1938 European Athletics Championships – Women's shot put

Events at the 1938 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men
800 m		men
1500 m		men
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men
80 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men
Road events
Marathon		men
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Combined events
Decathlon		men

The women's shot put at the 1938 European Athletics Championships was held in Vienna, at the time part of German Reich, at Praterstadion on 17 September 1938.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Hermine Schröder  Germany
Silver	Gisela Mauermayer  Germany
Bronze	Wanda Flakowicz  Poland

Results

Final

17 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Hermine Schröder	Germany	13.29	CR
	Gisela Mauermayer	Germany	13.27
	Wanda Flakowicz	Poland	12.55
4	Helma Wessel	Germany	12.55
5	Bevis Reid	United Kingdom	12.10
6	Ida Lavize	Latvia	11.70
7	Genowefa Cejzik	Poland	11.68
8	Irja Lipasti	Finland	11.64
9	Amelia Piccicini	Italy	11.30
10	Britta Awall	Sweden	10.96
11	Ans Niesink	Netherlands	10.66
12	Kathleen Dyer-Tilley	United Kingdom	10.49

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 12 athletes from 8 countries participated in the event.

Finland (1)  Germany (3)

Italy (1)  Latvia (1)

Netherlands (1)  Poland (2)

Sweden (1)  United Kingdom (2)

References

1. European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 363–367, retrieved 13 August 2014