Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Women's Shot Put event at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada had an entrylist of 13 competitors. The final was held on 31 July 1976. There was no qualification round. The 1976 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event celebrated in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in 1976. Montreal was awarded the rights to the 1976 Games on May 12, 1970, at the 69th IOC Session in Amsterdam, over the bids of Moscow and Los Angeles, which later hosted the 1980 and 1984 Summer Olympic Games respectively. These were the first Olympic Games held in Canada, preceding the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary and 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.