Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics - Women's shot put
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The Women's Shot Put
event at the 1984 Summer Olympics
in Los Angeles, California
had an entrylist of 13 competitors. The final was held on 3 August 1984.
Shot put
The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" a heavy metal ball—the shot—as far as possible. It is common to use the term "shot put" to refer to both the shot itself and to the putting action....
event at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics
At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, 41 events in athletics were contested, 24 events by men and 17 by women. There were a total number of 1273 participating athletes from 124 countries.-Men's events:-Women's events:...
in Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, California
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had an entrylist of 13 competitors. The final was held on 3 August 1984.
Medalists
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 1984 Summer Olympics | ||||
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| World Record | 22.53 m | May 27, 1984 |  SochiSochi Sochi is a city in Krasnodar Krai, Russia, situated just north of Russia's border with the de facto independent republic of Abkhazia, on the Black Sea coast. Greater Sochi sprawls for along the shores of the Black Sea near the Caucasus Mountains... , Soviet Union Soviet Union The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991.... |
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| Olympic Record | 22.41 m | July 24, 1980 | Moscow Moscow Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent... , Soviet Union Soviet Union The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991.... |
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Final
| Rank | Athlete | Attempts | Distance | Note | |||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| 19.97 | 20.31 | 19.33 | 20.06 | 19.96 | 20.48 | 20.48 m | |||
| 19.67 | 19.73 | 19.95 | 20.47 | 20.25 | 20.09 | 20.47 m | |||
| 18.10 | 19.19 | 18.75 | 18.53 | X | 18.34 | 19.19 m | |||
| 4 | 18.14 | 17.76 | 18.01 | 18.08 | X | 17.81 | 18.14 m | ||
| 5 | 17.37 | X | 17.44 | 17.96 | 17.61 | 17.19 | 17.96 m | ||
| 6 | X | 17.90 | X | 17.37 | 15.59 | 16.40 | 17.90 m | ||
| 7 | 17.22 | 17.23 | 17.10 | 16.83 | 16.32 | 17.19 | 17.23 m | ||
| 8 | 16.62 | 17.23 | 17.10 | 16.45 | X | 17.05 | 17.23 m | ||
| 9 | 15.87 | 16.08 | 17.00 | 17.00 m | |||||
| 10 | 16.76 | 16.97 | 16.46 | 16.97 m | |||||
| 11 | 16.06 | 15.69 | 15.90 | 16.06 m | |||||
| 12 | 14.92 | 15.25 | 14.96 | 15.25 m | |||||
| 13 | 14.39 | X | 14.59 | 14.59 m | |||||
See also
- 1982 Women's European Championships Shot Put (Athens)1982 European Championships in Athletics - Women's Shot PutThese are the official results of the Women's Shot Put event at the 1982 European Championships in Athens, Greece. The final was held on 6 September 1982.-Final:-See also:* 1980 Women's Olympic Shot Put * 1982 Shot Put Year Ranking...
- 1983 Women's World Championships Shot Put (Helsinki)1983 World Championships in Athletics - Women's Shot PutThese are the official results of the Women's Shot Put event at the 1983 World Championships in Helsinki, Finland. The final was held on Friday August 12, 1983...
- 1986 Women's European Championships Shot Put (Stuttgart)1986 European Championships in Athletics - Women's Shot PutThese are the official results of the Women's shot put event at the 1986 European Championships in Stuttgart, West Germany.-Final:-See also:* 1980 Women's Olympic Shot Put * 1983 Women's World Championships Shot Put...
- 1987 Women's World Championships Shot Put (Rome)1987 World Championships in Athletics - Women's Shot PutThese are the official results of the Women's Shot Put event at the 1987 World Championships in Rome, Italy. The final was held on Saturday September 5, 1987.-Medalists:-Schedule:*All times are Central European Time -Abbreviations:...