1991 World Championships in Athletics – Women's shot put

Events at the 1991 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 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

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

Schedule

• All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

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

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

Qualifying round

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

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Huang Zhihong (CHN)							20.83 m
	Natalya Lisovskaya (URS)							20.29 m
	Svetlana Krivelyova (URS)							20.16 m
4	Claudia Losch (GER)							19.74 m
5	Zhou Tianhua (CHN)							19.64 m
6	Stephanie Storp (GER)							19.50 m
7	Marina Antonyuk (URS)							19.12 m
8	Kathrin Neimke (GER)							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

• 1988 Women's Olympic Shot Put (Seoul)
• 1990 Women's European Championships Shot Put (Split)
• 1991 Shot Put Year Ranking
• 1992 Women's Olympic Shot Put (Barcelona)
• 1994 Women's European Championships Shot Put (Helsinki)

References

• Results
• IAAF