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Women's shot put
at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
Women's shot put; at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Date	31 July 1976
Competitors	13 from 8 nations
Winning distance	21.16 OR
Medalists
	← 1972 1980 →

The women's shot put event at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada had an entry list of 13 competitors. The final was held on 31 July 1976. There was no qualification round.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Ivanka Khristova Bulgaria
Silver	Nadezhda Chizhova Soviet Union
Bronze	Helena Fibingerová Czechoslovakia

Standing records prior to the 1976 Summer Olympics
World Record	Ivanka Khristova (BUL)	21.89 m	July 4, 1976	Belmeken, Bulgaria
Olympic Record	Nadezhda Chizhova (URS)	21.03 m	September 7, 1972	Munich, West Germany
Broken records during the 1976 Summer Olympics
Olympic Record	Ivanka Khristova (BUL)	21.16 m	July 31, 1976	Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
Rank	Athlete	1	2	3	4	5	6	Distance	Note
	Ivanka Khristova (BUL)	19.96	20.88	20.67	20.47	21.16	20.19	21.16 m	OR
	Nadezhda Chizhova (URS)	20.84	20.96	X	X	14.16	X	20.96 m
	Helena Fibingerová (TCH)	X	19.68	20.15	X	20.67	X	20.67 m
4	Marianne Adam (GDR)	20.55	X	X	X	18.15	19.50	20.55 m
5	Ilona Slupianek (GDR)	20.52	19.78	19.65	19.80	19.72	20.54	20.54 m
6	Margitta Droese (GDR)	X	17.53	19.15	X	19.64	19.79	19.79 m
7	Eva Wilms (FRG)	X	19.11	19.29	19.29	X	X	19.29 m
8	Elena Stoyanova (BUL)	18.89	18.50	18.85	X	X	18.61	18.89 m

9	Svetlana Krachevskaya (URS)	X	18.11	18.36				18.36 m
10	Faina Melnik (URS)	17.46	17.77	18.07				18.07 m
11	María Elena Sarría (CUB)	X	16.31	X				16.31 m
12	Maren Seidler (USA)	14.63	15.60	X				15.60 m
13	Lucette Moreau (CAN)	14.79	14.87	15.48				15.48 m

^ "Athletics at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games: Women's Shot Put". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2018.