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

Women's shot put at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad
File:Renate Garisch, Tamara Press, Galina Zybina 1964.jpg Medal winners
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Date	20 October
Competitors	17 from 12 nations
Winning distance	18.14 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Tamara Press File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Renate Culmberger File:Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg United Team of Germany 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Galina Zybina File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union

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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	File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union	16.57		16.57	—
2	Valerie Young	File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand	16.40		16.40	—
3	Renate Culmberger	File:Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg United Team of Germany	16.32		16.32	—
4	Irina Press	File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union	15.67		15.67	—
5	Margitta Helmbold	File:Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg United Team of Germany	15.61		15.61	—
6	Judit Bognár	File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary	15.52		14.44	15.52	—
7	Earlene Brown	File:Flag of the United States.svg United States	15.44		13.84	14.67	15.44
8	Johanna Hübner	File:Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg United Team of Germany	15.38		15.38	—
9	Ana Sălăgean	File:Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg Romania	15.31		15.31	—
10	Ivanka Khristova	File:Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg Bulgaria	15.24		15.24	—
11	Galina Zybina	File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union	15.17		15.17	—
12	Nancy McCredie	File:Flag of Canada (1957–1965).svg Canada	15.10		15.10	—
13	Jolán Kleiber-Kontsek	File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary	14.52		14.48	14.39	14.52
14	Mary Elizabeth Peters	File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Great Britain	14.46		13.44	X	14.46
15	Seiko Obonai	File:Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Japan	13.70		13.70	13.47	12.70
16	Juliette Geverkof	File:State Flag of Iran (1964-1980).svg Iran	9.17		X	8.79	9.17
—	Namjilmaa Dashzeveg	File:Flag of the Mongolian People's Republic (1945–1992).svg 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	File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union	18.14 OR		17.51	17.72	17.18	16.49	X	18.14
2	Renate Culmberger	File:Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg United Team of Germany	17.61		17.41	17.10	16.38	17.61	17.00	17.01
3	Galina Zybina	File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union	17.45		17.38	17.25	17.45	17.42	16.65	17.36
4	Valerie Young	File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand	17.26		17.08	15.84	16.81	17.26	17.24	17.23
5	Margitta Helmbold	File:Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg United Team of Germany	16.91		16.67	15.87	X	16.60	16.91	16.34
6	Irina Press	File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union	16.71		X	16.50	X	15.81	15.78	16.71
7	Nancy McCredie	File:Flag of Canada (1957–1965).svg Canada	15.89		15.89	15.13	15.27
8	Ana Sălăgean	File:Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg Romania	15.83		15.79	15.83	15.70
9	Johanna Hubner	File:Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg United Team of Germany	15.77		15.77	X	X
10	Ivanka Khristova	File:Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg Bulgaria	15.69		15.69	X	15.35
11	Judit Bognar	File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary	15.65		15.65	X	X
12	Earlene Brown	File:Flag of the United States.svg United States	14.80		14.25	13.43	14.80