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Women's shot put
at the: Games of theβ€”β€”XXIV Olympiad
VenuesOlympic Stadium
DatesSeptember 30, 1988 (1988-09-30) (qualifications)
October 1, 1988 (1988-10-01) (finals)
Competitors26 from 14 nations
Winning distance22.24
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Natalya Lisovskaya
 Soviet Union
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Kathrin Neimke
 East Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Li Meisu
 China
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Athletics at the
1988 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 mmenwomen
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1500 mmenwomen
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10,000 mmenwomen
100 m hurdleswomen
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steeplechase
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4 Γ— 100 m relaymenwomen
4 Γ— 400 m relaymenwomen
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Marathonmenwomen
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Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmen
High jumpmenwomen
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Wheelchair races

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."

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.

Medalistsβ€»

Gold Natalya Lisovskaya
 Soviet Union
Silver Kathrin Neimke
 East Germany
Bronze Li Meisu
 China

Abbreviationsβ€»

  • 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

Recordsβ€»

Standing records priorβ€”β€”to the 1988 Summer Olympics
World Record  Natalya Lisovskaya (URS) 22.63 m July 7, 1987 Soviet Union Moscow, Soviet Union
Olympic Record  Ilona Slupianek (GDR) 22.41 m July 24, 1980 Soviet Union Moscow, Soviet Union

Qualificationβ€»

Group Aβ€»

Rank Overall Athlete Attempts Distance Note
1 2 3
1 1  Claudia Losch (FRG) 18.82 20.39 20.39 m
2 2  Li Meisu (CHN) 20.30 20.30 m
3 3  Kathrin Neimke (GDR) 20.18 20.18 m
4 4  Heike Hartwig (GDR) 19.22 20.06 20.06 m
5 7  Zdeňka Ε ilhavΓ‘ (TCH) 19.74 19.74 m
6 9  Cong Yuzhen (CHN) 19.55 19.56 m
7 10  Svetla Mitkova (BUL) 18.80 19.53 19.53 m
8 11  Bonnie Dasse (USA) 19.29 19.45 18.94 19.45 m
9 13  Valentina Fedjuschina (URS) 16.93 19.05 19.06 19.06 m
10 18  Connie Price (USA) 15.61 X 17.09 17.09 m
11 20  Yvonne Hanson-Nortey (GBR) 15.13 14.86 X 15.13 m
12 21  Maria Isabel Urrutia (COL) 15.13 14.85 14.42 15.13 m
13 25  Siololovau Ikavuka (TGA) 12.31 X 11.18 12.31 m

Group Bβ€»

Rank Overall Athlete Attempts Distance Note
1 2 3
1 5  Ines MΓΌller (GDR) 19.79 19.79 m
2 6  Natalya Lisovskaya (URS) 19.78 19.78 m
3 8  Huang Zhihong (CHN) 19.71 19.71 m
4 12  Natalya Akhrimenko (URS) 19.26 19.40 X 19.40 m
5 14  Iris Plotzitzka (FRG) 18.79 19.06 X 19.06 m
6 15  Ramona Pagel (USA) 18.55 18.45 18.36 18.55 m
7 16  Judy Oakes (GBR) 17.76 18.34 18.02 18.34 m
8 17  Myrtle Augee (GBR) 16.85 16.44 17.31 17.31 m
9 19  Deborah Saint-Phard (HAI) 14.87 15.35 16.02 16.02 m
10 22  Grace Apiafi (NGR) 15.06 15.05 14.58 15.06 m
11 23  Choi Mi-seon (KOR) 13.90 13.44 13.97 13.97 m
12 24  Jeanne-Nicole Ngo Minyemeck (CMR) 11.84 12.73 12.61 12.73 m
 Sona Vasickova (TCH) DNS

Finalβ€»

Rank Athlete Attempts Distance Note
1 2 3 4 5 6
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Natalya Lisovskaya (URS) 21.69 21.49 21.24 21.74 21.11 22.24 22.24 m
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Kathrin Neimke (GDR) 19.64 20.07 19.82 20.37 20.72 21.07 21.07 m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Li Meisu (CHN) 19.99 20.03 20.72 20.49 21.06 20.84 21.06 m
4  Ines MΓΌller (GDR) 20.37 19.34 X X 19.55 20.34 20.37 m
5  Claudia Losch (FRG) 20.08 X 19.40 20.27 X X 20.27 m
6  Heike Hartwig (GDR) 19.94 20.20 19.71 20.16 X 19.75 20.20 m
7  Natalya Akhrimenko (URS) 19.37 19.86 19.18 X 19.60 20.13 20.13 m
8  Huang Zhihong (CHN) 18.26 19.15 19.82 19.79 19.73 19.56 19.82 m
9  Cong Yuzhen (CHN) 19.69 X 19.65 19.69 m
10  Svetla Mitkova (BUL) 18.29 18.79 19.09 19.09 m
11  Zdeňka Ε ilhavΓ‘ (TCH) 16.85 18.86 X 18.86 m
12  Bonnie Dasse (USA) 17.60 17.59 17.51 17.60 m

See alsoβ€»

Referencesβ€»

  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.

External linksβ€»

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