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

Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics
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
Discus throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
Wheelchair races

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.^[1]

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

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

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

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

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

• 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)

• Official Report
• Results