Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's shot put explained

Event:Women's shot put
Games:1984 Summer
Dates:3 August 1984
Venues:Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Competitors:13
Nations:8
Win Label:Winning distance
Win Value:20.48
Longnames:yes
Gold:Claudia Losch
Goldnoc:FRG
Silver:Mihaela Loghin
Silvernoc:ROM
Bronze:Gael Mulhall
Bronzenoc:AUS
Prev:1980
Next:1988

The women's shot put event at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California had an entry list of 13 competitors. The final was held on 3 August 1984.[1]

The winning margin was 1 cm which as of June 2024 remains the only time the women's shot put has been won by less than 4 cm at the Olympics.

Abbreviations

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 1984 Summer Olympics
22.53 m May 27, 1984
22.41 m July 24, 1980

Final

RankAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote
123456
19.97 20.31 19.33 20.06 19.96 20.4820.48 m
19.67 19.73 19.95 20.4720.25 20.09 20.47 m
18.10 19.1918.75 18.53 X 18.34 19.19 m
4 18.1417.76 18.01 18.08 X 17.81 18.14 m
5 17.37X 17.44 17.9617.61 17.19 17.96 m
6 X 17.90X 17.37 15.59 16.40 17.90 m
7 17.22 17.2317.10 16.83 16.32 17.19 17.23 m
8 16.62 17.2317.10 16.45 X 17.05 17.23 m
9 15.87 16.08 17.0017.00 m
10 16.76 16.9716.46 16.97 m
11 16.0615.69 15.90 16.06 m
12 14.92 15.2514.96 15.25 m
13 14.39 X 14.5914.59 m

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Athletics at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games: Women's Shot Put . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417175402/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1984/ATH/womens-shot-put.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 8 January 2018 . sports-reference.com.