1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's shot put

Events at the 1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics
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
5000 m walk				women
10,000 m walk		men
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Javelin throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The women's shot put event at the 1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Seoul, Korea, at Olympic Stadium on 16 and 17 September.^[1][2]

Medalists

Gold	Wang Yawen  China
Silver	Zhang Zhiying  China
Bronze	Olga Ilyina  Commonwealth of Independent States

Results

Final

17 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts						Result	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
	Wang Yawen	China	18.05	17.36	18.02	17.40	17.53	17.64	18.05
	Zhang Zhiying	China	17.15	18.03	13.59	16.52	16.95	16.31	18.03
	Olga Ilyina	Commonwealth of Independent States	16.72	16.65	16.60	x	17.20	16.51	17.20
4	Yumileidi Cumbá	Cuba	x	16.88	16.90	16.45	15.82	17.06	17.06
5	Danijela Čurović	Yugoslavia	15.95	x	15.51	16.25	16.00	16.35	16.35
6	Claudia Mues	Germany	14.97	x	15.41	15.22	x	14.90	15.41
7	Oksana Chernykh	Commonwealth of Independent States	14.62	15.24	15.00	15.39	15.26	15.00	15.39
8	Lee Myeong-Seon	South Korea	15.28	15.29	15.33	14.38	14.96	14.53	15.33
9	Marika Tuliniemi	Finland	x	15.10	13.23				15.10
10	Ekateríni Lemonidou	Greece	14.22	14.45	14.07				14.45
11	Alison Grey	United Kingdom	x	13.84	14.20				14.20
12	Nadine Kleinert	Germany	13.84	14.10	x				14.10

Qualifications

16 Sep

Group A

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Zhang Zhiying	China	16.88	-	-	16.88	Q
2	Marika Tuliniemi	Finland	16.16	-	-	16.16	Q
3	Danijela Čurović	Yugoslavia	15.30	-	-	15.30	Q
4	Oksana Chernykh	Commonwealth of Independent States	15.15	-	-	15.15	Q
5	Claudia Mues	Germany	x	14.79	15.12	15.12	Q
6	Ekateríni Lemonidou	Greece	13.81	14.28	14.74	14.74	q
7	Rita Lora	Spain	13.28	x	14.59	14.59
8	Miyoko Nakanishi	Japan	13.25	12.61	13.08	13.25
9	Wenche Kristensen	Norway	x	12.55	13.25	13.25
10	Melinda Wirtz	United States	12.11	12.28	12.98	12.98
11	Kim Jung-Min	South Korea	x	x	x	NM

Group B

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Wang Yawen	China	17.80	-	-	17.80	Q
2	Olga Ilyina	Commonwealth of Independent States	16.15	-	-	16.15	Q
3	Yumileidi Cumbá	Cuba	x	16.12	-	16.12	Q
4	Lee Myeong-Seon	South Korea	15.35	-	-	15.35	Q
5	Alison Grey	United Kingdom	13.75	15.25	-	15.25	Q
6	Nadine Kleinert	Germany	14.90	14.89	14.20	14.90	q
7	Beatrice Faumuina	New Zealand	12.83	14.58	14.30	14.58
8	Petra Jurášková	Czechoslovakia	14.05	13.57	14.55	14.55
9	Michelle Haage	Australia	14.11	13.36	13.46	14.11
10	Kristin Heaston	United States	13.49	14.00	13.68	14.00
11	Sunisa Yooyao	Thailand	13.33	13.50	13.49	13.50

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 22 athletes from 17 countries participated in the event.

•  Australia (1)
•  China (2)
•  Commonwealth of Independent States (2)
•  Cuba (1)
•  Czechoslovakia (1)
•  Finland (1)
•  Germany (2)
•  Greece (1)
•  Japan (1)
•  New Zealand (1)
•  Norway (1)
•  South Korea (2)
•  Spain (1)
•  Thailand (1)
•  United Kingdom (1)
•  United States (2)
•  Yugoslavia (1)

References

1. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1992 Seoul KOR Sep 16-20, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 5 Mar 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
2. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015