Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Women's shot put

Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men
800 m	men
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
Decathlon	men

These are the official results of the Women's Shot Put event at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. The qualification round mark was set on 13.00 metres. Three athletes didn't pass that distance in the heats.

Final classification

RANK	NAME ATHLETE	DISTANCE
	Tamara Tyshkevich (URS)	16.59 m
	Galina Zybina (URS)	16.53 m
	Marianne Werner (EUA)	15.61 m
4.	Zinaida Doynikova (URS)	15.54 m
5.	Val Sloper (NZL)	15.34 m
6.	Earlene Brown (USA)	15.12 m
7.	Regina Branner (AUT)	14.60 m
8.	Nada Kotlusek (YUG)	14.56 m
9.	Milena Usenik (YUG)	14.49 m
10.	Jacqueline MacDonald (CAN)	14.31 m
11.	Johanna Luttge (EUA)	13.88 m
12.	Anne-Katrin Lafrenz (EUA)	13.72 m
13.	Valerie Lawrence (AUS)	13.12 m
14.	Lois Ann Testa (USA)	13.06 m
15.	Suzanne Allday (GBR)	12.71 m
—	Paula Deubel (USA)	DNQ
—	Mary Breen (AUS)	DNQ
—	Margaret Woodlock (AUS)	DNQ

References

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

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