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 entrylist of 13 competitors. The final was held on 3 August 1984.

Medalists

Gold	Claudia Losch  West Germany
Silver	Mihaela Loghin  Romania
Bronze	Gael Mulhall  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	Natalya Lisovskaya (URS)	22.53 m	May 27, 1984	Sochi, Soviet Union
Olympic Record	Ilona Slupianek (GDR)	22.41 m	July 24, 1980	Moscow, Soviet Union

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Claudia Losch (FRG)	19.97	20.31	19.33	20.06	19.96	20.48	20.48 m
	Mihaela Loghin (ROM)	19.67	19.73	19.95	20.47	20.25	20.09	20.47 m
	Gael Mulhall (AUS)	18.10	19.19	18.75	18.53	X	18.34	19.19 m
4	Judy Oakes (GBR)	18.14	17.76	18.01	18.08	X	17.81	18.14 m
5	Li Meisu (CHN)	17.37	X	17.44	17.96	17.61	17.19	17.96 m
6	Venissa Head (GBR)	X	17.90	X	17.37	15.59	16.40	17.90 m
7	Carol Cady (USA)	17.22	17.23	17.10	16.83	16.32	17.19	17.23 m
8	Florența Crăciunescu (ROM)	16.62	17.23	17.10	16.45	X	17.05	17.23 m
9	Lorna Griffin (USA)	15.87	16.08	17.00				17.00 m
10	Yang Yanqin (CHN)	16.76	16.97	16.46				16.97 m
11	Ramona Pagel (USA)	16.06	15.69	15.90				16.06 m
12	Carmen Ionesco (CAN)	14.92	15.25	14.96				15.25 m
13	Odette Mistoul (GAB)	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)
• 1986 Women's European Championships Shot Put (Stuttgart)
• 1987 Women's World Championships Shot Put (Rome)

References

• Results
• sports-reference