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Track and field Almanac
Women's shot put
Olympics Medal Athlete Country Distance
Atlanta 1996 Gold
Silver
Bronze
Astrid Kumbernuss
Sui Xinmei
Irina Khoudorojkina
Germany
China
Russia
20.56
19.88
19.35
Barcelona 1992 Gold
Silver
Bronze
Svetlana Kriveleva
Huang Zhihong
Kathrin Neimke
Russia
China
Germany
21.0
20.4
19.7
Seoul 1988 Gold
Silver
Bronze
Natalya Lisovskaya
Kathrin Neimke
Li Meisu
Soviet Union
East Germany
China
22.2
21.0
21.0
Los Angeles 1984 Gold
Silver
Bronze
Claudia Losch
Mihaela Loghin
Gael Martin
West Germany
Romania
Australia
20.4
20.4
19.1
Moscow 1980 Gold
Silver
Bronze
Ilona Slupianek
Svetlana Krachevskaya
Margitta Pufe
East Germany
Soviet Union
East Germany
22.4
21.4
21.2
Montreal 1976 Gold
Silver
Bronze
Ivanka Hristova
Nadezhda Chizhova
Helena Fibingerova
Bulgaria
Soviet Union
Czechoslovakia
21.1
21.0
20.6
Munich 1972 Gold
Silver
Bronze
Nadezhda Chizhova
M. Gummel-Heimboldt
Ivanka Hrsitova
Soviet Union
East Germany
Bulgaria
21.0
19.6
19.3
Mexico City 1968 Gold
Silver
Bronze
M. Gummel-Heimboldt
Marita Lange
Nadezhda Chizhova
East Germany
East Germany
Soviet Union
19.6
18.7
18.1
Tokyo 1964 Gold
Silver
Bronze
Tamara Press
R. Garisch-Culmberger
Galina Zybina
Soviet Union
East Germany
Soviet Union
18.1
17.6
17.4
Rome 1960 Gold
Silver
Bronze
Tamara Press
Johanna Luttge
Earlene Brown
Soviet Union
East Germany
United States
17.3
16.6
16.4
Melbourne 1956 Gold
Silver
Bronze
Tamara Tyshkevich
Galina Zybina
Marianne Werner
Soviet Union
Soviet Union
West Germany
16.5
16.5
15.6
Helsinki 1952 Gold
Silver
Bronze
Galina Zybina
Marianne Werner
Klaudia Tochenova
Soviet Union
West Germany
Soviet Union
15.2
14.5
14.5
London 1948 Gold
Silver
Bronze
Micheline Ostermeyer
Amelia Piccinini
Ine Schaffer
France
Italy
Austria
13.7
13.0
13.0


 



 
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