42. William Nieder (USA), 1960. 43. 7. 44. Aleksandr Baryshnikov (USSR), 1976. SA). 45. Eric Randolph Barnes (USA). s 46. 23 metres 12 centimetes. 47. 22 metres 66 centimetes. 48. Violette Gouraud-Morris (France). 49. 10 metres 15 centimetes. 50. Ruth Lange (Germany), 1927.
51. Who overcome the 12 metres, setting a new world record, in the women’s shot put? And when? А. Gustel Herrmann (Germany), 1928. B. Grete Heublein (Germany), 1928. C. Ruth Lange (Germany), 1928. D. Tilly Fleischer Germany), 1930.
52. Who overcome the 14 metres, setting a new world record, in the women’s shot put? And when? А. Tatyana Sevryukova (USSR), 1945. B. Gisela Mauermayer (Germany), 1934. C. Grete Heublein (Germany), 1928. D. Tilly Fleischer (Germany), 1930.
53. Who overcome the 16 metres, setting a new world record, in the women’s shot put? And when? А. Galina Zybina (USSR), 1952. B. Tatyana Sevryukova (USSR), 1945. C. Tamara Press (USSR), 1959. D. Margitta Gummel (GDR), 1968.
Micheline Ostermeyer of France at the 1948 Games of the XIV Olympiad in London was a two-time Olympic champion: in the shot put (with an Olympic record – 13 metres 75 centimetres) and in the discus throw, she also won the bronze medal in the high jump.
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Galina Zybina of the USSR became the Olympic champion in the shot put competition at the 1952 Games of the XV Olympiad in Helsinki. In this event she surpassed her previously set world record (15 metres 19 centimetres) by putting the shot at 15 metres 28 centimetres. At the 1956 Games of the XVI Olympiad the athlete won the silver medal in this event (16 metres 53 centimetres), and at the 1964 Games of the XVIII Olympiad in Tokyo – the bronze medal (17 metres 45 centimetres). Zybina was the first female athlete in the world who put the shot beyond 16-metres (in 1953 – 16 metres 18 centimetres). In the period of 1952–1956 she improved world records in the shot put (from 15 metres 28 centimetres to 16 metres 76 centimetres) eight times.