Women Shot Put Athletics XIV Olympic Games London, Great Britain 1948 - Wednesday, 4th August

Women Shot Put Athletics XIV Olympic Games London, Great Britain 1948 - Wednesday, 4th August - Gold Medal: Micheline Ostermeyer, France

Final 17:00		Distance	SO	Y
1. Micheline Ostermeyer	France	13.750m OR	5.	25
2. Amelia Piccinini	Italy	13.095m	6.	31
3. Ine Schäffer	Austria	13.080m	9.	25
4. Paulette Veste	France	12.985m	11.	20
5. Jaroslava Křítková-Komárková	Czechoslovakia	12.920m	2.	21
6. Anni Bruk	Austria	12.500m	1.	24
7. Marija Radosavljević	Yugoslavia	12.355m	7.	21
8. Bevis Reid	Great Britain	12.170m	8.	29
9. Ingeborg Mello	Argentina	12.085m		29
10.Paulette Laurent	France	12.030m		22
11.Eivor Olson	Sweden	11.840m		25
12.Marianne Schläger	Austria	11.775m		27

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Venue: Empire Stadium, London.

26 competitors from 17 nations.

Ostermeyer won with her first throw, but her task would have been infi- nitely more difficult had the USSR throwers been allowed to compete. The top three Soviets were all 14m throwers, the best of them being Tatyana Sevryukova who reached 14.77 in 1948.

Qualification - Wednesday 04.08 11:00

Mark - 12.30m. -- athletes reached the mark. - best were added.

Group A		Distance.	Y
1. Micheline Ostermeyer	France	13.140m	25
-. Eivor Olson	Sweden	12.620m	25
-. Bevis Reid	Great Britain	12.570m	29
-. Amelia Piccinini	Italy	&m	31
-. Ine Schäffer	Austria	&m	25
-. Paulette Veste	France	&m	20
-. Jaroslava Křítková-Komárková	Czechoslovakia	&m	21
-. Anni Bruk	Austria	&m	24
-. Marija Radosavljević	Yugoslavia	&m	21
-. Ingeborg Mello	Argentina	&m	29
-. Paulette Laurent	France	&m	22
-. Marianne Schläger	Austria	&m	27
eliminated
13.Elisabeth Müller	Brazil	11.870m	22
14.Frances Kaszubski	United States	11.310m	32
15.Ans Panhorst-Niesink	Netherlands	11.180m	29
16.Dorothy Dodson	United States	11.055m	29
17.Elspeth Whyte	Great Britain	10.755m	21
18.Liv Paulsen	Norway	10.200m	22
19.Margaret Birtwhistle	Great Britain	9.740m	23

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London 1948 index

Athletics London 1948
Men 100m	Women 100m
Men 200m	Women 200m
Men 400m
Men 800m
Men 1500m
Men 5000m
Men 10000m
Men Marathon
Men 110m Hurdles	Women 80m Hurdles
Men 400m Hurdles
Men 3000m Steeplechase
Men 4x100m Relay	Women 4x100m Relay
Men 4x400m Relay
Men High Jump	Women High Jump
Men Pole Vault
Men Long Jump	Women Long Jump
Men Triple Jump
Men Shot Put	Women Shot Put
Men Discus Throw	Women Discus Throw
Men Hammer Throw
Men Javelin Throw	Women Javelin Throw
Men 10km Track Walk
Men 50km Walk

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Men Decathlon
Men 100m Decathlon
Men Long Jump Decathlon
Men Shot Put Decathlon
Men High Jump Decathlon
Men 400m Decathlon
Men 110m Hurdles Decathlon
Men Discus Throw Decathlon
Men Pole Vault Decathlon
Men Javelin Throw Decathlon
Men 1500m Decathlon
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