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

Women's shot put at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Pictogram for athletics
Venue	Centennial Olympic Stadium
Date	31 July 1996 (qualifications) 2 August 1996 (finals)
Competitors	25 from 16 nations
Winning distance	20.56
Medalists
Astrid Kumbernuss Germany Xinmei Sui China Irina Khudoroshkina Russia

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.^[1]

Medalists

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

Abbreviations

• All results shown are in metres

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 Khudoroshkina (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 Khudoroshkina (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

External links

• Official Report
• Results