Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Women's shot put

Women's shot put
at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
Women's shot put; at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
Venue	Estadio Olímpico Universitario
Date	October 20
Competitors	14 from 9 nations
Winning distance	19.61 WR
Medalists
	← 1964 1972 →

The women's shot put competition at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico took place on October 20.^[1]

Competition format

The competition consisted of a single round. Each competitor was allowed three throws, with the top eight athletes after that point being given three further attempts.

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.

World record	Margitta Gummel (GDR)	18.87 m	Frankfurt (Oder), East Germany	April 23, 1967
Olympic record	Tamara Press (URS)	18.14 m	Tokyo, Japan	October 20, 1964

Results

Rank	Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Margitta Gummel	East Germany	18.53	17.88	19.07	18.30	19.61	18.59	19.61	WR
	Marita Lange	East Germany	18.78	X	18.17	18.47	18.20	18.26	18.78
	Nadezhda Chizhova	Soviet Union	18.19	X	18.03	17.62	17.49	17.26	18.19
4	Judit Bognár	Hungary	17.14	17.30	17.21	17.78	17.75	16.83	17.78
5	Renate Garisch-Culmberger	East Germany	17.67	17.15	17.68	17.49	17.72	17.69	17.72
6	Ivanka Khristova	Bulgaria	16.65	17.25	16.85	X	X	17.20	17.25
7	Marlene Fuchs	West Germany	17.11	16.56	X	X	X	16.19	17.11
8	Els van Noorduyn	Netherlands	15.89	15.71	14.97	15.54	16.23	16.10	16.23
9	Irina Solontsova-Kudryavtseva	Soviet Union	X	15.88	15.76	—			15.88
10	Gertrud Schäfer	West Germany	14.70	15.26	15.10	—			15.26
11	Maren Seidler	United States	14.38	14.86	X	—			14.86
12	Rosa Molina	Chile	12.85	11.89	11.94	—			12.85
13	Baeg Ok-Ja	South Korea	12.67	12.08	11.97	—			12.67
14	Rosario Martínez	El Salvador	9.58	X	10.18	—			10.18