World Rankings — Women’s Shot Michelle Carter is one of only two Americans ever to reach No. 1 © VICTOR SAILER/PHOTO RUN 1956 1957 1 ...... Tamara Tyshkevich (Soviet Union) 1 ...... Tamara Tyshkevich (Soviet Union) 2 ............... Galina Zybina (Soviet Union) 2 ............... Galina Zybina (Soviet Union) 3 ....... Zinaida Doynikova (Soviet Union) 3 ......................Val Young (New Zealand) 4 .......Marianne Werner (West Germany) 4 ....... Zinaida Doynikova (Soviet Union) 5 ........ Maria Kuznetsova (Soviet Union) 5 ........ Maria Kuznetsova (Soviet Union) 6 ......................Val Young (New Zealand) 6 ................Tamara Press (Soviet Union) 7 ...............................Earlene Brown (US) 7 .......Marianne Werner (West Germany) 8 .........Johanna Hübner (East Germany) 8 ..Antonina Vashchenko (Soviet Union) 9 ................. Nada Kotlušek (Yugoslavia) 9 ..... Lyudmila Zhdanova (Soviet Union) 10 ..Wilfriede Hoffmann (East Germany) 10 .......Johanna Hübner (East Germany) © Track & Field News 2019 — 1 — World Rankings — Women’s Shot 1958 1962 1 ...............................Earlene Brown (US) 1 ................Tamara Press (Soviet Union) 2 ............... Galina Zybina (Soviet Union) 2 .................Renate Boy (East Germany) 3 ................Tamara Press (Soviet Union) 3 ............... Galina Zybina (Soviet Union) 4 ...... Tamara Tyshkevich (Soviet Union) 4 ....Wilfriede Hoffmann (East Germany) 5 .......Marianne Werner (West Germany) 5 .........Johanna Hübner (East Germany) 6 ......................Val Young (New Zealand) 6 ......................Val Young (New Zealand) 7 ....... Zinaida Doynikova (Soviet Union) 7 ....... Zinaida Doynikova (Soviet Union) 8 ..... Lyudmila Zhdanova (Soviet Union) 8 ........Margitta Gummel (East Germany) 9 ........ Maria Kuznetsova (Soviet Union) 9 ..... Lyudmila Zhdanova (Soviet Union) 10 .......Johanna Hübner (East Germany) 10 ...... Maria Kuznetsova (Soviet Union) 1959 1963 1 ................Tamara Press (Soviet Union) 1 ................Tamara Press (Soviet Union) 2 .........Johanna Hübner (East Germany) 2 .................Renate Boy (East Germany) 3 ..... Lyudmila Zhdanova (Soviet Union) 3 .........Johanna Hübner (East Germany) 4 ......................Val Young (New Zealand) 4 ........Margitta Gummel (East Germany) 5 ...............................Earlene Brown (US) 5 ............... Galina Zybina (Soviet Union) 6 ........ Maria Kuznetsova (Soviet Union) 6 ........................ Judit Bognár (Hungary) 7 ...........Lyubov Sivtsova (Soviet Union) 7 .... Lyudmilla Zhdanova (Soviet Union) 8 ...................... Ana Sălăgean (Romania) 8 ....... Zinaida Doynikova (Soviet Union) 9 .......Marianne Werner (West Germany) 9 ......................Val Young (New Zealand) 10 ....Antonina Vashchenko (Soviet Union) 10 .................... Ana Sălăgean (Romania) 1960 1964 1 ................Tamara Press (Soviet Union) 1 ................Tamara Press (Soviet Union) 2 .........Johanna Hübner (East Germany) 2 .................Renate Boy (East Germany) 3 ...............................Earlene Brown (US) 3 ............... Galina Zybina (Soviet Union) 4 ......................Val Young (New Zealand) 4 ......................Val Young (New Zealand) 5 ............... Galina Zybina (Soviet Union) 5 ........Margitta Gummel (East Germany) 6 ....... Zinaida Doynikova (Soviet Union) 6 .................... Irina Press (Soviet Union) 7 .................Renate Boy (East Germany) 7 ...... Valentina Nazarova (Soviet Union) 8 ....Wilfriede Hoffmann (East Germany) 8 ...................... Ana Sălăgean (Romania) 9 ...... Tamara Tyshkevich (Soviet Union) 9 ....................Nancy McCredie (Canada) 10 ... Lyudmila Zhdanova (Soviet Union) 10 .......Johanna Hübner (East Germany) 1961 1965 1 .................Renate Boy (East Germany) 1 ................Tamara Press (Soviet Union) 2 ................Tamara Press (Soviet Union) 2 ....... Nadezhda Chizova (Soviet Union) 3 ............... Galina Zybina (Soviet Union) 3 ............... Galina Zybina (Soviet Union) 4 ......................Val Young (New Zealand) 4 .................Renate Boy (East Germany) 5 ....Wilfriede Hoffmann (East Germany) 5 ...... Valentina Nazarova (Soviet Union) 6 ....... Zinaida Doynikova (Soviet Union) 6 ........Margitta Gummel (East Germany) 7 ...................... Ana Sălăgean (Romania) 7 ...............Marita Lange (East Germany) 8 .................... Irina Press (Soviet Union) 8 ...................... Ana Sălăgean (Romania) 9 ........ Maria Kuznetsova (Soviet Union) 9 ...........Marlene Fuchs (West Germany) 10 .........Sigrun Grabert (West Germany) 10 .................. Hsiehyung Chung (China) © Track & Field News 2019 — 2 — World Rankings — Women’s Shot 1966 1970 1 ................Tamara Press (Soviet Union) 1 ....... Nadezhda Chizova (Soviet Union) 2 ....... Nadezhda Chizova (Soviet Union) 2 ......... Antonina Ivanova (Soviet Union) 3 ........Margitta Gummel (East Germany) 3 ........Margitta Gummel (East Germany) 4 ...............Marita Lange (East Germany) 4 ...... Hannelore Friedel (East Germany) 5 ............... Galina Zybina (Soviet Union) 5 ...........Irina Solontsova (Soviet Union) 6 ......................Val Young (New Zealand) 6 ...............Marita Lange (East Germany) 7 ................... Maria Chorbova (Bulgaria) 7 ....... Yelena Korablyeva (Soviet Union) 8 .................... Irina Press (Soviet Union) 8 ..................Ivanka Khristova (Bulgaria) 9 .........Gertrud Schäfer (West Germany) 9 .............Inge Friedrich (East Germany) 10 .................. Hsiehyung Chung (China) 10 .....Galina Nyekrasova (Soviet Union) 1967 1971 1 ....... Nadezhda Chizova (Soviet Union) 1 ....... Nadezhda Chizova (Soviet Union) 2 ........Margitta Gummel (East Germany) 2 ........Margitta Gummel (East Germany) 3 .................Renate Boy (East Germany) 3 ...............Marita Lange (East Germany) 4 ...............Marita Lange (East Germany) 4 ......... Antonina Ivanova (Soviet Union) 5 ..................Ivanka Khristova (Bulgaria) 5 ...... Hannelore Friedel (East Germany) 6 ............... Galina Zybina (Soviet Union) 6 .......Galina Nyekrasova (Soviet Union) 7 ........................ Judit Bognár (Hungary) 7 ....... Yelena Korablyeva (Soviet Union) 8 ................... Maria Chorbova (Bulgaria) 8 .......... Marianne Adam (East Germany) 9 ...........Marlene Fuchs (West Germany) 9 ..................Ivanka Khristova (Bulgaria) 10 .........Irina Solontsova (Soviet Union) 10 ............... Faina Melnik (Soviet Union) 1968 1972 1 ........Margitta Gummel (East Germany) 1 ....... Nadezhda Chizova (Soviet Union) 2 ...............Marita Lange (East Germany) 2 ........Margitta Gummel (East Germany) 3 ....... Nadezhda Chizova (Soviet Union) 3 ..................Ivanka Khristova (Bulgaria) 4 ........................ Judit Bognár (Hungary) 4 ... Svetlana Krachevskaya (Soviet Union) 5 .................Renate Boy (East Germany) 5 ......... Antonina Ivanova (Soviet Union) 6 ..................Ivanka Khristova (Bulgaria) 6 .......... Marianne Adam (East Germany) 7 ...........Marlene Fuchs (West Germany) 7 . Helena Fibingerová (Czechoslovakia) 8 ..........Els van Noorduyn (Netherlands) 8 ...............Marita Lange (East Germany) 9 ...........Irina Solontsova (Soviet Union) 9 ....... Yelena Korablyeva (Soviet Union) 10 ...........Inge Friedrich (East Germany) 10 .............Raisa Taranda (Soviet Union) 1969 1973 1 ....... Nadezhda Chizova (Soviet Union) 1 ....... Nadezhda Chizova (Soviet Union) 2 ........Margitta Gummel (East Germany) 2 ...Helena Fibingerová (Czechoslovakia) 3 ...............Marita Lange (East Germany) 3 ... Svetlana Krachevskaya (Soviet Union) 4 ..................Ivanka Khristova (Bulgaria) 4 ..................Ivanka Khristova (Bulgaria) 5 .................Renate Boy (East Germany) 5 ...............Marita Lange (East Germany) 6 ...........Irina Solontsova (Soviet Union) 6 ......... Antonina Ivanova (Soviet Union) 7 .............Inge Friedrich (East Germany) 7 ..................Elena Stoyanova (Bulgaria) 8 ..........Els van Noorduyn (Netherlands) 8 ................. Faina Melnik (Soviet Union) 9 .......Galina Nyekrasova (Soviet Union) 9 .......... Marianne Adam (East Germany) 10 ....... Antonina Ivanova (Soviet Union) 10 .............Ludwika Chewińska (Poland) © Track & Field News 2019 — 3 — World Rankings — Women’s Shot 1974 1978 1 ....... Nadezhda Chizova (Soviet Union) 1 ......... Ilona Briesenick (East Germany) 2 ...Helena Fibingerová (Czechoslovakia) 2.. Helena Fibingerová (Czechoslovakia) 3 .......... Marianne Adam (East Germany) 3 ..............Margitta Pufe (East Germany) 4 ..................Ivanka Khristova (Bulgaria) 4 .... Helma Knorscheidt (East Germany) 5 ...............Marita Lange (East Germany) 5 .......... Marianne Adam (East Germany) 6 ................. Faina Melnik (Soviet Union) 6 ... Svetlana Krachevskaya (Soviet Union) 7 ...............Ludwika Chewińska (Poland) 7 ..................Eva Wilms (West Germany) 8 ..................Elena Stoyanova (Bulgaria) 8 ..................Elena Stoyanova (Bulgaria) 9 ... Svetlana Krachevskaya (Soviet Union) 9 ..................... Ivanka Petrova (Bulgaria) 10 ....... Antonina Ivanova (Soviet Union) 10 ........ Tamara Bufetova (Soviet Union) 1975 1979 1 .......... Marianne Adam (East Germany) 1 ......... Ilona Briesenick (East Germany) 2 . Helena Fibingerová (Czechoslovakia) 2 .......... Marianne Adam (East Germany) 3 ... Svetlana Krachevskaya (Soviet Union) 3 ..............Margitta Pufe (East Germany) 4 ..................Ivanka Khristova (Bulgaria) 4 . Helena Fibingerová