Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's shot put

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Women's shot put
at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
File:Athletics pictogram.svg
VenuesLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Dates3 August 1984
Competitors13 from 8 nations
Winning distance20.48
Medalists
File:Gold medal icon.svg Claudia Losch
File:Flag of Germany.svg West Germany
File:Silver medal icon.svg Mihaela Loghin
File:Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg Romania
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Gael Mulhall
File:Flag of Australia.svg Australia
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The women's shot put event at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California had an entry list of 13 competitors. The final was held on 3 August 1984.[1] The winning margin was 1 cm which as of June 2024 remains the only time the women's shot put has been won by less than 4 cm at the Olympics.

Medalists

Gold Claudia Losch
File:Flag of Germany.svg West Germany
Silver Mihaela Loghin
File:Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg Romania
Bronze Gael Mulhall
File:Flag of Australia.svg Australia

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 1984 Summer Olympics
World Record File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Natalya Lisovskaya (URS) 22.53 m May 27, 1984 File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Sochi, Soviet Union
Olympic Record File:Flag of East Germany.svg Ilona Slupianek (GDR) 22.41 m July 24, 1980 File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Moscow, Soviet Union

Final

Rank Athlete Attempts Distance Note
1 2 3 4 5 6
File:Gold medal icon.svg File:Flag of Germany.svg Claudia Losch (FRG) 19.97 20.31 19.33 20.06 19.96 20.48 20.48 m
File:Silver medal icon.svg File:Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg Mihaela Loghin (ROM) 19.67 19.73 19.95 20.47 20.25 20.09 20.47 m
File:Bronze medal icon.svg File:Flag of Australia.svg Gael Mulhall (AUS) 18.10 19.19 18.75 18.53 X 18.34 19.19 m
4 File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Judy Oakes (GBR) 18.14 17.76 18.01 18.08 X 17.81 18.14 m
5 File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Li Meisu (CHN) 17.37 X 17.44 17.96 17.61 17.19 17.96 m
6 File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Venissa Head (GBR) X 17.90 X 17.37 15.59 16.40 17.90 m
7 File:Flag of the United States.svg Carol Cady (USA) 17.22 17.23 17.10 16.83 16.32 17.19 17.23 m
8 File:Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg Florența Crăciunescu (ROM) 16.62 17.23 17.10 16.45 X 17.05 17.23 m
9 File:Flag of the United States.svg Lorna Griffin (USA) 15.87 16.08 17.00 17.00 m
10 File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yang Yanqin (CHN) 16.76 16.97 16.46 16.97 m
11 File:Flag of the United States.svg Ramona Pagel (USA) 16.06 15.69 15.90 16.06 m
12 File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Carmen Ionesco (CAN) 14.92 15.25 14.96 15.25 m
13 File:Flag of Gabon.svg Odette Mistoul (GAB) 14.39 X 14.59 14.59 m

See also

References

  1. "Athletics at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games: Women's Shot Put". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2018.

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