Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's shot put

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Women's shot put
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
Athletics pictogram.svg
Venues Olympic Stadium
DatesSeptember 30, 1988 (1988-09-30) (qualifications)
October 1, 1988 (1988-10-01) (finals)
Competitors26 from 14 nations
Winning distance22.24
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Natalya Lisovskaya
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Silver medal icon.svg Kathrin Neimke
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
Bronze medal icon.svg Li Meisu
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
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The women's shot put event at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea had an entry list of 26 competitors, with two qualifying groups before the final (12) took place on Saturday October 1, 1988. [1]

The winning margin was 1.17 metres which as of June 2024 remains the only time the women's shot put has been won by more than 1.1 metres at the Olympics.

Medalists

Gold Natalya Lisovskaya
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
Silver Kathrin Neimke
Flag of East Germany.svg East Germany
Bronze Li Meisu
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China

Abbreviations

Qautomatic qualification
qqualification by rank
DNSdid not start
NMno mark
ORolympic record
WRworld record
ARarea record
NRnational record
PBpersonal best
SBseason best

Records

Standing records prior to the 1988 Summer Olympics
World Record Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Natalya Lisovskaya  (URS)22.63 m July 7, 1987 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Moscow, Soviet Union
Olympic Record Flag of East Germany.svg  Ilona Slupianek  (GDR)22.41 m July 24, 1980 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Moscow, Soviet Union

Qualification

Group A

RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote
123
11Flag of Germany.svg  Claudia Losch  (FRG)18.8220.3920.39 m
22Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Li Meisu  (CHN)20.3020.30 m
33Flag of East Germany.svg  Kathrin Neimke  (GDR)20.1820.18 m
44Flag of East Germany.svg  Heike Hartwig  (GDR)19.2220.0620.06 m
57Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Zdeňka Šilhavá  (TCH)19.7419.74 m
69Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Cong Yuzhen  (CHN)19.5519.56 m
710Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Svetla Mitkova  (BUL)18.8019.5319.53 m
811Flag of the United States.svg  Bonnie Dasse  (USA)19.2919.4518.9419.45 m
913Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Valentina Fedjuschina  (URS)16.9319.0519.0619.06 m
1018Flag of the United States.svg  Connie Price  (USA)15.61X17.0917.09 m
1120Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Yvonne Hanson-Nortey  (GBR)15.1314.86X15.13 m
1221Flag of Colombia.svg  Maria Isabel Urrutia  (COL)15.1314.8514.4215.13 m
1325Flag of Tonga.svg  Siololovau Ikavuka  (TGA)12.31X11.1812.31 m

Group B

RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote
123
15Flag of East Germany.svg  Ines Müller  (GDR)19.7919.79 m
26Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Natalya Lisovskaya  (URS)19.7819.78 m
38Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Huang Zhihong  (CHN)19.7119.71 m
412Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Natalya Akhrimenko  (URS)19.2619.40X19.40 m
514Flag of Germany.svg  Iris Plotzitzka  (FRG)18.7919.06X19.06 m
615Flag of the United States.svg  Ramona Pagel  (USA)18.5518.4518.3618.55 m
716Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Judy Oakes  (GBR)17.7618.3418.0218.34 m
817Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Myrtle Augee  (GBR)16.8516.4417.3117.31 m
919Flag of Haiti.svg  Deborah Saint-Phard  (HAI)14.8715.3516.0216.02 m
1022Flag of Nigeria.svg  Grace Apiafi  (NGR)15.0615.0514.5815.06 m
1123Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  Choi Mi-seon  (KOR)13.9013.4413.9713.97 m
1224Flag of Cameroon.svg  Jeanne-Nicole Ngo Minyemeck  (CMR)11.8412.7312.6112.73 m
Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Sona Vasickova  (TCH)DNS

Final

RankAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote
123456
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Natalya Lisovskaya  (URS)21.6921.4921.2421.7421.1122.2422.24 m
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of East Germany.svg  Kathrin Neimke  (GDR)19.6420.0719.8220.3720.7221.0721.07 m
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Li Meisu  (CHN)19.9920.0320.7220.4921.0620.8421.06 m
4Flag of East Germany.svg  Ines Müller  (GDR)20.3719.34XX19.5520.3420.37 m
5Flag of Germany.svg  Claudia Losch  (FRG)20.08X19.4020.27XX20.27 m
6Flag of East Germany.svg  Heike Hartwig  (GDR)19.9420.2019.7120.16X19.7520.20 m
7Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Natalya Akhrimenko  (URS)19.3719.8619.18X19.6020.1320.13 m
8Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Huang Zhihong  (CHN)18.2619.1519.8219.7919.7319.5619.82 m
9Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Cong Yuzhen  (CHN)19.69X19.6519.69 m
10Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Svetla Mitkova  (BUL)18.2918.7919.0919.09 m
11Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Zdeňka Šilhavá  (TCH)16.8518.86X18.86 m
12Flag of the United States.svg  Bonnie Dasse  (USA)17.6017.5917.5117.60 m

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References

  1. "Athletics at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Women's Shot Put". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2018.