Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Women's shot put

Women's shot put at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Date	20 October
Competitors	17 from 12 nations
Medalists
Tamara Press   Soviet Union   Renate Culmberger   United Team of Germany   Galina Zybina   Soviet Union

Official Video Highlights

Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
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
Pentathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The women's shot put was one of three women's throwing events on the Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics program in Tokyo. It was held on 20 October 1964. 17 athletes from 12 nations entered, with 1 not starting the qualification round.

Results

Qualification

The qualification standard was 15.00 metres. Each thrower had three attempts to reach that standard.

Place	Athlete	Nation	Best mark		Throw 1	Throw 2	Throw 3
1	Tamara Press	Soviet Union	16.57 metres		16.57	—
2	Valerie Young	New Zealand	16.40 metres		16.40	—
3	Renate Culmberger	United Team of Germany	16.32 metres		16.32	—
4	Irina Press	Soviet Union	15.67 metres		15.67	—
5	Margitta Helmbold	United Team of Germany	15.61 metres		15.61	—
6	Judit Bognar	Hungary	15.52 metres		14.44	15.52	—
7	Earlene Brown	United States	15.44 metres		13.84	14.67	15.44
8	Johanna Hübner	United Team of Germany	15.38 metres		15.38	—
9	Ana Salagean	Romania	15.31 metres		15.31	—
10	Ivanka Khristova	Bulgaria	15.24 metres		15.24	—
11	Galina Zybina	Soviet Union	15.17 metres		15.17	—
12	Nancy McCredie	Canada	15.10 metres		15.10	—
13	Jolán Kleiber-Kontsek	Hungary	14.52 metres		14.48	14.39	14.52
14	Mary Elizabeth Peters	Great Britain	14.46 metres		13.44	X	14.46
15	Obari Seiko	Japan	13.70 metres		13.70	13.47	12.70
16	Juliet Geverkof	Iran	9.17 metres		X	8.79	9.17
—	Namjilmaa Dashzeveg	Mongolia	Did not start		—

Final

The scores from the qualification were ignored, each thrower having three fresh attempts. The top six after those three received three more, taking their best throw from the six.

Place	Athlete	Nation	Best mark		Throw 1	Throw 2	Throw 3	Throw 4	Throw 5	Throw 6
1	Tamara Press	Soviet Union	18.14 metres OR		17.51	17.72	17.18	16.49	X	18.14
2	Renate Culmberger	United Team of Germany	17.61 metres		17.41	17.10	16.38	17.61	17.00	17.01
3	Galina Zybina	Soviet Union	17.45 metres		17.38	17.25	17.45	17.42	16.65	17.36
4	Valerie Young	New Zealand	17.26 metres		17.08	15.84	16.81	17.26	17.24	17.23
5	Margitta Helmbold	United Team of Germany	16.91 metres		16.67	15.87	X	16.60	16.91	16.34
6	Irina Press	Soviet Union	16.71 metres		X	16.50	X	15.81	15.78	16.71
7	Nancy McCredie	Canada	15.89 metres		15.89	15.13	15.27
8	Ana Salagean	Romania	15.83 metres		15.79	15.83	15.70
9	Johanna Hubner	United Team of Germany	15.77 metres		15.77	X	X
10	Ivanka Khristova	Bulgaria	15.69 metres		15.69	X	15.35
11	Judit Bognar	Hungary	15.65 metres		15.65	X	X
12	Earlene Brown	United States	14.80 metres		14.25	13.43	14.80

References

• Official Report
• sports-reference