Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Women's shot put

Women's shot put at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
Dates	August 4 (qualifying and final)
Medalists
Micheline Ostermeyer France   Amelia Piccinini Italy   Ine Schäffer Austria

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Athletics at the 1948 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
10 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

The women's shot put event was, for the first time, part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1948 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on August 4, 1948. The final was won by Frenchwoman Micheline Ostermeyer.

Since it was the first time this event took place, the following new Olympic record was set during this competition:

Date	Event	Athlete	Time	Notes
4 August	Final	Micheline Ostermeyer (FRA)	13.75 m	OR

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Qualifying Round

Qual. rule: qualification standard 12.30m (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q).

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Micheline Ostermeyer	France	13.140	Q OR
2	Eivor Olson	Sweden	12.620	Q
3	Bevis Reid	Great Britain	12.570	Q
4	Amelia Piccinini	Italy		Q
5	Ine Schäffer	Austria		Q
6	Paulette Veste	France		Q
7	Jaroslava Křítková-Komárková	Czechoslovakia		Q
8	Anni Bruk	Austria		Q
9	Marija Radosavljević	Yugoslavia		Q
10	Ingeborg Mello	Argentina		Q
11	Paulette Laurent	France		Q
12	Marianne Schläger	Austria		Q
13	Elizabeth Müller	Brazil	11.870
14	Frances Kaszubski	United States	11.310
15	Ans Panhorst-Niesink	Netherlands	11.180
16	Dorothy Dodson	United States	11.055
17	Elspeth Whyte	Great Britain	10.755
18	Liv Paulsen	Norway	10.200
19	Margaret Birtwistle	Great Britain	9.740

Final standings

Rank	Name	Nationality	Distance	Notes
01 !	Micheline Ostermeyer	France	13.750	OR
02 !	Amelia Piccinini	Italy	13.095
03 !	Ine Schäffer	Austria	13.080
4	Paulette Veste	France	12.985
5	Jaroslava Křítková-Komárková	Czechoslovakia	12.920
6	Anni Bruk	Austria	12.500
7	Marija Radosavljević	Yugoslavia	12.355
8	Bevis Reid	Great Britain	12.170
9	Ingeborg Mello	Argentina	12.085
10	Paulette Laurent	France	12.030
11	Eivor Olson	Sweden	11.840
12	Marianne Schläger	Austria	11.775

Key: OR = Olympic record

External links

• 1948 Summer Olympics results: Women's shot put, from http://www.sports-reference.com/; retrieved 2010-09-28.
• Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad, The (1948). The Official Report of the Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad. LA84 Foundation. Retrieved 5 September 2016.