Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's shot put

Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
5000 m		men		women
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		women
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
Wheelchair races

These are the official results of the Women's Shot Put event at the 1996 Summer Olympics, held on July 31, 1996, at the Turner Field in Atlanta, Georgia. There were a total number of 27 competitors, with two non-starters. The top 12 and ties, and all those reaching 18.80 metres advanced to the final.

Medalists

Gold	Astrid Kumbernuss  Germany
Silver	Xinmei Sui  China
Bronze	Irina Khudorozhkina  Russia

Abbreviations

• All results shown are in metres

Q	automatic qualification
q	qualification by rank
DNS	did not start
NM	no mark
OR	olympic record
WR	world record
AR	area record
NR	national record
PB	personal best
SB	season best

Records

Standing records prior to the 1996 Summer Olympics
World Record	Natalya Lisovskaya (URS)	22.63 m	June 7, 1987	Moscow, Soviet Union
Olympic Record	Ilona Slupianek (GDR)	22.41 m	July 24, 1980	Moscow, Soviet Union

Qualification

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
			1	2	3
1	1	Astrid Kumbernuss (GER)	19.93	—	—	19.93 m
2	5	Connie Price-Smith (USA)	18.79	X	19.08	19.08 m
3	6	Vita Pavlysh (UKR)	17.49	19.04	—	19.04 m
4	7	Irina Korzhanenko (RUS)	X	18.92	—	18.92 m
5	13	Yumileidi Cumbá (CUB)	18.44	18.55	18.47	18.55 m
6	14	Li Meisu (CHN)	17.88	X	18.39	18.39 m
7	15	Svetlana Krivelyova (RUS)	18.23	17.60	17.86	18.23 m
8	16	Valeyta Althouse (USA)	17.62	17.54	18.16	18.16 m
9	17	Elvira Urusova (GEO)	16.61	17.27	17.69	17.69 m
10	19	Karoliina Lundahl (FIN)	17.14	16.97	X	17.14 m
11	22	Yelena Baltabayeva (KAZ)	16.40	X	15.35	16.40 m
12	23	Teresa Machado (POR)	15.91	15.62	15.60	15.91 m
—	—	Huang Zhihong (CHN)	—	—	—	DNS

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
			1	2	3
1	2	Sui Xinmei (CHN)	19.36	—	—	19.36 m
2	3	Stephanie Storp (GER)	19.29	—	—	19.29 m
3	4	Valentyna Fedyushyna (UKR)	19.22	—	—	19.22 m
4	7	Irina Khudorozhkina (RUS)	X	17.73	19.03	19.03 m
5	8	Kathrin Neimke (GER)	19.02	—	—	19.02 m
6	10	Belsy Laza (CUB)	18.15	18.61	18.58	18.61 m
7	11	Judy Oakes (GBR)	18.37	18.56	18.45	18.56 m
8	12	Ramona Pagel (USA)	17.61	18.55	18.48	18.55 m
9	18	Svetla Mitkova (BUL)	17.41	17.48	17.30	17.48 m
10	20	Lee Myung-Sun (KOR)	15.90	16.92	16.64	16.92 m
11	21	Elisângela Adriano (BRA)	X	16.49	14.61	16.49 m
12	24	Nada Kawar (JOR)	15.28	X	14.73	15.28 m
13	25	Lisa Misipeka (ASA)	13.40	13.72	13.74	13.74 m
—	—	Corrie de Bruin (NED)	—	—	—	DNS

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Astrid Kumbernuss (GER)	20.56	X	19.67	X	X	20.47	20.56 m
	Sui Xinmei (CHN)	19.06	18.95	19.88	19.24	19.21	19.43	19.88 m
	Irina Khudorozhkina (RUS)	19.35	X	X	X	—	—	19.35 m
4	Vita Pavlysh (UKR)	17.30	18.20	19.30	18.21	19.23	X	19.30 m
5	Connie Price-Smith (USA)	18.44	18.61	19.22	X	X	X	19.22 m
6	Stephanie Storp (GER)	18.91	X	X	18.06	18.25	19.06	19.06 m
7	Kathrin Neimke (GER)	17.87	18.40	18.92	X	18.62	18.65	18.92 m
8	Irina Korzhanenko (RUS)	18.43	X	18.55	18.65	18.50	18.68	18.68 m
9	Ramona Pagel (USA)	16.57	18.48	17.55				18.48 m
10	Belsy Laza (CUB)	X	18.40	18.40				18.40 m
11	Judy Oakes (GBR)	18.34	18.10	18.18				18.34 m
12	Valentyna Fedyushyna (UKR)	X	X	17.99				17.99 m

See also

• 1995 World Championships in Athletics - Women's Shot Put
• 1996 Shot Put Year Ranking
• 1997 World Championships in Athletics - Women's Shot Put

References

• Official Report
• Results
• sports-reference