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Shot Put, Women

Date 3 August 1984 — 18:15
StatusOlympic
LocationLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, California
Participants13 from 8 countries
FormatFinal only.

Without the East Germans, Soviets and Bulgarians, this was no better than a minor league competition. No competitor had ever medaled at the World or European Championships. The entry list of only 13 saw the officials eliminate the qualifying round and go straight into a final. Claudia Losch (FRG) led in round one with 19.97 and bettered that in round two with 20.31. But Romania’s Mihaela Loghin took the lead with a fourth-round throw of 20.47. In the final round, Losch led off with 20.48 to take back the lead by one centimeter, and Loghin could not respond. Bronze medalist Gael Martin (AUS) had been the 1978 Commonwealth Games champion and would also win that title in 1986.

PosNrAthleteNOCDistanceR1R2R3R4R5R6
1Claudia LoschFRG20.4819.97 (1)20.31 (1)19.33 (1)20.06 (2)19.96 (2)20.48 (NP)Gold
2Mihaela LoghinROU20.4719.67 (2)19.73 (2)19.95 (2)20.47 (1)20.25 (1)20.09 (NP)Silver
3Gael MartinAUS19.1918.10 (4)19.19 (3)18.75 (3)18.53 (3)x (3)18.34 (NP)Bronze
4Judy OakesGBR18.1418.14 (3)17.76 (4)18.01 (4)18.08 (4)x (4)17.81 (NP)
5Li MeisuCHN17.9617.37 (5)x (6)17.44 (6)17.96 (5)17.61 (5)17.19 (NP)
6Venissa HeadGBR17.90x (NP)17.90 (5)x (5)17.37 (6)15.59 (6)16.40 (NP)
7Carol CadyUSA17.2317.22 (6)17.23 (7)17.10 (7)16.83 (7)16.32 (7)17.19 (NP)
8Florenţa CrăciunescuROU17.2316.62 (8)17.23 (8)17.10 (8)16.45 (8)x (8)17.05 (NP)
9Lorna GriffinUSA17.0015.87 (10)16.08 (10)17.00 (9)
10Yang YanqinCHN16.9716.76 (7)16.97 (9)16.48 (10)
11Ramona PagelUSA16.0616.06 (9)15.69 (11)15.90 (11)
12Carmen IonescuCAN15.2514.92 (11)15.25 (12)14.96 (12)
13Odette MistoulGAB14.5914.39 (12)x (13)14.59 (13)