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

Event:	Women's shot put
Games:	1980 Summer
Date:	24 July
Venue:	Lenin Central Stadium
Competitors:	14
Nations:	8
Win Label:	Winning distance
Win Value:	22.41
Longnames:	yes
Gold:	Ilona Slupianek
Goldnoc:	GDR
Silver:	Svetlana Krachevskaia
Silvernoc:	URS
Bronze:	Margitta Pufe
Bronzenoc:	GDR
Prev:	1976
Next:	1984

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]

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
		22.45 m	May 10, 1980
		21.16 m	July 31, 1976	Montreal, Canada
Broken records during the 1980 Summer Olympics
		21.20 m	July 24, 1980
		22.41 m	July 24, 1980

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
		22.41	21.81	21.42	21.60	22.00	21.85	22.41 m	OR
		20.00	20.67	21.42	X	21.03	X	21.42 m
		21.20	21.07	20.42	20.72	20.05	20.36	21.20 m
4		20.74	X	X	X	20.02	21.15	21.15 m
5		20.72	19.75	20.55	20.37	X	X	20.72 m
6		20.22	19.80	19.56	19.83	20.00	20.18	20.22 m
7		19.64	19.63	19.74	X	X	19.28	19.74 m
8		19.19	19.66	19.49	19.03	19.65	19.63	19.66 m
9		19.20	19.37	18.91				19.37 m
10		17.43	18.40	X				18.40 m
11		18.34	X	18.28				18.34 m
12		17.45	X	18.00				18.00 m
13		16.14	16.35	17.53				17.53 m
14		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)

External links

• Results

Notes and References

1. Web site: Athletics at the 1980 Moscow Summer Games: Women's Shot Put . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417175413/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1980/ATH/womens-shot-put.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 8 January 2018 . sports-reference.com.
2. Web site: ATHLETICS SHOT PUT WOMEN RESULTS . Olympics.com.