1991 World Championships in Athletics – Women's shot put

These are the official results of the Women's Shot Put event at the 1991 IAAF World Championships in Tokyo, Japan. There were a total number of 24 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups and the final held on Saturday August 24, 1991. The qualification mark was set at 18.50 metres.

Medalists

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Gold China Huang Zhihong
PR China (CHN)
Silver Soviet Union Natalya Lisovskaya
Soviet Union (URS)
Bronze Soviet Union Svetlana Krivelyova
Soviet Union (URS)

Schedule

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Qualification Round
Group A Group B
24.08.1991 – 09:30h 24.08.1991 – 09:30h
Final Round
24.08.1991 – 17:40h

Abbreviations

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  • All results shown are in metres
Q automatic qualification
q qualification by rank
DNS did not start
NM no mark
WR world record
AR area record
NR national record
PB personal best
SB season best

Records

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Standing records prior to the 1991 World Athletics Championships
World Record  Natalya Lisovskaya (URS) 22.63 m June 7, 1987 Soviet Union Moscow, Soviet Union
Event Record  Natalya Lisovskaya (URS) 21.24 m September 5, 1987 Italy Rome, Italy

Qualifying round

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RANK GROUP A DISTANCE
1.  Natalya Lisovskaya (URS) 19.72 m
2.  Zhou Tianhua (CHN) 19.38 m
3.  Claudia Losch (GER) 18.83 m
4.  Kathrin Neimke (GER) 18.59 m
5.  Svetla Mitkova (BUL) 18.54 m
6.  Krystyna Danilczyk-Zabawska (POL) 18.15 m
7.  Connie Price-Smith (USA) 18.09 m
8.  Judy Oakes (GBR) 17.81 m
9.  Asta Hovi-Ovaska (FIN) 17.15 m
10.  Margarita Ramos (ESP) 15.89 m
11.  Hanane Khaled (EGY) 14.76 m
12.  Iammo Launa (PNG) 12.56 m


RANK GROUP B DISTANCE
1.  Stephanie Storp (GER) 19.52 m
2.  Huang Zhihong (CHN) 19.14 m
3.  Marina Antonyuk (URS) 18.80 m
4.  Svetlana Krivelyova (URS) 18.66 m
5.  Belsy Laza (CUB) 18.32 m
6.  Ramona Pagel (USA) 17.99 m
7.  Myrtle Augee (GBR) 17.80 m
8.  Pam Dukes (USA) 17.17 m
9.  Agnese Maffeis (ITA) 16.99 m
10.  Mihaela Oana (ROM) 16.73 m
11.  Elisângela Adriano (BRA) 15.93 m
12.  Seng Tea Ai (BRU) 11.49 m

Final

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Rank Athlete Attempts Distance Note
1 2 3 4 5 6
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Huang Zhihong (CHN) 20.64 20.83 20.51 X X 20.43 20.83 m
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Natalya Lisovskaya (URS) 20.15 X 19.95 X 20.29 X 20.29 m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Svetlana Krivelyova (URS) 19.88 19.77 20.16 19.31 19.91 19.74 20.16 m
4  Claudia Losch (GER) 18.97 19.74 X 18.41 19.32 19.44 19.74 m
5  Zhou Tianhua (CHN) 19.32 19.64 X 19.05 X X 19.64 m
6  Stephanie Storp (GER) 19.50 X 17.85 18.88 18.76 X 19.50 m
7  Marina Antonyuk (URS) 19.12 X X X X X 19.12 m
8  Kathrin Neimke (GER) 18.81 18.52 18.39 18.63 18.83 18.63 18.83 m
9  Belsy Laza (CUB) 18.49 m
10  Svetla Mitkova (BUL) 18.34 m
11  Connie Price-Smith (USA) 18.12 m
12  Krystyna Danilczyk-Zabawska (POL) 17.59 m

See also

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References

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