18.28 18.28 17.99 17.98
10 Ludwika Chewińska  Poland 18.24 17.71 18.24 17.73
11 Judit Bognár  Hungary 18.23 17.93 17.97 18.23
12 Radostina Vasekova  Bulgaria 17.86 17.86 17.48 17.52
13 Valentina Cioltan  Romania 16.62 16.37 16.62 x

Key: WR = world record; p = pass; x = fault

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1972 Munich 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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