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

Women's shot put
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
Women's shot put; at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
Venues	Olympic Stadium
Dates	September 30, 1988 (qualifications); October 1, 1988 (finals)
Competitors	26 from 14 nations
Winning distance	22.24
Medalists
	← 1984 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]

Medalists edit

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

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

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
Rank	Overall	Athlete	1	2	3	Distance	Note
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 Šilhavá (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

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
Rank	Overall	Athlete	1	2	3	Distance	Note
1	5	Ines Müller (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

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
Rank	Athlete	1	2	3	4	5	6	Distance	Note
	Natalya Lisovskaya (URS)	21.69	21.49	21.24	21.74	21.11	22.24	22.24 m
	Kathrin Neimke (GDR)	19.64	20.07	19.82	20.37	20.72	21.07	21.07 m
	Li Meisu (CHN)	19.99	20.03	20.72	20.49	21.06	20.84	21.06 m
4	Ines Müller (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 Šilhavá (TCH)	16.85	18.86	X				18.86 m
12	Bonnie Dasse (USA)	17.60	17.59	17.51				17.60 m

^ "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.