Athletics — Shot Put, Women

Times held 20
Total participants 294
Total countries 68

Participants

Year Event Status Participants NOCs
1948 Shot Put, Women Olympic 19 12
1952 Shot Put, Women Olympic 20 13
1956 Shot Put, Women Olympic 18 9
1960 Shot Put, Women Olympic 18 12
1964 Shot Put, Women Olympic 16 11
1968 Shot Put, Women Olympic 14 10
1972 Shot Put, Women Olympic 18 11
1976 Shot Put, Women Olympic 13 8
1980 Shot Put, Women Olympic 14 8
1984 Shot Put, Women Olympic 13 8
1988 Shot Put, Women Olympic 25 14
1992 Shot Put, Women Olympic 18 11
1996 Shot Put, Women Olympic 25 16
2000 Shot Put, Women Olympic 25 18
2004 Shot Put, Women Olympic 38 28
2008 Shot Put, Women Olympic 35 22
2012 Shot Put, Women Olympic 32 21
2016 Shot Put, Women Olympic 36 25
2020 Shot Put, Women Olympic 32 22
2024 Shot Put, Women Olympic 31 18

Medal winners

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1948 Micheline OstermeyerFRA Amelia PiccininiITA Ine SchäfferAUT
1952 Galina ZybinaURS Marianne WernerGER Klavdiya TochonovaURS
1956 Tamara TyshkevichURS Galina ZybinaURS Marianne WernerGER
1960 Tamara PressURS Johanna LüttgeGER Earlene BrownUSA
1964 Tamara PressURS Renate Garisch-CulmbergerGER Galina ZybinaURS
1968 Margitta GummelGDR Marita LangeGDR Nadezhda ChizhovaURS
1972 Nadezhda ChizhovaURS Margitta GummelGDR Ivanka HristovaBUL
1976 Ivanka HristovaBUL Nadezhda ChizhovaURS Helena FibingerováTCH
1980 Ilona SlupianekGDR Esfir KrachevskayaURS Margitta PufeGDR
1984 Claudia LoschFRG Mihaela LoghinROU Gael MartinAUS
1988 Nataliya LisovskayaURS Kathrin NeimkeGDR Li MeisuCHN
1992 Svetlana KrivelyovaEUN Huang ZhihongCHN Kathrin NeimkeGER
1996 Astrid KumbernussGER Sui XinmeiCHN Irina KhudoroshkinaRUS
2000 Yanina KarolchykBLR Larisa PeleshenkoRUS Astrid KumbernussGER
2004 Yumileidi CumbáCUB Nadine KleinertGER
2008 Valerie ViliNZL Misleydis GonzálezCUB Gong LijiaoCHN
2012 Valerie AdamsNZL Gong LijiaoCHN Li LingCHN
2016 Michelle CarterUSA Valerie AdamsNZL Anita MártonHUN
2020 Gong LijiaoCHN Raven SaundersUSA Valerie AdamsNZL
2024 Yemisi OgunleyeGER Maddi WescheNZL Song JiayuanCHN

Medals by country

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
Soviet Union URS 6 3 3 12
Germany GER 2 4 3 9
East Germany GDR 2 3 1 6
New Zealand NZL 2 2 1 5
People's Republic of China CHN 1 3 4 8
United States USA 1 1 1 3
Cuba CUB 1 1 0 2
Bulgaria BUL 1 0 1 2
Belarus BLR 1 0 0 1
France FRA 1 0 0 1
Unified Team EUN 1 0 0 1
West Germany FRG 1 0 0 1
Russian Federation RUS 0 1 1 2
Italy ITA 0 1 0 1
Romania ROU 0 1 0 1
Australia AUS 0 0 1 1
Austria AUT 0 0 1 1
Czechoslovakia TCH 0 0 1 1
Hungary HUN 0 0 1 1

Top medallists

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Valerie Adams-Vili NZL 2 1 1 4
Tamara Press RUS
URS
2 0 0 2
Nadezhda Chizhova RUS
URS
1 1 1 3
Galina Zybina RUS
URS
1 1 1 3
Gong Lijiao CHN 1 1 1 3

Best performance by country

Olympic and Intercalated results only.
Country Games Athlete/Team Placement
American Samoa ASA 1996 Summer Olympics Lisa Misipeka 25 r1/2 See all
Argentina ARG 1948 Summer Olympics Ingeborg Mello 9 See all
Australia AUS 1984 Summer Olympics Gael Martin 3 Bronze See all
Austria AUT 1948 Summer Olympics Ine Schäffer 3 Bronze See all
Belarus BLR 2000 Summer Olympics Yanina Karolchyk 1 Gold See all
Brazil BRA 2012 Summer Olympics Geisa Arcanjo 6 See all
Bulgaria BUL 1976 Summer Olympics Ivanka Hristova 1 Gold See all
Cameroon CMR 2016 Summer Olympics Auriol Dongmo 12 See all
Canada CAN 1964 Summer Olympics Nancy McCredie 7 See all
Chile CHI 2012 Summer Olympics Natalia Ducó 7 See all
Chinese Taipei TPE 1960 Summer Olympics Wu Jin-Yun 18 r1/2 See all
Colombia COL 1988 Summer Olympics María Isabel Urrutia 21 r1/2 See all
Cuba CUB 2004 Summer Olympics Yumileidi Cumbá 1 Gold See all
Cyprus CYP 1992 Summer Olympics Elli Evangelidou 17 r1/2 See all
Czechia CZE 2020 Summer Olympics Markéta Červenková 24 r1/2 See all
Czechoslovakia TCH 1976 Summer Olympics Helena Fibingerová 3 Bronze See all
Denmark DEN 1952 Summer Olympics Agnes Olsen DNS See all
Dominican Republic DOM 2004 Summer Olympics Flor Vásquez 13 r1/2 See all
East Germany GDR 1968 Summer Olympics Margitta Gummel 1 Gold See all
1980 Summer Olympics Ilona Slupianek 1 Gold
El Salvador ESA 1968 Summer Olympics Rosario Martínez 14 See all
Finland FIN 1952 Summer Olympics Meeri Saari 8 See all
France FRA 1948 Summer Olympics Micheline Ostermeyer 1 Gold See all
Gabon GAB 1984 Summer Olympics Odette Mistoul 13 See all
Georgia GEO 1996 Summer Olympics Elvira Urusova 17 r1/2 See all
Germany GER 1996 Summer Olympics Astrid Kumbernuss 1 Gold See all
2024 Summer Olympics Yemisi Ogunleye 1 Gold
Great Britain GBR 1984 Summer Olympics Judy Oakes 4 See all
Greece GRE 2000 Summer Olympics Kalliopi Ouzouni 7 See all
Guinea Bissau GBS 2016 Summer Olympics Jessica Inchude 36 r1/2 See all
Haiti HAI 1988 Summer Olympics Deborah Saint Phard 19 r1/2 See all
Hungary HUN 2016 Summer Olympics Anita Márton 3 Bronze See all
Iceland ISL 2024 Summer Olympics Erna Sóley Gunnarsdóttir 20 QR See all
India IND 2016 Summer Olympics Manpreet Kaur 23 r1/2 See all
Islamic Republic of Iran IRI 1964 Summer Olympics Juliette Geverkof 16 r1/2 See all
Israel ISR 1960 Summer Olympics Ayala Hetzroni 17 r1/2 See all
Italy ITA 1948 Summer Olympics Amelia Piccinini 2 Silver See all
Jamaica JAM 2020 Summer Olympics Danniel Thomas-Dodd 13 r1/2 See all
2024 Summer Olympics Danniel Thomas-Dodd 13 QR
Japan JPN 1960 Summer Olympics Yasuko Matsuda 15 r1/2 See all
1964 Summer Olympics Seiko Obonai 15 r1/2
Jordan JOR 1996 Summer Olympics Nada Kawar 24 r1/2 See all
Kazakhstan KAZ 2000 Summer Olympics Iolanta Ulyeva 21 r1/2 See all
Mongolia MGL 1964 Summer Olympics Dashzevgiin Namjilmaa DNS See all
Netherlands NED 2024 Summer Olympics Jessica Schilder 6 See all
New Zealand NZL 2008 Summer Olympics Valerie Vili 1 Gold See all
2012 Summer Olympics Valerie Adams 1 Gold
Nigeria NGR 2000 Summer Olympics Vivian Chukwuemeka 14 r1/2 See all
Norway NOR 1948 Summer Olympics Liv Paulsen AC r1/2 See all
People's Republic of China CHN 2020 Summer Olympics Gong Lijiao 1 Gold See all
Philippines PHI 1968 Summer Olympics Josephine de la Viña DNS See all
Poland POL 2000 Summer Olympics Krystyna Danilczyk-Zabawska 5 See all
2004 Summer Olympics Krystyna Zabawska 5
Portugal POR 2020 Summer Olympics Auriol Dongmo 4 See all
Republic of Korea KOR 1968 Summer Olympics Baek Ok-Ja 13 See all
Republic of Moldova MDA 2024 Summer Olympics Dimitriana Bezede 28 QR See all
Romania ROU 1984 Summer Olympics Mihaela Loghin 2 Silver See all
Russian Federation RUS 2000 Summer Olympics Larisa Peleshenko 2 Silver See all
Singapore SGP 2004 Summer Olympics Zhang Guirong 23 r1/2 See all
South Africa RSA 2024 Summer Olympics Miné de Klerk 31 QR See all
Soviet Union URS 1952 Summer Olympics Galina Zybina 1 Gold See all
1956 Summer Olympics Tamara Tyshkevich 1 Gold
1960 Summer Olympics Tamara Press 1 Gold
1964 Summer Olympics Tamara Press 1 Gold
1972 Summer Olympics Nadezhda Chizhova 1 Gold
1988 Summer Olympics Nataliya Lisovskaya 1 Gold
Spain ESP 1992 Summer Olympics Margarita Ramos 13 r1/2 See all
Sweden SWE 2020 Summer Olympics Fanny Roos 7 See all
2024 Summer Olympics Fanny Roos 7
Switzerland SUI 1952 Summer Olympics Gretel Bolliger 17 r1/2 See all
Thailand THA 2004 Summer Olympics Juttaporn Krasaeyan 24 r1/2 See all
Tonga TGA 1988 Summer Olympics Siololovau Ikavuka 25 r1/2 See all
2008 Summer Olympics Ana Po'uhila 25 r1/2
Trinidad and Tobago TTO 2016 Summer Olympics Cleopatra Borel 7 See all
Türkiye TUR 2020 Summer Olympics Emel Dereli 16 r1/2 See all
Ukraine UKR 1996 Summer Olympics Vita Pavlysh 4 See all
Unified Team EUN 1992 Summer Olympics Svetlana Krivelyova 1 Gold See all
United States USA 2016 Summer Olympics Michelle Carter 1 Gold See all
Uzbekistan UZB 2012 Summer Olympics Yelena Smolyanova 28 See all
Venezuela VEN 2016 Summer Olympics Ahymará Espinoza 19 r1/2 See all
West Germany FRG 1984 Summer Olympics Claudia Losch 1 Gold See all
Yugoslavia YUG 1948 Summer Olympics Marija Radosavljević 7 See all
1952 Summer Olympics Marija Radosavljević 7