*No longer exists/competes at the Olympics. **Includes the Unified Team of 1992 (which was made up of athletes from all former Soviet States, except the three Baltic states). ***Includes the United Team of Germany (1956-1964), but does not include East or West Germany. This data was collected using the official Olympic website, as well as a spreadsheet from the Guardian that includes data from 1896-2008 (available here), 2012 and 2016 data was compared with that from Encyclopaedia Britannica, and several news outlets were used to update the table when medals were reassigned (i.e. for doping offenses).
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Most successful countries in the women's shot put at the Summer Olympics 1948-2024
The women's shot put was introduced as an event in the Summer Olympics in 1948. Since then, athletes from the Soviet Union had the most success in the event, winning eight golds and 13 total medals between 1952 and 1992**. German athletes have also had a lot of success in this event, winning five golds and 16 overall medals for Germany, East Germany and West Germany.
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olympics.com. (August 11, 2024). Medal count in the women's shot put at the Summer Olympics from 1948 to 2024, by country [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 09, 2026, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1117920/olympics-womens-shot-put-medal-table-since-1948/
olympics.com. "Medal count in the women's shot put at the Summer Olympics from 1948 to 2024, by country." Chart. August 11, 2024. Statista. Accessed May 09, 2026. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1117920/olympics-womens-shot-put-medal-table-since-1948/
olympics.com. (2024). Medal count in the women's shot put at the Summer Olympics from 1948 to 2024, by country. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 09, 2026. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1117920/olympics-womens-shot-put-medal-table-since-1948/
olympics.com. "Medal Count in The Women's Shot Put at The Summer Olympics from 1948 to 2024, by Country." Statista, Statista Inc., 11 Aug 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1117920/olympics-womens-shot-put-medal-table-since-1948/
olympics.com, Medal count in the women's shot put at the Summer Olympics from 1948 to 2024, by country Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1117920/olympics-womens-shot-put-medal-table-since-1948/ (last visited May 09, 2026)
Medal count in the women's shot put at the Summer Olympics from 1948 to 2024, by country [Graph], olympics.com, August 11, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1117920/olympics-womens-shot-put-medal-table-since-1948/