Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Women's shot put

Women's shot put at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
Venue	Lenin Central Stadium
Date	24 July
Competitors	14 from 8 nations
Winning distance	22.41 OR
Medalists
Ilona Slupianek   East Germany Svetlana Krachevskaia   Soviet Union Margitta Pufe   East Germany
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The women's shot put event at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union had an entry list of 14 competitors. The final was held on Thursday 24 July 1980. ^[1] Slupianek scored a distance of 21.85. ^[2]

Medalists

Gold	Ilona Slupianek  East Germany
Silver	Svetlana Krachevskaia  Soviet Union
Bronze	Margitta Pufe  East Germany

Abbreviations

• All results shown are in metres

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

Records

Standing records prior to the 1980 Summer Olympics
World Record	Ilona Slupianek  (GDR)	22.45 m	May 10, 1980	Potsdam, East Germany
Olympic Record	Ivanka Khristova  (BUL)	21.16 m	July 31, 1976	Montreal, Canada
Broken records during the 1980 Summer Olympics
Olympic Record	Margitta Pufe  (GDR)	21.20 m	July 24, 1980	Moscow, Soviet Union
Olympic Record	Ilona Slupianek  (GDR)	22.41 m	July 24, 1980	Moscow, Soviet Union

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Ilona Slupianek  (GDR)	22.41	21.81	21.42	21.60	22.00	21.85	22.41 m	OR
	Svetlana Krachevskaya  (URS)	20.00	20.67	21.42	X	21.03	X	21.42 m
	Margitta Pufe  (GDR)	21.20	21.07	20.42	20.72	20.05	20.36	21.20 m
4	Nunu Abashidze  (URS)	20.74	X	X	X	20.02	21.15	21.15 m
5	Verzhinia Veselinova  (BUL)	20.72	19.75	20.55	20.37	X	X	20.72 m
6	Elena Stoyanova  (BUL)	20.22	19.80	19.56	19.83	20.00	20.18	20.22 m
7	Natalya Akhrimenko  (URS)	19.64	19.63	19.74	X	X	19.28	19.74 m
8	Ines Reichenbach  (GDR)	19.19	19.66	19.49	19.03	19.65	19.63	19.66 m
9	María Elena Sarría  (CUB)	19.20	19.37	18.91				19.37 m
10	Zdena Bartoňová  (TCH)	17.43	18.40	X				18.40 m
11	Ivanka Petrova  (BUL)	18.34	X	18.28				18.34 m
12	Gael Mulhall  (AUS)	17.45	X	18.00				18.00 m
13	Angela Littlewood  (GBR)	16.14	16.35	17.53				17.53 m
14	Cinzia Petrucci  (ITA)	17.17	17.00	17.27				17.27 m

See also

• 1978 Women's European Championships Shot Put (Prague)
• 1982 Women's European Championships Shot Put (Athens)
• 1983 Women's World Championships Shot Put (Helsinki)
• 1986 Women's European Championships Shot Put (Stuttgart)
• 1987 Women's World Championships Shot Put (Rome)

References

1. "Athletics at the 1980 Moscow Summer Games: Women's Shot Put". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
2. "ATHLETICS SHOT PUT WOMEN RESULTS". Olympics.com.

External links

• Results