| | Event type
Shot Put, Women
| Date | 2 September 1960 |
|---|---|
| Status | Olympic |
| Location | Stadio Olimpico, Roma |
| Participants | 18 from 12 countries |
Tamara Press first broke the world record in 1959, and that would be the first of six consecutive world records for her in the shot put. After a mediocre 16.08 (52-9¼) in round one, she threw 17.32 (56-10) in the second round, a mark only she had ever bettered (twice). That held on for an easy victory. Johanna Lüttge (GDR) threw 16.59 (54-5¼) in round two which cemented the silver, although she surpassed that in round six.
| Pos | Nr | Athlete | NOC | Qualifying | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 173 | Tamara Press | 16.00 (3) | 17.32 (1) | Gold | |||
| 2 | 91 | Johanna Lüttge | 15.51 (6) | 16.61 (2) | Silver | |||
| 3 | 129 | Earlene Brown | 16.15 (1) | 16.42 (3) | Bronze | |||
| 4 | 20 | Valerie Sloper | 16.07 (2) | 16.39 (4) | ||||
| 5 | 175 | Zinaida Doynikova | 15.10 (7) | 16.13 (5) | ||||
| 6 | 89 | Renate Garisch-Culmberger | 15.78 (5) | 15.94 (6) | ||||
| 7 | 174 | Galina Zybina | 15.03 (8) | 15.56 (7) | ||||
| 8 | 90 | Wilfriede Hoffmann | 15.84 (4) | 15.14 (8) | ||||
| 9 | 38 | Věra Černá | 14.51 (11) | 15.06 (9) | ||||
| 10 | 154 | Jadwiga Klimaj | 14.85 (9) | 14.66 (10) | ||||
| 11 | 155 | Eugenia Rusin | 14.50 (12) | 14.55 (11) | ||||
| 12 | 101 | Milena Usenik | 14.74 (10) | 14.19 (12) | ||||
| 13 r1/2 | 46 | Lidiya Sharamovich | 14.09 (13) | – | ||||
| 14 r1/2 | 45 | Tsvetanka Krasteva | 13.99 (14) | – | ||||
| 15 r1/2 | 111 | Yasuko Matsuda | 13.51 (15) | – | ||||
| 16 r1/2 | 201 | Suzanne Allday | 13.10 (16) | – | ||||
| 17 r1/2 | 208 | Ayala Hetzroni | 12.59 (17) | – | ||||
| 18 r1/2 | 14 | Wu Jin-Yun | 11.76 (18) | – | ||||
| 65 | Melania Marinescu | – ( | – | |||||
| 59 | Judit Bognár | – ( | – |
Qualifying Round (2 September 1960 — 9:00)
Top 12 and ties and all those reaching 14.50 metres advanced to the final.
| Pos | Ord | Athlete | NOC | Distance | R1 | R2 | R3 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 18 | Earlene Brown | 16.15 | 16.15 | - | - | ||||
| 2 | 16 | Valerie Sloper | 16.07 | 16.07 | - | - | ||||
| 3 | 13 | Tamara Press | 16.00 | 13.23 | 16.00 | - | ||||
| 4 | 5 | Wilfriede Hoffmann | 15.84 | 15.84 | - | - | ||||
| 5 | 1 | Renate Garisch-Culmberger | 15.78 | 15.78 | - | - | ||||
| 6 | 8 | Johanna Lüttge | 15.51 | 15.51 | - | - | ||||
| 7 | 15 | Zinaida Doynikova | 15.10 | 15.10 | - | - | ||||
| 8 | 6 | Galina Zybina | 15.03 | 15.03 | - | - | ||||
| 9 | 9 | Jadwiga Klimaj | 14.85 | × | × | 14.85 | ||||
| 10 | 11 | Milena Usenik | 14.74 | 14.20 | 14.74 | - | ||||
| 11 | 12 | Věra Černá | 14.51 | 14.51 | - | - | ||||
| 12 | 19 | Eugenia Rusin | 14.50 | 14.28 | 14.50 | - | ||||
| 13 | 3 | Lidiya Sharamovich | 14.09 | 14.06 | 14.09 | × | ||||
| 14 | 2 | Tsvetanka Krasteva | 13.99 | 13.66 | 13.99 | × | ||||
| 15 | 7 | Yasuko Matsuda | 13.51 | 13.51 | 12.56 | 12.99 | ||||
| 16 | 14 | Suzanne Allday | 13.10 | 12.03 | 13.10 | - | ||||
| 17 | 17 | Ayala Hetzroni | 12.59 | 12.59 | 11.81 | - | ||||
| 18 | 4 | Wu Jin-Yun | 11.76 | 11.53 | 11.42 | 11.76 | ||||
| 10 | Melania Marinescu | – | – | – | – | |||||
| 20 | Judit Bognár | – | – | – | – |
Final Round (2 September 1960 — 16:40)
| Pos | Ord | Athlete | NOC | Distance | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | Tamara Press | 17.32 | 16.08 | 17.32 | 16.40 | 16.19 | 16.20 | 16.14 | ||||
| 2 | 4 | Johanna Lüttge | 16.61 | 16.21 | 16.59 | 15.74 | 15.20 | 15.40 | 16.61 | ||||
| 3 | 11 | Earlene Brown | 16.42 | 15.73 | 16.34 | 16.07 | 15.80 | 15.95 | 16.42 | ||||
| 4 | 10 | Valerie Sloper | 16.39 | 16.11 | 16.26 | 15.72 | 16.39 | 16.21 | 16.07 | ||||
| 5 | 9 | Zinaida Doynikova | 16.13 | × | 15.72 | 15.40 | 15.65 | 16.13 | 15.52 | ||||
| 6 | 1 | Renate Garisch-Culmberger | 15.94 | 15.61 | 15.94 | 15.40 | 15.07 | 15.20 | 15.60 | ||||
| 7 | 3 | Galina Zybina | 15.56 | 13.82 | 15.56 | 15.37 | – | – | – | ||||
| 8 | 2 | Wilfriede Hoffmann | 15.14 | 14.87 | 14.75 | 15.14 | – | – | – | ||||
| 9 | 7 | Věra Černá | 15.06 | 15.06 | 14.29 | × | – | – | – | ||||
| 10 | 5 | Jadwiga Klimaj | 14.66 | 14.06 | 14.66 | 13.78 | – | – | – | ||||
| 11 | 12 | Eugenia Rusin | 14.55 | × | 14.55 | 14.18 | – | – | – | ||||
| 12 | 6 | Milena Usenik | 14.19 | 14.19 | 14.12 | 14.11 | – | – | – |