1991 World Championships in Athletics – Women's shot put

Events at the 1991 World Championships
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m		women
5000 m	men
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
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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These are the official results of the Women's Shot Put event at the 1991 IAAF World Championships in Tokyo, Japan. There were a total number of 24 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups and the final held on Saturday August 24, 1991. The qualification mark was set at 18.50 metres.

Gold	Huang Zhihong PR China (CHN)
Silver	Natalya Lisovskaya Soviet Union (URS)
Bronze	Svetlana Krivelyova Soviet Union (URS)

• All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

• All results shown are in metres

Standing records prior to the 1991 World Athletics Championships
World Record	Natalya Lisovskaya (URS)	22.63 m	June 7, 1987	Moscow, Soviet Union
Event Record	Natalya Lisovskaya (URS)	21.24 m	September 5, 1987	Rome, Italy

RANK	GROUP A	DISTANCE
1.	Natalya Lisovskaya (URS)	19.72 m
2.	Zhou Tianhua (CHN)	19.38 m
3.	Claudia Losch (GER)	18.83 m
4.	Kathrin Neimke (GER)	18.59 m
5.	Svetla Mitkova (BUL)	18.54 m
6.	Krystyna Danilczyk-Zabawska (POL)	18.15 m
7.	Connie Price-Smith (USA)	18.09 m
8.	Judy Oakes (GBR)	17.81 m
9.	Asta Hovi-Ovaska (FIN)	17.15 m
10.	Margarita Ramos (ESP)	15.89 m
11.	Hanane Khaled (EGY)	14.76 m
12.	Iammo Launa (PNG)	12.56 m

RANK	GROUP B	DISTANCE
1.	Stephanie Storp (GER)	19.52 m
2.	Huang Zhihong (CHN)	19.14 m
3.	Marina Antonyuk (URS)	18.80 m
4.	Svetlana Krivelyova (URS)	18.66 m
5.	Belsy Laza (CUB)	18.32 m
6.	Ramona Pagel (USA)	17.99 m
7.	Myrtle Augee (GBR)	17.80 m
8.	Pam Dukes (USA)	17.17 m
9.	Agnese Maffeis (ITA)	16.99 m
10.	Mihaela Oana (ROM)	16.73 m
11.	Elisângela Adriano (BRA)	15.93 m
12.	Seng Tea Ai (BRU)	11.49 m

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Huang Zhihong (CHN)	20.64	20.83	20.51	X	X	20.43	20.83 m
	Natalya Lisovskaya (URS)	20.15	X	19.95	X	20.29	X	20.29 m
	Svetlana Krivelyova (URS)	19.88	19.77	20.16	19.31	19.91	19.74	20.16 m
4	Claudia Losch (GER)	18.97	19.74	X	18.41	19.32	19.44	19.74 m
5	Zhou Tianhua (CHN)	19.32	19.64	X	19.05	X	X	19.64 m
6	Stephanie Storp (GER)	19.50	X	17.85	18.88	18.76	X	19.50 m
7	Marina Antonyuk (URS)	19.12	X	X	X	X	X	19.12 m
8	Kathrin Neimke (GER)	18.81	18.52	18.39	18.63	18.83	18.63	18.83 m
9	Belsy Laza (CUB)							18.49 m
10	Svetla Mitkova (BUL)							18.34 m
11	Connie Price-Smith (USA)							18.12 m
12	Krystyna Danilczyk-Zabawska (POL)							17.59 m

• 1988 Women's Olympic Shot Put (Seoul)
• 1990 Women's European Championships Shot Put (Split)
• 1991 Shot Put Year Ranking
• 1992 Women's Olympic Shot Put (Barcelona)
• 1994 Women's European Championships Shot Put (Helsinki)

• Results
• IAAF