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

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]

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
Nadezhda Chizhova
 Soviet Union
Margitta Gummel
 East Germany
Ivanka Khristova
 Bulgaria

Results

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

RankNameNationalityMark#1#2#3
1Ivanka Khristova Bulgaria19.2019.20pp
2Marianne Adam East Germany19.1119.11pp
3Margitta Gummel East Germany18.8218.82pp
4Helena Fibingerová Czechoslovakia18.6618.66pp
5Nadezhda Chizhova Soviet Union18.5418.54pp
6Marita Lange East Germany18.1618.16pp
7Antonina Ivanova Soviet Union17.8717.87pp
8Radostina Vasekova Bulgaria17.7817.78pp
9Elena Stoyanova Bulgaria17.7017.70pp
10Ludwika Chewińska Poland17.4017.40pp
11Esfir Dolzhenko Soviet Union17.1817.18pp
12Valentina Cioltan Romania16.8516.85pp
13Judit Bognár Hungary16.5216.52pp
14Maren Seidler United States16.1815.6316.0516.18
15Baeg Ok-Ja South Korea15.78x15.78x
16Jan Svendsen United States14.9614.48x14.96
17Rosa Molina Chile14.6114.5914.6114.41
18Nnenna Njoku Nigeria10.6310.6310.409.06

Final

RankNameNationalityMark#1#2#3#4#5#6
Nadezhda Chizhova Soviet Union21.03 WR21.0320.3620.5819.97xx
Margitta Gummel East Germany20.2218.4618.8319.5520.2219.53x
Ivanka Khristova Bulgaria19.3519.35x19.22x18.8218.95
4Esfir Dolzhenko Soviet Union19.2418.4319.24x18.74xx
5Marianne Adam East Germany18.9418.75x18.5818.9418.9118.71
6Marita Lange East Germany18.85x18.4618.2918.8518.3818.71
7Helena Fibingerová Czechoslovakia18.8118.62xx18.5918.81x
8Elena Stoyanova Bulgaria18.3418.2417.7518.34x17.55x
9Antonina Ivanova Soviet Union18.2818.2817.9917.98
10Ludwika Chewińska Poland18.2417.7118.2417.73
11Judit Bognár Hungary18.2317.9317.9718.23
12Radostina Vasekova Bulgaria17.8617.8617.4817.52
13Valentina Cioltan Romania16.6216.3716.62x

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

References

  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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