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

Event:	Women's shot put
Games:	1988 Summer
Dates:	(qualifications) (finals)
Venues:	Olympic Stadium
Competitors:	26
Nations:	14
Win Label:	Winning distance
Win Value:	22.24
Longnames:	yes
Gold:	Natalya Lisovskaya
Goldnoc:	URS
Silver:	Kathrin Neimke
Silvernoc:	GDR
Bronze:	Li Meisu
Bronzenoc:	CHN
Prev:	1984
Next:	1992

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.

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 1988 Summer Olympics
		22.63 m	July 7, 1987
		22.41 m	July 24, 1980

Qualification

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
			1	2	3
1	1		18.82	20.39	-	20.39 m
2	2		20.30	-	-	20.30 m
3	3		20.18	-	-	20.18 m
4	4		19.22	20.06	-	20.06 m
5	7		19.74	-	-	19.74 m
6	9		19.55	-	-	19.56 m
7	10		18.80	19.53	-	19.53 m
8	11		19.29	19.45	18.94	19.45 m
9	13		16.93	19.05	19.06	19.06 m
10	18		15.61	X	17.09	17.09 m
11	20		15.13	14.86	X	15.13 m
12	21		15.13	14.85	14.42	15.13 m
13	25		12.31	X	11.18	12.31 m

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
			1	2	3
1	5		19.79	-	-	19.79 m
2	6		19.78	-	-	19.78 m
3	8		19.71	-	-	19.71 m
4	12		19.26	19.40	X	19.40 m
5	14		18.79	19.06	X	19.06 m
6	15		18.55	18.45	18.36	18.55 m
7	16		17.76	18.34	18.02	18.34 m
8	17		16.85	16.44	17.31	17.31 m
9	19		14.87	15.35	16.02	16.02 m
10	22		15.06	15.05	14.58	15.06 m
11	23		13.90	13.44	13.97	13.97 m
12	24		11.84	12.73	12.61	12.73 m
-	-		-	-	-	DNS

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
		21.69	21.49	21.24	21.74	21.11	22.24	22.24 m
		19.64	20.07	19.82	20.37	20.72	21.07	21.07 m
		19.99	20.03	20.72	20.49	21.06	20.84	21.06 m
4		20.37	19.34	X	X	19.55	20.34	20.37 m
5		20.08	X	19.40	20.27	X	X	20.27 m
6		19.94	20.20	19.71	20.16	X	19.75	20.20 m
7		19.37	19.86	19.18	X	19.60	20.13	20.13 m
8		18.26	19.15	19.82	19.79	19.73	19.56	19.82 m
9		19.69	X	19.65				19.69 m
10		18.29	18.79	19.09				19.09 m
11		16.85	18.86	X				18.86 m
12		17.60	17.59	17.51				17.60 m

See also

• 1986 Women's European Championships Shot Put (Stuttgart)
• 1987 Women's World Championships Shot Put (Rome)
• 1990 Women's European Championships Shot Put (Split)
• 1991 Women's World Championships Shot Put (Tokyo)

External links

• Official Report
• todor66

Notes and References

1. Web site: Athletics at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Women's Shot Put . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417175419/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1988/ATH/womens-shot-put.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 8 January 2018 . sports-reference.com.