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

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.

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

Abbreviations All results shown are in metres Q automatic qualification q qualification by rankDNS did not startNM no markOR olympic recordWR world recordAR area recordNR national recordPB personal bestSB season best

Records Standing records prior to the 1984 Summer Olympics World Record 22.53 m May 27, 1984 Sochi, Soviet Union Olympic Record 22.41 m July 24, 1980 Moscow, Soviet Union

Final RankAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote123456 19.97 20.31 19.33 20.06 19.96 20.4820.48 m 19.67 19.73 19.95 20.4720.25 20.09 20.47 m 18.10 19.1918.75 18.53 X 18.34 19.19 m 4 18.1417.76 18.01 18.08 X 17.81 18.14 m 5 17.37 X 17.44 17.9617.61 17.19 17.96 m 6 X 17.90X 17.37 15.59 16.40 17.90 m 7 17.22 17.2317.10 16.83 16.32 17.19 17.23 m 8 16.62 17.2317.10 16.45 X 17.05 17.23 m 9 15.87 16.08 17.00 17.00 m 10 16.76 16.9716.46 16.97 m 11 16.0615.69 15.90 16.06 m 12 14.92 15.2514.96 15.25 m 13 14.39 X 14.59 14.59 m

See also 1982 Women's European Championships Shot Put (Athens) 1983 Women's World Championships Shot Put (Helsinki) 1984 Women's Friendship Games Shot Put (Prague) 1986 Women's European Championships Shot Put (Stuttgart) 1987 Women's World Championships Shot Put (Rome)

References

External links Results