Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Women's shot put

Women's shot put
at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
Women's shot put; at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Dates	4 August 1948 (qualifying and final)
Competitors	19 from 12 nations
Winning time	13.750 OR
Medalists
	1952 →

The women's shot put event was, for the first time, part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1948 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on 4 August 1948. The final was won by Micheline Ostermeyer of France.^[1]

Quick facts Women's shot put at the Games of the XIV Olympiad, Venue ...

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Since it was the first time this event took place, the following new Olympic record was set during this competition:

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Date	Time	Round
Wednesday 4 August 1948	11:00	Qualifications
Wednesday 4 August 1948	17:00	Finals

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Micheline Ostermeyer	France	13.140	Q OR
2	Eivor Olson	Sweden	12.620	Q
3	Bevis Reid	Great Britain	12.570	Q
4	Amelia Piccinini	Italy		Q
5	Ine Schäffer	Austria		Q
6	Paulette Veste	France		Q
7	Jaroslava Komárková	Czechoslovakia		Q
8	Anni Bruk	Austria		Q
9	Marija Radosavljević	Yugoslavia		Q
10	Ingeborg Mello	Argentina		Q
11	Paulette Laurent	France		Q
12	Marianne Schläger	Austria		Q
13	Elizabeth Müller	Brazil	11.870
14	Frances Kaszubski	United States	11.310
15	Ans Panhorst-Niesink	Netherlands	11.180
16	Dorothy Dodson	United States	11.055
17	Elspeth Whyte	Great Britain	10.755
18	Liv Paulsen	Norway	10.200
19	Margaret Birtwistle	Great Britain	9.740

Rank	Name	Nationality	Distance	Notes
	Micheline Ostermeyer	France	13.750	OR
	Amelia Piccinini	Italy	13.095
	Ine Schäffer	Austria	13.080
4	Paulette Veste	France	12.985
5	Jaroslava Komárková	Czechoslovakia	12.920
6	Anni Bruk	Austria	12.500
7	Marija Radosavljević	Yugoslavia	12.355
8	Bevis Reid	Great Britain	12.170
9	Ingeborg Mello	Argentina	12.085
10	Paulette Laurent	France	12.030
11	Eivor Olson	Sweden	11.840
12	Marianne Schläger	Austria	11.775

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