Shot Put Women's Olympic Medalists

The gold, silver, and bronze medal winners in the women’s shot put from the Summer Olympic games.

• 1948
  GOLD Micheline Ostermeyer, FRA 13.75
  SILVER Amelia Piccinini, ITA 13.09
  BRONZE Ina Schäffer, AUT 13.08

• 1952
  GOLD Galina Zybina, URS 15.28
  SILVER Marianne Werner, GER 14.57
  BRONZE Klavdiya Tochonova, URS 14.50

• 1956
  GOLD Tamara Tyshkevich, URS 16.59
  SILVER Galina Zybina, URS 16.53
  BRONZE Marianne Werner, GER 15.61

• 1960
  GOLD Tamara Press, URS 17.32
  SILVER Johanna Lϋttge, GER 16.61
  BRONZE Earlene Brown, USA 16.42

• 1964
  GOLD Tamara Press, URS 18.14
  SILVER Renate Garisch, GER 17.61
  BRONZE Galina Zybina, URS 17.45

• 1968
  GOLD Margitta Gummel, GDR 19.61
  SILVER Marita Lange, GDR 18.78
  BRONZE Nadyezda Chizhova, URS 18.19

• 1972
  GOLD Nadyezda Chizhova, URS 21.03
  SILVER Margitta Gummel, GDR 20.22
  BRONZE Ivanka Khristova, BUL 19.35

• 1976
  GOLD Ivanka Khristova, BUL 21.16
  SILVER Nadyezda Chizhova, URS 20.96
  BRONZE Helena Fibingerová, CZE 20.67

• 1980
  GOLD Ilona Slupianek, GDR 22.41
  SILVER Svetlana Krachevskaya, URS 21.42
  BRONZE Margitta Pufe, GDR 21.20

• 1984
  GOLD Claudia Losch, FRG 20.48
  SILVER Mihaela Loghin, ROM 20.47
  BRONZE Gael Martin, AUS 19.19

• 1988
  GOLD Natalya Lisovskaya, URS 22.24
  SILVER Kathrin Neimke, GDR 21.07
  BRONZE Li Meisu, CHN 21.06

• 1992
  GOLD Svetlana Krivelyova, EUN 21.06
  SILVER Huang Zhihong, CHN 20.47
  BRONZE Kathrin Neimke, GDR 19.78

• 1996
  GOLD Astrid Kumbernuss, GER 20.56
  SILVER Sui Xinmei, CHN 19.88
  BRONZE Irina Khudorozhkina, RUS 19.35

• 2000
  GOLD Yanina Korolchik, BLR 20.56
  SILVER Larisa Peleshenko, RUS 19.92
  BRONZE Astrid Kumbernuss, GER 19.62

• 2004
  GOLD Yumeileidi Cumbá, CUB 19.59
  SILVER Nadine Kleinert, GER 19.55
  BRONZE Svetlana Krivelyova, RUS 19.49

• 2008
  GOLD Valerie Vili, NZL 20.56
  SILVER Natallia Mikhnevich, BLR 20.28
  BRONZE Nadzeya Ostapchuk, BLR 19.86



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