Shot Put, Women
| Date | 31 July 1976 — 17:40 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Stade olympique, Parc olympique, Montréal, Québec | |
| Participants | 13 from 8 countries | |
| Format | Final only. | |
With only 13 competitors there was no qualifying round contested. The world record had been improved four times in 1975-76. Marianne Adam (GDR) threw 21.60 (70-10½) in August 1975, and bettered that with 21.67 (71-1¼) in May 1976. But Bulgaria’s Ivanka Khristova recorded 21.87 (71-9) and 21.89 (71-10) on consecutive days in July 1976. Defending champion Nadezhda Chizhova (URS) was back and was still a force but had been surpassed as the top thrower in 76 by Khristova. However, in the competition, Khristova struggled early. Chizhova took the lead in round one with 20.84 (68-4½), and bettered that with 20.96 (68-9¼) in round two though she slipped in the wet circle and injured her leg, after Khristova had thrown 20.88 (68-6). Those marks held through four rounds when Khristova moved ahead with 21.16 (69-5¼) to win the gold medal, Chizhova finishing second and completing a full set of medals in the shot put.
| Pos | Nr | Athlete | NOC | Distance | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 44 | Ivanka Hristova |  BUL | 21.16 | 19.96 (4) | 20.88 (2) | 20.67 (2) | 20.47 (2) | 21.16 (1) | 20.19 (NP) | Gold | ||
| 2 | 334 | Nadezhda Chizhova |  URS | 20.96 | 20.84 (1) | 20.96 (1) | x (1) | - (1) | 14.16 (2) | x (NP) | Silver | ||
| 3 | 312 | Helena Fibingerová |  TCH | 20.67 | x (NP) | 19.68 (5) | 20.15 (5) | x (5) | 20.67 (3) | x (NP) | Bronze | ||
| 4 | 133 | Marianne Adam |  GDR | 20.55 | 20.55 (2) | x (3) | x (3) | x (3) | 18.15 (4) | 19.50 (NP) | |||
| 5 | 158 | Ilona Schoknecht | GDR | 20.54 | 20.52 (3) | 19.78 (4) | 19.65 (4) | 19.80 (4) | 19.72 (5) | 20.54 (NP) | |||
| 6 | 138 | Margitta Droese | GDR | 19.79 | x (NP) | 17.53 (10) | 19.15 (7) | x (7) | 19.64 (6) | 19.79 (NP) | |||
| 7 | 187 | Eva Wilms |  FRG | 19.29 | x (NP) | 19.11 (6) | 19.29 (6) | 19.29 (6) | x (7) | x (NP) | |||
| 8 | 52 | Elena Stoyanova | BUL | 18.89 | 18.89 (5) | 18.50 (7) | 18.85 (8) | x (8) | x (8) | 18.61 (NP) | |||
| 9 | 343 | Esfir Krachevskaya | URS | 18.36 | x (NP) | 18.11 (8) | 18.36 (9) | – | – | – | |||
| 10 | 347 | Faina Melnik | URS | 18.07 | 17.46 (6) | 17.77 (9) | 18.07 (10) | – | – | – | |||
| 11 | 86 | María Elena Sarría |  CUB | 16.31 | x (NP) | 16.31 (11) | x (11) | – | – | – | |||
| 12 | 382 | Maren Seidler |  USA | 15.60 | 14.63 (8) | 15.60 (12) | x (12) | – | – | – | |||
| 13 | 69 | Lucette Moreau |  CAN | 15.48 | 14.79 (7) | 14.87 (13) | 15.48 (13) | – | – | – |