The women's shot put event at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea had an entry list of 26 competitors, with two qualifying groups before the final (12) took place on Saturday October 1, 1988.

The winning margin was 1.17 metres which as of June 2024 remains the only time the women's shot put has been won by more than 1.1 metres at the Olympics.

Medalists

Abbreviations All results shown are in metres Q automatic qualification q qualification by rankDNS did not startNM no markOR olympic recordWR world recordAR area recordNR national recordPB personal bestSB season best

Records Standing records prior to the 1988 Summer Olympics World Record 22.63 m July 7, 1987 Moscow, Soviet Union Olympic Record 22.41 m July 24, 1980 Moscow, Soviet Union

Qualification

Group A RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote123 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 14.86 X 15.13 m 12 21 15.13 14.85 14.42 15.13 m 13 25 12.31 X 11.18 12.31 m

Group B RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote123 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 RankAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote123456 21.69 21.49 21.24 21.74 21.11 22.24 22.24 m 19.64 20.07 19.82 20.37 20.72 21.07 21.07 m 19.99 20.03 20.72 20.49 21.06 20.84 21.06 m 4 20.37 19.34 X X 19.55 20.34 20.37 m 5 20.08 X 19.40 20.27 X X 20.27 m 6 19.94 20.20 19.71 20.16 X 19.75 20.20 m 7 19.37 19.86 19.18 X 19.60 20.13 20.13 m 8 18.26 19.15 19.82 19.79 19.73 19.56 19.82 m 9 19.69 X 19.65 19.69 m 10 18.29 18.79 19.09 19.09 m 11 16.85 18.86 X 18.86 m 12 17.60 17.59 17.51 17.60 m

See also 1986 Women's European Championships Shot Put (Stuttgart) 1987 Women's World Championships Shot Put (Rome) 1990 Women's European Championships Shot Put (Split) 1991 Women's World Championships Shot Put (Tokyo)

References

External links Official Report todor66