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Host City: Seoul, South Korea

Format: Top 12 and ties and all those reaching 19.50 metres advanced to the final.

Date Started: September 30, 1988

Date Finished: October 1, 1988

(Competitors: 25; Countries: 14; Finalists: 12)

Venue(s): Olympic Stadium, Seoul Sports Complex, Seoul

Overview by IAAF

In defence of her title Losch led the qualifiers with 20.39, but Lisovskaya – undefeated since 1986 – was favourite, and she dominated the event in a Slupianek-like way. Her first throw of 21.69 won the gold medal, and her six throws averaged 21.58, well in advance of the 21.07 and 21.06 thrown by the other medallists, Neimke and Li. Only Slupianek’s 22.41 in Moscow was better in any international championship of the 20th century. Lisovskaya later married double hammer champion Yuriy Sedykh.

Summary by Sports-reference.com

The leading qualifier was the defending champion Claudia Losch (FRG), but the favorite was Nataliya Lisovskaya (URS), who had won the 1987 World Championships. The event was over in round one when Lisovskaya threw 21.69 (71-2). She absolutely dominated the competition, as her shortest throw of 21.11 (69-3¼) would have won the gold medal.

Records

Standing records prior to the 1988 Summer Olympics
World Record	Natalya Lisovskaya (URS)	22.63 m	July 7, 1987	Moscow, Soviet Union
Olympic Record	Ilona Slupianek (GDR)	22.41 m	July 24, 1980	Moscow, Soviet Union

		Results

*Shot Put*	Women	Final	1 October

Rank	Mark	Athlete	Country	NOC	Birth Date	Records
1	22.24	Natalya Lisovskaya	Soviet Union	URS	16 Jul 62
2	21.07	Kathrin Neimke	East Germany	GDR	18 Jul 66
3	21.06	Li Meisu	China	CHN	17 Apr 59
4	20.37	Ines Müller	East Germany	GDR	2 Jan 59
5	20.27	Claudia Losch	West Germany	FRG	10 Jan 60
6	20.20	Heike Hartwig	East Germany	GDR	30 Dec 62
7	20.13	Natalya Akhrimenko	Soviet Union	URS	12 May 55
8	19.82	Huang Zhihong	China	CHN	7 May 65
9	19.69	Cong Yuzhen	China	CHN	22 Jan 63
10	19.09	Svetla Sinirtas	Bulgaria	BUL	17 Jun 64
11	18.86	Zdenka Šilhavá	Czechoslovakia	TCH	15 Jun 54
12	17.60	Bonnie Dasse	United States	USA	22 Jul 59
*Shot Put*	Women	Qualification	30 September

Rank	Mark	Athlete	Country	NOC	Birth Date	Records
1	20.39	Claudia Losch	West Germany	FRG	10 Jan 60
2	20.30	Li Meisu	China	CHN	17 Apr 59
3	20.18	Kathrin Neimke	East Germany	GDR	18 Jul 66
4	20.06	Heike Hartwig	East Germany	GDR	30 Dec 62
5	19.79	Ines Müller	East Germany	GDR	2 Jan 59
6	19.78	Natalya Lisovskaya	Soviet Union	URS	16 Jul 62
7	19.74	Zdenka Šilhavá	Czechoslovakia	TCH	15 Jun 54
8	19.71	Huang Zhihong	China	CHN	7 May 65
9	19.55	Cong Yuzhen	China	CHN	22 Jan 63
10	19.53	Svetla Sinirtas	Bulgaria	BUL	17 Jun 64
11	19.45	Bonnie Dasse	United States	USA	22 Jul 59
12	19.45	Ramona Pagel	United States	USA	10 Nov 61
13	19.40	Natalya Akhrimenko	Soviet Union	URS	12 May 55
13	19.06	Valentina Fedjuschina	Soviet Union	URS	18 Feb 65
14	19.06	Iris Plotzitzka	West Germany	FRG	7 Jan 66
16	18.34	Judy Oakes	Great Britain	GBR	14 Feb 58
17	17.31	Myrtle Augee	Great Britain	GBR	4 Feb 65
18	17.09	Connie Price-Smith	United States	USA	3 Jun 62
19	16.02	Debbie St. Phard	Haiti	HAI	28 Dec 64
20	15.13	Yvonne Nortey	Great Britain	GBR	18 Feb 64
21	15.13	Maria Isabel Urrutia	Colombia	COL	25 Mar 65
22	15.06	Grace Apiafi	Nigeria	NGR	27 Nov 58
23	13.97	Choi Mi-Sun	South Korea	KOR	10 Oct 68
24	12.73	Jeanne Ngo Minyemeck	Cameroon	CMR	18 Aug 69
25	12.31	Siulovo'vao Ikavuka	Tonga	TGA	8 Feb 68

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Qualification

Group A

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
Rank	Overall	Athlete	1	2	3	Distance	Note
1	1	Claudia Losch (FRG)	18.82	20.39	—	20.39 m
2	2	Li Meisu (CHN)	20.30	—	—	20.30 m
3	3	Kathrin Neimke (GDR)	20.18	—	—	20.18 m
4	4	Heike Hartwig (GDR)	19.22	20.06	—	20.06 m
5	7	Zdeňka Šilhavá (TCH)	19.74	—	—	19.74 m
6	9	Cong Yuzhen (CHN)	19.55	—	—	19.56 m
7	10	Svetla Mitkova (BUL)	18.80	19.53	—	19.53 m
8	11	Bonnie Dasse (USA)	19.29	19.45	18.94	19.45 m
9	13	Valentina Fedjuschina (URS)	16.93	19.05	19.06	19.06 m
10	18	Connie Price (USA)	15.61	X	17.09	17.09 m
11	20	María Isabel Urrutia (COL)	15.13	14.85	14.42	15.13 m
12	21	Yvonne Hanson-Nortey (GBR)	15.13	14.86	X	15.13 m
13	25	Siololovau Ikavuka (TGA)	12.31	X	11.18	12.31 m
Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
Rank	Overall	Athlete	1	2	3	Distance	Note
1	5	Ines Müller (GDR)	19.79	—	—	19.79 m
2	6	Natalya Lisovskaya (URS)	19.78	—	—	19.78 m
3	8	Huang Zhihong (CHN)	19.71	—	—	19.71 m
4	12	Natalya Akhrimenko (URS)	19.26	19.40	X	19.40 m
5	14	Iris Plotzitzka (FRG)	18.79	19.06	X	19.06 m
6	15	Ramona Pagel (USA)	18.55	18.45	18.36	18.55 m
7	16	Judy Oakes (GBR)	17.76	18.34	18.02	18.34 m
8	17	Myrtle Augee (GBR)	16.85	16.44	17.31	17.31 m
9	19	Deborah Saint-Phard (HAI)	14.87	15.35	16.02	16.02 m
10	22	Grace Apiafi (NGR)	15.06	15.05	14.58	15.06 m
11	23	Choi Mi-Sun (KOR)	13.90	13.44	13.97	13.97 m
12	24	Jeanne-Nicole Ngo (CMR)	11.84	12.73	12.61	12.73 m
—	—	Sona Vasickova (TCH)	—	—	—	DNS

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
Rank	Athlete	1	2	3	4	5	6	Distance	Note
	Natalya Lisovskaya (URS)	21.69	21.49	21.24	21.74	21.11	22.24	22.24 m
	Kathrin Neimke (GDR)	19.64	20.07	19.82	20.37	20.72	21.07	21.07 m
	Li Meisu (CHN)	19.99	20.03	20.72	20.49	21.06	20.84	21.06 m
4	Ines Müller (GDR)	20.37	19.34	X	X	19.55	20.34	20.37 m
5	Claudia Losch (FRG)	20.08	X	19.40	20.27	X	X	20.27 m
6	Heike Hartwig (GDR)	19.94	20.20	19.71	20.16	X	19.75	20.20 m
7	Natalya Akhrimenko (URS)	19.37	19.86	19.18	X	19.60	20.13	20.13 m
8	Huang Zhihong (CHN)	18.26	19.15	19.82	19.79	19.73	19.56	19.82 m

9	Cong Yuzhen (CHN)	19.69	X	19.65				19.69 m
10	Svetla Mitkova (BUL)	18.29	18.79	19.09				19.09 m
11	Zdeňka Šilhavá (TCH)	16.85	18.86	X				18.86 m
12	Bonnie Dasse (USA)	17.60	17.59	17.51				17.60 m