1987 World Championships in Athletics – Women's shot put

Events at the 1987 World Championships
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
3000 m				women
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men		women
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men		women
10 km walk				women
20 km walk		men
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

These 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

Gold	Natalya Lisovskaya Soviet Union (URS)
Silver	Kathrin Neimke East Germany (GDR)
Bronze	Ines Müller East Germany (GDR)

Schedule

• All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)

Qualification Round
Group A	Group B
04.09.1987 – ??:??h	04.09.1987 – ??:??h
Final Round
05.09.1987 – 18:00h

Abbreviations

• 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

Standing records prior to the 1987 World Athletics Championships
World Record	Natalya Lisovskaya (URS)	22.63 m	June 7, 1987	Moscow, Soviet Union
Event Record	Helena Fibingerová (TCH)	21.05 m	August 12, 1983	Helsinki, Finland
Broken records during the 1987 World Athletics Championships
Event Record	Kathrin Neimke (GDR)	21.21 m	September 5, 1987	Rome, Italy
Event Record	Natalya Lisovskaya (URS)	21.24 m	September 5, 1987	Rome, Italy

Qualification

• Held on Friday 1987-09-04

RANK	GROUP A	DISTANCE
1.	Kathrin Neimke (GDR)	20.26 m
2.	Claudia Losch (FRG)	19.73 m
3.	Li Meisu (CHN)	19.47 m
4.	Heike Hartwig (GDR)	19.35 m
5.	Natalya Lisovskaya (URS)	19.22 m
6.	Soňa Vašíčková (TCH)	19.09 m
7.	Iris Plotzitzka (FRG)	19.08 m
8.	Judy Oakes (GBR)	18.43 m
9.	Ramona Pagel (USA)	18.12 m
10.	Asta Hovi-Ovaska (FIN)	17.89 m

RANK	GROUP B	DISTANCE
1.	Helena Fibingerová (TCH)	20.40 m
2.	Ines Müller (GDR)	19.96 m
3.	Stephanie Storp (FRG)	19.64 m
4.	Mihaela Loghin (ROU)	19.27 m
5.	Natalya Akhrimenko (URS)	19.21 m
6.	Huang Zhihong (CHN)	19.18 m
7.	Svetla Mitkova-Sınırtaş (BUL)	19.07 m
8.	Bonnie Dasse (USA)	17.68 m
9.	Deborah Saint-Phard (HAI)	16.54 m
10.	Melody Torcolacci (CAN)	15.98 m

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Natalya Lisovskaya (URS)							21.24 m
	Kathrin Neimke (GDR)							21.21 m
	Ines Müller (GDR)							20.76 m
4	Claudia Losch (FRG)							20.73 m
5	Natalya Akhrimenko (URS)							20.68 m
6	Heike Hartwig (GDR)							20.63 m
7	Li Meisu (CHN)							20.43 m
8	Helena Fibingerová (TCH)							20.29 m
9	Svetla Mitkova-Sınırtaş (BUL)							19.37m
10	Stephanie Storp (FRG)							19.36 m
11	Huang Zhihong (CHN)							19.35 m
12	Iris Plotzitzka (FRG)							19.19 m
13	Soňa Vašíčková (TCH)							18.71 m
—	Mihaela Loghin (ROU)							DNS

See also

• 1982 Women's European Championships Shot Put (Athens)
• 1984 Women's Olympic Shot Put (Los Angeles)
• 1986 Women's European Championships Shot Put (Stuttgart)
• 1987 Shot Put Year Ranking
• 1988 Women's Olympic Shot Put (Seoul)

References

• Results