The women's shot put was one of three women's throwing events on the Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics program in Tokyo. It was held on 20 October 1964. 17 athletes from 12 nations entered, with 1 not starting the qualification round.
Results
Qualification
The qualification standard was 15.00 metres. Each thrower had three attempts to reach that standard.
Place Athlete Nation Best mark Throw 1 Throw 2 Throw 3 1 Tamara Press 16.57 16.57 — 2 Valerie Young 16.40 16.40 — 3 Renate Culmberger 16.32 16.32 — 4 Irina Press 15.67 15.67 — 5 Margitta Helmbold 15.61 15.61 — 6 Judit Bognár 15.52 14.44 15.52 — 7 Earlene Brown 15.44 13.84 14.67 15.44 8 Johanna Hübner 15.38 15.38 — 9 Ana Sălăgean 15.31 15.31 — 10 Ivanka Khristova 15.24 15.24 — 11 Galina Zybina 15.17 15.17 — 12 Nancy McCredie 15.10 15.10 — 13 Jolán Kleiber-Kontsek 14.52 14.48 14.39 14.52 14 Mary Elizabeth Peters 14.46 13.44 X 14.46 15 Seiko Obonai 13.70 13.70 13.47 12.70 16 Juliette Geverkof 9.17 X 8.79 9.17 — Namjilmaa Dashzeveg Did not start —
Final
The scores from the qualification were ignored, each thrower having three fresh attempts. The top six after those three received three more, taking their best throw from the six.
Place Athlete Nation Best mark Throw 1 Throw 2 Throw 3 Throw 4 Throw 5 Throw 6 1 Tamara Press 18.14 OR 17.51 17.72 17.18 16.49 X 18.14 2 Renate Culmberger 17.61 17.41 17.10 16.38 17.61 17.00 17.01 3 Galina Zybina 17.45 17.38 17.25 17.45 17.42 16.65 17.36 4 Valerie Young 17.26 17.08 15.84 16.81 17.26 17.24 17.23 5 Margitta Helmbold 16.91 16.67 15.87 X 16.60 16.91 16.34 6 Irina Press 16.71 X 16.50 X 15.81 15.78 16.71 7 Nancy McCredie 15.89 15.89 15.13 15.27 8 Ana Sălăgean 15.83 15.79 15.83 15.70 9 Johanna Hubner 15.77 15.77 X X 10 Ivanka Khristova 15.69 15.69 X 15.35 11 Judit Bognar 15.65 15.65 X X 12 Earlene Brown 14.80 14.25 13.43 14.80
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