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Shot Put, Women

Date30 September – 1 October 1988
StatusOlympic
LocationOl-lim-pik Ju-gyeong-gi-jang, Seoul Sports Complex, Seoul
Participants25 from 14 countries

The leading qualifier was the defending champion Claudia Losch (FRG), but the favorite was Nataliya Lisovskaya (URS), who had won the 1987 World Championships. The event was over in round one when Lisovskaya threw 21.69 (71-2). She absolutely dominated the competition, as her shortest throw of 21.11 (69-3¼) would have won the gold medal.

PosNrAthleteNOCQualifyingFinal
1533Nataliya LisovskayaURS19.78 (6)22.24 (1)Gold
2280Kathrin NeimkeGDR20.18 (3)21.07 (2)Silver
395Li MeisuCHN20.30 (2)21.06 (3)Bronze
4278Ines MüllerGDR19.79 (5)20.37 (4)
5190Claudia LoschFRG20.39 (1)20.27 (5)
6268Heike HartwigGDR20.06 (4)20.20 (6)
7508Nataliya AkhrimenkoURS19.40 (12)20.13 (7)
891Huang ZhihongCHN19.71 (8)19.82 (8)
987Cong YuzhenCHN19.55 (9)19.69 (9)
1051Svetla MitkovaBUL19.53 (10)19.09 (10)
11492Zdeňka ŠilhaváTCH19.74 (7)18.86 (11)
12560Bonnie DasseUSA19.45 (11)17.60 (12)
13 r1/2521Valentyna FediushynaURS19.06 (13)
14 r1/2193Iris PlotzitzkaFRG19.06 (14)
15 r1/2591Ramona PagelUSA18.55 (15)
16 r1/2238Judy OakesGBR18.34 (16)
17 r1/2208Myrtle AugeeGBR17.31 (17)
18 r1/2593Connie PriceUSA17.09 (18)
19 r1/2313Deborah Saint PhardHAI16.02 (19)
20 r1/2222Yvonne Hanson-NorteyGBR15.13 (20)
21 r1/2125María Isabel UrrutiaCOL15.13 (21)
22 r1/2425Grace ApiafiNGR15.06 (22)
23 r1/2387Choi Mi-SeonKOR13.97 (23)
24 r1/2118Jeanne-Nicole Ngo MinyemeckCMR12.73 (24)
25 r1/2494Siololovau IkavukaTGA12.31 (25)
DNS493Soňa VašíčkováTCH– (DNS)

Qualifying Round (30 September 1988 — 12:30)

Top 12 and ties and all those reaching 19.50 metres advanced to the final.

PosAthleteNOCDistance2nd Best
1Claudia LoschFRG20.39Q
2Li MeisuCHN20.30Q
3Kathrin NeimkeGDR20.18Q
4Heike HartwigGDR20.06Q
5Ines MüllerGDR19.79Q
6Nataliya LisovskayaURS19.78Q
7Zdeňka ŠilhaváTCH19.74Q
8Huang ZhihongCHN19.71Q
9Cong YuzhenCHN19.55Q
10Svetla MitkovaBUL19.53Q
11Bonnie DasseUSA19.45q
12Nataliya AkhrimenkoURS19.40q
13Valentyna FediushynaURS19.0619.05
14Iris PlotzitzkaFRG19.0618.79
15Ramona PagelUSA18.55
16Judy OakesGBR18.34
17Myrtle AugeeGBR17.31
18Connie PriceUSA17.09
19Deborah Saint PhardHAI16.02
20Yvonne Hanson-NorteyGBR15.1314.86
21María Isabel UrrutiaCOL15.1314.85
22Grace ApiafiNGR15.06
23Choi Mi-SeonKOR13.97
24Jeanne-Nicole Ngo MinyemeckCMR12.73
25Siololovau IkavukaTGA12.31
DNSSoňa VašíčkováTCH

Qualifying Round, Group A (30 September 1988)

PosOrdAthleteNOCDistanceR1R2R3
113Claudia LoschFRG20.3918.8220.39-
28Li MeisuCHN20.3020.30--
37Kathrin NeimkeGDR20.1820.18--
46Heike HartwigGDR20.0619.2220.06-
512Zdeňka ŠilhaváTCH19.7419.74--
63Cong YuzhenCHN19.5519.55--
71Svetla MitkovaBUL19.5318.8019.53-
811Bonnie DasseUSA19.4519.2919.4518.94
95Valentyna FediushynaURS19.0616.9319.0519.06
1010Connie PriceUSA17.0915.61×17.09
119Yvonne Hanson-NorteyGBR15.1315.1314.86×
122María Isabel UrrutiaCOL15.1315.1314.8514.42
134Siololovau IkavukaTGA12.3112.31×11.18

Qualifying Round, Group B (30 September 1988)

PosOrdAthleteNOCDistanceR1R2R3
17Ines MüllerGDR19.7919.79--
26Nataliya LisovskayaURS19.7819.78--
31Huang ZhihongCHN19.7119.71--
413Nataliya AkhrimenkoURS19.4019.2619.40×
512Iris PlotzitzkaFRG19.0618.7919.06×
611Ramona PagelUSA18.5518.5518.4518.36
710Judy OakesGBR18.3417.7618.3418.02
89Myrtle AugeeGBR17.3116.8516.4417.31
98Deborah Saint PhardHAI16.0214.8715.3516.02
104Grace ApiafiNGR15.0615.0615.0514.58
115Choi Mi-SeonKOR13.9713.9013.4413.97
122Jeanne-Nicole Ngo MinyemeckCMR12.7311.8412.7312.61
DNS3Soňa VašíčkováTCH

Final Round (1 October 1988 — 12:25)

PosOrdAthleteNOCDistanceR1R2R3R4R5R6
12Nataliya LisovskayaURS22.2421.6921.4921.2421.7421.1122.24
24Kathrin NeimkeGDR21.0719.6420.0719.8220.3720.7221.07
39Li MeisuCHN21.0619.9920.0320.7220.4921.0620.84
412Ines MüllerGDR20.3720.3719.34××19.5520.34
56Claudia LoschFRG20.2720.08×19.4020.27××
61Heike HartwigGDR20.2019.9420.2019.7120.16×19.75
711Nataliya AkhrimenkoURS20.1319.3719.8619.18×19.6020.13
88Huang ZhihongCHN19.8218.2619.1519.8219.7919.7319.56
95Cong YuzhenCHN19.6919.69×19.65
103Svetla MitkovaBUL19.0918.2918.7919.09
1110Zdeňka ŠilhaváTCH18.8616.8518.86×
127Bonnie DasseUSA17.6017.6017.5917.51