Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's shot put

Women's shot put at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
Venues	Estadi Olínpic de Montjuïc
Dates	3 August 1992 (1992-08-03) (qualifications) 5 August 1992 (1992-08-05) (finals)
Competitors	18 from 11 nations
Winning distance	21.06
Medalists
Svetlana Krivelyova  Unified Team Huang Zhihong  China Kathrin Neimke  Germany

These are the official results of the women's shot put event at the 1992 Summer Olympics, held on 5 August 1992, at the Olympic Stadium in Barcelona, Spain. There were a total number of 18 participating athletes. The top 12 and ties and all those reaching 18.50 metres advanced to the final.

Medalists

Gold	Svetlana Krivelyova  Unified Team
Silver	Huang Zhihong  China
Bronze	Kathrin Neimke  Germany

Abbreviations

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 1992 Summer Olympics
World Record	Natalya Lisovskaya (URS)	22.63 m	7 July 1987	Moscow, Soviet Union
Olympic Record	Ilona Slupianek (GDR)	22.41 m	24 July 1980	Moscow, Soviet Union

Qualification

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
			1	2	3
1	2	Natalya Lisovskaya (EUN)	19.58	—	—	19.58 m
2	3	Svetla Mitkova (BUL)	19.21	—	—	19.21 m
3	7	Zhou Tianhua (CHN)	17.98	18.63	—	18.63 m
4	8	Stephanie Storp (GER)	18.49	18.58	—	18.58 m
5	11	Ramona Pagel (USA)	16.53	18.02	17.89	18.02 m
6	12	Vita Pavlysh (EUN)	X	X	17.39	17.39 m
7	14	Myrtle Augee (GBR)	X	15.92	16.53	16.53 m
8	15	Pam Dukes (USA)	X	16.46	15.46	16.46 m
9	16	Georgette Reed (CAN)	15.14	15.15	15.33	15.33 m

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
			1	2	3
1	1	Svetlana Krivelyova (EUN)	19.98	—	—	19.98 m
2	4	Kathrin Neimke (GER)	19.13	—	—	19.13 m
3	5	Huang Zhihong (CHN)	18.93	—	—	18.93 m
4	6	Belsy Laza (CUB)	18.33	18.36	18.72	18.72 m
5	9	Krystyna Danilczyk-Zabawska (POL)	17.51	18.04	18.30	18.30 m
6	10	Zhen Wenhua (CHN)	18.07	X	18.17	18.17 m
7	13	Margarita Ramos (ESP)	X	16.82	16.64	16.82 m
8	17	Elli Evangelidou (CYP)	14.42	14.38	14.69	14.69 m
—	—	Bonnie Dasse (USA)				16.68 m	DSQ

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Svetlana Krivelyova (EUN)	20.34	20.09	X	19.99	20.89	21.06	21.06 m
	Huang Zhihong (CHN)	20.25	20.19	20.47	X	20.11	20.44	20.47 m
	Kathrin Neimke (GER)	19.61	18.56	19.56	19.22	X	19.78	19.78 m
4	Belsy Laza (CUB)	18.78	19.70	X	X	18.69	18.75	19.70 m
5	Zhou Tianhua (CHN)	19.11	18.66	18.64	19.26	18.34	18.57	19.26 m
6	Svetla Mitkova (BUL)	19.23	X	X	19.09	19.21	19.19	19.23 m
7	Stephanie Storp (GER)	17.58	19.10	19.08	X	18.96	18.43	19.10 m
8	Vita Pavlysh (EUN)	18.69	X	X	X	18.61	X	18.69 m
9	Natalya Lisovskaya (EUN)	18.60	X	X				18.60 m
10	Krystyna Danilczyk-Zabawska (POL)	17.61	17.89	18.29				18.29 m
11	Ramona Pagel (USA)	18.24	18.04	17.21				18.24 m
12	Zhen Wenhua (CHN)	17.56	17.81	X				17.81 m

See also

• 1988 Women's Olympic Shot Put (Seoul)
• 1990 Women's European Championships Shot Put (Split)
• 1993 Women's World Championships Shot Put (Stuttgart)
• 1994 Women's European Championships Shot Put (Helsinki)

External links

• Official Report
• Results