Women Shot Put Athletics III World Championship 1991 Tokyo (JPN) - Saturday 24.08

Women Shot Put Athletics III World Championship 1991 Tokyo (JPN) - Saturday 24.08 - Gold Medal: Zhihong Huang, China

Final 17:40		Distance	1.	2.	3.	4.	5.	6.
1. Zhihong Huang	CHN	20.83m	20.64	20.83	20.51	X	X	20.43
2. Natalya Lisovskaya	URS	20.29m	20.15	X	19.95	X	20.29	X
3. Svetlana Krivelyova	URS	20.16m	19.88	19.77	20.16	19.31	19.91	19.74
4. Claudia Losch	GER	19.74m	18.97	19.74	X	18.41	19.32	19.44
5. Tianhua Zhou	CHN	19.64m	19.32	19.64	X	19.05	X	X
6. Stephanie Storp	GER	19.50m	19.50	X	17.85	18.88	18.76	X
7. Marina Antonyuk	URS	19.12m	19.12	X	X	X	X	X
8. Kathrin Neimke	GER	18.83m	18.81	18.52	18.39	18.63	18.83	18.63
9. Belsy Laza	CUB	18.49m
10.Svetla Mitkova-Sinirtas	BUL	18.34m
11.Connie Price-Smith	USA	18.12m
12.Krystyna Danilczyk-Zabawska	POL	17.59m

Women Shot Put - History

Asia won its first ever world outdoor athletics title when 26 year-old Huang Zhihong easily beat the defending champion Lisovskaya. The Soviet took the lead with her first put of 20.15, but she was immediately overtaken when the next woman – Huang – put 20.64. The Chinese woman went even further in the second round (20.83) to solidify her grip on Tokyo’s first field event gold.
Lisovskaya was pushed back to third when Krivelyova produced 20.16 in the third, but the 1987 winner clinched the silver with 20.29 in the fifth.
“When I won I felt so elated I couldn’t think of anything else,” said the exuberant winner. “The Japanese people in the crowd really supported me and gave me strength.”

Qualification - Saturday 24.08 09:30

Mark 18.50m - 9 athletes passed and next 3 were added to the Final.

Group A		Distance	Rk.
1. Natalya Lisovskaya	URS	19.72m	1.
2. Tianhua Zhou	CHN	19.38m	3.
3. Claudia Losch	GER	18.83m	5.
4. Kathrin Neimke	GER	18.59m	8.
5. Svetla Mitkova-Sinirtas	BUL	18.54m	9.
6. Krystyna Danilczyk-Zabawska	POL	18.15m	11.
7. Connie Price-Smith	USA	18.09m	12.
8. Judy Oakes	GBR	17.81m	14.
9. Asta Hovi-Ovaska	FIN	17.15m	17.
10.Margarita Ramos	ESP	15.89m	21.
11.Hanane Ahmed Khaled	EGY	14.76m	22.
12.Iammo Launa	PNG	12.56m	23.

Group B		Distance	Rk.
1. Stephanie Storp	GER	19.52m	2.
2. Zhihong Huang	CHN	19.14m	4.
3. Marina Antonyuk	URS	18.80m	6.
4. Svetlana Krivelyova	URS	18.66m	7.
5. Belsy Laza	CUB	18.32m	10.
6. Ramona Pagel	USA	17.99m	13.
7. Myrtle Augee	GBR	17.80m	15.
8. Pam Dukes	USA	17.17m	16.
9. Agnese Maffeis	ITA	16.99m	18.
10.Mihaela Oana	ROM	16.73m	19.
11.Elisangela Adriano	BRA	15.93m	20.
12.Seng Tea Ai	BRU	11.49m	24.