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Women’s Shot put
Held at 20 Games, 1948–2024. Most golds: Soviet Union (6). Most medals: Tamara Press (2). The event as the lists name it each year; names that changed are joined here.
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Medals59
Delegations20on the podium
Games by Games gold, silver, bronze
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Paris | Yemisi Ogunleye Germany | Maddi Wesche New Zealand | Song Jiayuan China |
| 2020 Tokyo | Gong Lijiao China | Raven Saunders United States | Valerie Adams New Zealand |
| 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Michelle Carter United States | Valerie Adams New Zealand | Anita Márton Hungary |
| 2012 London | Valerie Adams New Zealand | Gong Lijiao China | Li Ling China |
| 2008 Beijing | Valerie Vili New Zealand | Dylan Armstrong Cuba | Gong Lijiao China |
| 2004 Athens | Yumileidi Cumbá Cuba | Nadine Kleinert Germany | — |
| 2000 Sydney | Yanina Karolchik Belarus | Larisa Peleshenko Russia | Astrid Kumbernuss Germany |
| 1996 Atlanta | Astrid Kumbernuss Germany | Sui Xinmei China | Irina Khudoroshkina Russia |
| 1992 Barcelona | Svetlana Krivelyova Unified Team | Huang Zhihong China | Kathrin Neimke Germany |
| 1988 Seoul | Natalya Lisovskaya Soviet Union | Kathrin Neimke East Germany | Li Meisu China |
| 1984 Los Angeles | Claudia Losch West Germany | Mihaela Loghin Romania | Gael Martin Australia |
| 1980 Moscow | Ilona Slupianek East Germany | Svetlana Krachevskaya Soviet Union | Margitta Pufe East Germany |
| 1976 Montreal | Ivanka Khristova Bulgaria | Nadezhda Chizhova Soviet Union | Helena Fibingerová Czechoslovakia |
| 1972 Munich | Nadezhda Chizhova Soviet Union | Margitta Gummel East Germany | Ivanka Khristova Bulgaria |
| 1968 Mexico City | Margitta Gummel East Germany | Marita Lange East Germany | Nadezhda Chizhova Soviet Union |
| 1964 Tokyo | Tamara Press Soviet Union | Renate Culmberger United Team of Germany | Galina Zybina Soviet Union |
| 1960 Rome | Tamara Press Soviet Union | Johanna Lüttge United Team of Germany | Earlene Brown United States |
| 1956 Melbourne & Stockholm | Tamara Tyshkevich Soviet Union | Galina Zybina Soviet Union | Marianne Werner United Team of Germany |
| 1952 Helsinki | Galina Zybina Soviet Union | Marianne Werner Germany | Klavdia Tochonova Soviet Union |
| 1948 London | Micheline Ostermeyer France | Amelia Piccinini Italy | Ine Schäffer Austria |
Most golds
| Place | Delegation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soviet Union | 6 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| 2 | East Germany | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | Germany | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | New Zealand | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | China | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 6 | United States | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Cuba | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Bulgaria | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Belarus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | France | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Unified Team | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | West Germany | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |