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Shot Put, Women

Date	30 November 1956
Status	Olympic
Location	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Victoria
Participants	18 from 9 countries

Defending champion Galina Zybina had been dominant since Helsinki, breaking the world record 12 times. She had also won the 1954 European Championships. She took the lead in round one with 16.35 (53-7¾) and improved that in rounds five and six. But in round six, Tamara Tyshkevich recorded her personal best with 16.59 (54-5¼) to win the gold medal.

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Qualifying	Final
1	583	Tamara Tyshkevich	URS	14.43 (1)	16.59 (1)	Gold	OR
2	585	Galina Zybina	URS	14.08 (3)	16.53 (2)	Silver	OR
3	577	Marianne Werner	GER	14.21 (2)	15.61 (3)	Bronze	OR
4	584	Zinaida Doynikova	URS	13.48 (9)	15.54 (4)
5	579	Valerie Sloper	NZL	13.03 (14)	15.34 (5)
6	580	Earlene Brown	USA	13.39 (12)	15.12 (6)
7	691	Regina Branner	AUT	13.87 (7)	14.60 (7)
8	586	Nada Kotlušek	YUG	13.92 (6)	14.56 (8)
9	587	Milena Usenik	YUG	13.96 (5)	14.49 (9)
10	574	Jackie MacDonald	CAN	13.11 (13)	14.31 (10)
11	576	Johanna Lüttge	GER	14.00 (4)	13.88 (11)
12	575	Anne-Chatrine Lafrenz	GER	13.00 (15)	13.72 (12)
13	591	Valerie Lawrence	AUS	13.43 (10)	13.12 (13)
14	582	Lois Testa	USA	13.51 (8)	13.06 (14)
15	578	Suzanne Allday	GBR	13.42 (11)	12.71 (15)
16 r1/2	581	Paula Deubel	USA	12.38 (16)	–
17 r1/2	572	Marg Woodlock	AUS	11.70 (17)	–
18 r1/2	573	Mary Breen	AUS	11.28 (18)	–
DNS	557	Jiřina Vobořilová	TCH	– (DNS)	–

Qualifying Round (30 November 1956)

All those reaching 13.00 metres advanced to the final.

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Distance	R1	R2	R3
1	19	Tamara Tyshkevich	URS	14.43	14.43	-	-	Q
2	17	Marianne Werner	GER	14.21	14.21	-	-	Q
3	13	Galina Zybina	URS	14.08	14.08	-	-	Q
4	9	Johanna Lüttge	GER	14.00	14.00	-	-	Q
5	2	Milena Usenik	YUG	13.96	13.96	-	-	Q
6	14	Nada Kotlušek	YUG	13.92	13.92	-	-	Q
7	6	Regina Branner	AUT	13.87	13.87	-	-	Q
8	15	Lois Testa	USA	13.51	12.26	13.51	-	Q
9	7	Zinaida Doynikova	URS	13.48	13.48	-	-	Q
10	5	Valerie Lawrence	AUS	13.43	13.43	-	-	Q
11	4	Suzanne Allday	GBR	13.42	12.81	13.42	-	Q
12	3	Earlene Brown	USA	13.39	13.39	-	-	Q
13	12	Jackie MacDonald	CAN	13.11	13.11	-	-	Q
14	16	Valerie Sloper	NZL	13.03	13.03	-	-	Q
15	10	Anne-Chatrine Lafrenz	GER	13.00	13.00	-	-	Q
16	8	Paula Deubel	USA	12.38	×	12.20	12.38
17	18	Marg Woodlock	AUS	11.70	11.52	10.94	11.70
18	11	Mary Breen	AUS	11.28	11.28	9.56	10.98
DNS	1	Jiřina Vobořilová	TCH	–	–	–	–

Final Round (30 November 1956 — 15:00)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Distance	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6
1	15	Tamara Tyshkevich	URS	16.59	16.13	14.80	16.32	15.92	15.45	16.59	OR
2	10	Galina Zybina	URS	16.53	16.35	16.32	15.82	16.28	16.48	16.53	OR
3	14	Marianne Werner	GER	15.61	15.61	15.56	15.46	×	15.01	15.53	OR
4	6	Zinaida Doynikova	URS	15.54	×	15.54	15.32	15.23	15.27	15.52
5	13	Valerie Sloper	NZL	15.34	15.16	14.57	15.34	13.68	14.42	14.95
6	2	Earlene Brown	USA	15.12	14.41	14.75	14.56	14.50	14.89	15.12
7	5	Regina Branner	AUT	14.60	14.04	14.60	×	–	–	–
8	11	Nada Kotlušek	YUG	14.56	14.52	14.56	14.27	–	–	–
9	1	Milena Usenik	YUG	14.49	12.97	14.35	14.49	–	–	–
10	9	Jackie MacDonald	CAN	14.31	14.31	×	12.72	–	–	–
11	7	Johanna Lüttge	GER	13.88	13.57	13.47	13.88	–	–	–
12	8	Anne-Chatrine Lafrenz	GER	13.72	13.72	×	13.44	–	–	–
13	4	Valerie Lawrence	AUS	13.12	10.86	12.39	13.12	–	–	–
14	12	Lois Testa	USA	13.06	12.34	13.06	12.64	–	–	–
15	3	Suzanne Allday	GBR	12.71	12.37	12.71	×	–	–	–