The women's shot put throwing event at the 1960 Olympic Games took place on 2 September.
Results Top 12 throwers and ties plus all throwers reaching 14.50 metres advanced to the finals. All distances are listed in metres.
Qualifying
Rank Name Nationality Mark 1 2 3 1 Earlene Brown 16.15 16.15 pass pass 2 Valerie Sloper 16.07 16.07 pass pass 3 Tamara Press 16.00 13.23 16.00 pass 4 Wilfriede Hoffmann 15.84 15.84 pass pass 5 Renate Boy 15.78 15.78 pass pass 6 Johanna Lüttge 15.51 15.51 pass pass 7 Zinaida Doynikova 15.10 15.10 pas pass 8 Galina Zybina 15.03 15.03 pass pass 9 Jadwiga Klimaj 14.85 foul foul 14.85 10 Milena Usenik 14.74 14.20 14.74 pass 11 Věra Černá 14.51 14.51 pass pass 12 Eugenia Rusin 14.50 14.28 14.50 pass 13 Lidiya Sharamovich 14.09 14.06 14.09 foul 14 Tsvetanka Krasteva 13.99 13.66 13.99 foul 15 Yasuko Matsuda 13.51 13.51 12.56 12.99 16 Suzanne Farmer 13.10 12.03 13.10 pass 17 Ayala Hetzroni 12.59 12.59 12.59 pass 18 Wu Jin-yun 11.76 11.53 11.42 11.76 Melania Marinescu Judit Bognár
Final
Rank Name Nationality Mark 1 2 3 4 5 6 Notes Tamara Press 17.32 16.08 17.32 OR 16.40 16.19 16.20 16.14 OR Johanna Lüttge 16.61 16.21 16.59 =OR 15.74 15.20 15.40 16.61 Earlene Brown 16.42 15.73 16.34 16.07 15.80 15.95 16.42 4 Valerie Sloper 16.39 16.11 16.26 15.72 16.39 16.21 16.07 5 Zinaida Doynikova 16.13 foul 15.72 15.40 15.65 16.13 15.52 6 Renate Boy 15.94 15.61 15.94 15.40 15.07 15.20 15.60 7 Galina Zybina 15.56 13.82 15.56 15.27 8 Wilfriede Hoffmann 15.14 14.87 14.75 15.14 9 Věra Černá 15.06 15.06 14.29 foul 10 Jadwiga Klimaj 14.66 14.06 14.66 13.78 11 Eugenia Rusin 14.55 foul 14.55 14.18 12 Milena Usenik 14.19 14.19 14.12 14.11
Key: OR = Olympic record
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