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

The Women's Shot Put
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 1988 Summer Olympics
Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics
At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul a total number of 42 events in athletics were contested: 24 by men and 18 by women. There were a total number of 1617 participating athletes from 149 countries.-Men's events:...

in Seoul, South Korea had an entrylist of 26 competitors, with two qualifying groups before the final (12) took place on Saturday October 1, 1988.

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 1988 Summer Olympics
World Record		22.63 m	July 7, 1987	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....
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....

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
Rank	Overall	Athlete	1	2	3	Distance	Note
1	1		18.82	20.39	—	20.39 m
2	2		20.30	—	—	20.30 m
3	3		20.18	—	—	20.18 m
4	4		19.22	20.06	—	20.06 m
5	7		19.74	—	—	19.74 m
6	9		19.55	—	—	19.56 m
7	10		18.80	19.53	—	19.53 m
8	11		19.29	19.45	18.94	19.45 m
9	13		16.93	19.05	19.06	19.06 m
10	18		15.61	X	17.09	17.09 m
11	20		15.13	14.85	14.42	15.13 m
12	21		15.13	14.86	X	15.13 m
13	25		12.31	X	11.18	12.31 m

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
Rank	Overall	Athlete	1	2	3	Distance	Note
1	5		19.79	—	—	19.79 m
2	6		19.78	—	—	19.78 m
3	8		19.71	—	—	19.71 m
4	12		19.26	19.40	X	19.40 m
5	14		18.79	19.06	X	19.06 m
6	15		18.55	18.45	18.36	18.55 m
7	16		17.76	18.34	18.02	18.34 m
8	17		16.85	16.44	17.31	17.31 m
9	19		14.87	15.35	16.02	16.02 m
10	22		15.06	15.05	14.58	15.06 m
11	23		13.90	13.44	13.97	13.97 m
12	24		11.84	12.73	12.61	12.73 m
—	—		—	—	—	DNS

Final