1991 World Championships in Athletics – Women's shot put explained

These are the official results of the Women's Shot Put event at the 1991 IAAF World Championships in Tokyo, Japan. There were a total number of 24 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups and the final held on Saturday August 24, 1991. The qualification mark was set at 18.50 metres.

Medalists

Gold	Huang Zhihong PR China (CHN)
Silver	Natalya Lisovskaya Soviet Union (URS)
Bronze	Svetlana Krivelyova Soviet Union (URS)

Schedule

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

Qualification Round
Group A	Group B
24.08.1991 - 09:30h	24.08.1991 - 09:30h
Final Round
24.08.1991 - 17:40h

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 1991 World Athletics Championships
		22.63 m	June 7, 1987
		21.24 m	September 5, 1987

Qualifying round

RANK	GROUP A	DISTANCE
1.		19.72 m
2.		19.38 m
3.		18.83 m
4.		18.59 m
5.		18.54 m
6.		18.15 m
7.		18.09 m
8.		17.81 m
9.		17.15 m
10.		15.89 m
11.		14.76 m
12.		12.56 m

RANK	GROUP B	DISTANCE
1.		19.52 m
2.		19.14 m
3.		18.80 m
4.		18.66 m
5.		18.32 m
6.		17.99 m
7.		17.80 m
8.		17.17 m
9.		16.99 m
10.		16.73 m
11.		15.93 m
12.		11.49 m

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
Rank	Athlete	1	2	3	4	5	6	Distance	Note
		20.64	20.83	20.51	X	X	20.43	20.83 m
		20.15	X	19.95	X	20.29	X	20.29 m
		19.88	19.77	20.16	19.31	19.91	19.74	20.16 m
4		18.97	19.74	X	18.41	19.32	19.44	19.74 m
5		19.32	19.64	X	19.05	X	X	19.64 m
6		19.50	X	17.85	18.88	18.76	X	19.50 m
7		19.12	X	X	X	X	X	19.12 m
8		18.81	18.52	18.39	18.63	18.83	18.63	18.83 m

9								18.49 m
10								18.34 m
11								18.12 m
12								17.59 m

References

Results
IAAF