1987 World Championships in Athletics – Women's shot put

These are the official results of the Women's Shot Put event at the 1987 World Championships in Rome, Italy. The final was held on Saturday September 5, 1987.

Medalists

Gold	Natalya Lisovskaya Soviet Union (URS)
Silver	Kathrin Neimke East Germany (GDR)
Bronze	Ines Müller East Germany (GDR)

Schedule

• All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)

Qualification Round
Group A	Group B
04.09.1987 – ??:??h	04.09.1987 – ??:??h
Final Round
05.09.1987 – 18:00h

Abbreviations

• All results shown are in metres

Q	automatic qualification
q	qualification by rank
DNS	did not start
NM	no mark
WR	world record
AR	area record
NR	national record
PB	personal best
SB	season best

Records

Standing records prior to the 1987 World Athletics Championships
World Record	Natalya Lisovskaya  (URS)	22.63 m	June 7, 1987	Moscow, Soviet Union
Event Record	Helena Fibingerová  (TCH)	21.05 m	August 12, 1983	Helsinki, Finland
Broken records during the 1987 World Athletics Championships
Event Record	Kathrin Neimke  (GDR)	21.21 m	September 5, 1987	Rome, Italy
Event Record	Natalya Lisovskaya  (URS)	21.24 m	September 5, 1987	Rome, Italy

Qualification

• Held on Friday 1987-09-04

RANK	GROUP A	DISTANCE
1.	Kathrin Neimke  (GDR)	20.26 m
2.	Claudia Losch  (FRG)	19.73 m
3.	Li Meisu  (CHN)	19.47 m
4.	Heike Hartwig  (GDR)	19.35 m
5.	Natalya Lisovskaya  (URS)	19.22 m
6.	Soňa Vašíčková  (TCH)	19.09 m
7.	Iris Plotzitzka  (FRG)	19.08 m
8.	Judy Oakes  (GBR)	18.43 m
9.	Ramona Pagel  (USA)	18.12 m
10.	Asta Hovi-Ovaska  (FIN)	17.89 m

RANK	GROUP B	DISTANCE
1.	Helena Fibingerová  (TCH)	20.40 m
2.	Ines Müller  (GDR)	19.96 m
3.	Stephanie Storp  (FRG)	19.64 m
4.	Mihaela Loghin  (ROU)	19.27 m
5.	Natalya Akhrimenko  (URS)	19.21 m
6.	Huang Zhihong  (CHN)	19.18 m
7.	Svetla Mitkova  (BUL)	19.07 m
8.	Bonnie Dasse  (USA)	17.68 m
9.	Deborah Saint-Phard  (HAI)	16.54 m
10.	Melody Torcolacci  (CAN)	15.98 m

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Natalya Lisovskaya  (URS)	20.89	20.22	21.16	20.93	21.24	20.80	21.24 m	CR
	Kathrin Neimke  (GDR)	20.32	21.21	20.12	20.53	20.59	X	21.21 m	PB
	Ines Müller  (GDR)	20.76	20.11	20.05	X	19.96	20.20	20.76 m	PB
4	Claudia Losch  (FRG)	20.05	20.73	X	19.88	20.33	20.61	20.73 m
5	Natalya Akhrimenko  (URS)	20.20	19.68	20.53	20.09	X	20.68	20.68 m
6	Heike Hartwig  (GDR)	19.79	19.97	19.84	20.63	X	20.25	20.63 m
7	Li Meisu  (CHN)	19.95	20.00	20.09	18.74	20.43	19.98	20.43 m	PB
8	Helena Fibingerová  (TCH)	19.97	X	19.51	20.05	20.15	20.29	20.29 m
9	Svetla Mitkova  (BUL)							19.37m
10	Stephanie Storp  (FRG)							19.36 m
11	Huang Zhihong  (CHN)							19.35 m	PB
12	Iris Plotzitzka  (FRG)							19.19 m
13	Soňa Vašíčková  (TCH)							18.71 m
—	Mihaela Loghin  (ROU)							DNS

See also

• 1982 Women's European Championships Shot Put (Athens)
• 1984 Women's Olympic Shot Put (Los Angeles)
• 1986 Women's European Championships Shot Put (Stuttgart)
• 1987 Shot Put Year Ranking
• 1988 Women's Olympic Shot Put (Seoul)

References

• Results