Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Women's shot put
| Women's shot put at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
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| Dates | August 4 (qualifying and final) | |||||||||
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Micheline Ostermeyer France
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Amelia Piccinini Italy
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Ine Schäffer Austria
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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 August 4, 1948. The final was won by Frenchwoman Micheline Ostermeyer.
Since it was the first time this event took place, the following new Olympic record was set during this competition:
All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)
Qual. rule: qualification standard 12.30m (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q).
Key: OR = Olympic record
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