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

The women's shot put event was, for the first time, part of the track and field athletics programme

Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics

At the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, 33 athletics events were contested, 24 for men and 9 for women. Three events made their Olympic debut at these Games: women's 200 metres, women's long jump and women's shot put...

at the 1948 Summer Olympics

1948 Summer Olympics

The 1948 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XIV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was held in London, England, United Kingdom. After a 12-year hiatus because of World War II, these were the first Summer Olympics since the 1936 Games in Berlin...

. The competition was held on August 4, 1948. The final was won by Frenchwoman

French people

The French are a nation that share a common French culture and speak the French language as a mother tongue. Historically, the French population are descended from peoples of Celtic, Latin and Germanic origin, and are today a mixture of several ethnic groups...

Micheline Ostermeyer.

Final standings

Rank	Name	Nationality	Distance	Notes
	Micheline Ostermeyer Micheline Ostermeyer Micheline Ostermeyer was a French athlete and concert pianist.A great-niece of the French author Victor Hugo, and a niece of the composer Lucien Paroche, Ostermeyer, who was Jewish, was born in Rang-du-Fliers, Pas-de-Calais...	align=left	\| 13.750	OR
	Amelia Piccinini Amelia Piccinini Amelia Piccinini was an Italian athlete.Born in Torino she competed for Italy at the 1948 Summer Olympics held in London, United Kingdom where she won the silver medal in the Women's Shot Put event....		13.095
	Ine Schäffer		13.080
4	Paulette Veste		12.985
5	Jaroslava Křítková-Komárková		12.920
6	Anni Bruk		12.500
7	Marija Radosavljević		12.355
8	Bevis Reid		12.170
9	Ingeborg Mello Ingeborg Mello Ingeborg Mello de Preiss was a female track and field athlete from Argentina, competing in the discus throw and the shot put. She represented her native country twice at the Summer Olympics: 1948 and 1952. She won the gold medal in the women's discus throw and the shot put event at the 1951 Pan...		12.085
10	Paulette Laurent		12.030
11	Eivor Olson		11.840
12	Marianne Schläger		11.775

Key: OR = Olympic record

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