Women Shot Put Athletics XVI Olympic Games Melbourne, Australia 1956 - 30th November - Gold Medal: Tamara Tyshkevich, Soviet Union
FinalDistanceSO1.2.3.4.5.6.
1. Tamara TyshkevichURS Soviet Union16.59m OR15.16.1314.8016.3215.9215.4516.59
2. Galina ZybinaURS Soviet Union16.53m10.16.3516.3215.8216.2816.4816.53
3. Marianne WernerGER Germany15.61m14.15.6115.5615.46X15.0115.53
4. Zinaida DoynikovaURS Soviet Union15.54m6.X15.5415.3215.2315.2415.52
5. Valerie Sloper-YoungNZL New Zealand15.34m13.15.1614.5715.3413.6814.4214.95
6. Earlene BrownUSA United States15.12m2.14.4114.7514.5614.5014.8915.12
7. Regina BrannerAUT Austria14.60m5.14.0414.60X
8. Nada KotlusekYUG Yugoslavia14.56m11.14.5214.5614.27
9. Milena UsenikYUG Yugoslavia14.49m
10.Jacqueline MacDonaldCAN Canada14.31m
11.Johanna LuttgeGER Germany13.88m
12.Anne-Katrin LafrenzGER Germany13.72m
13.Valerie Dawn LawrenceAUS Australia13.12m
14.Lois Ann TestaUSA United States13.06m
15.Suzanne AlldayGBR Great Britain12.71m

world Women Shot Put History

Venue: Melbourne Cricket Ground. Capp.: 120,000.
18 competitors from 10 nations.
Between Helsinki and Melbourne, Zybina broke the world record 12 times, with seven of those records ratified, and was favoured to win after a 16.76 world record in October. Zybina opened with 16.35, and led from her great rival Tyshkevich, who started with 16.13 and improved to 16.32 in the third round. Zybina increased her lead in the fifth round with 16.48 and finished off with 16.53, only to see her team- mate overtake her with 16.59, improving her personal best by seven centimetres in the process. Doynikova won the battle for bronze from the surprising Val Sloper and big (1.75/114kg) but light footed Earlene Brown. Tyshkevich – at 113kg some 3kg lighter than in 1952 – was the heaviest-ever women’s Olympic athletics champion.

Qualification

mark 13.00m
Not Qualified
-. Paula DeubelUSA United States
-. Mary Patricia BreenAUS Australia
-. Margater Joy WoodlockAUS Australia
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