Medalists

Gold	Natalya Lisovskaya Natalya Lisovskaya Natalya Lisovskaya is a former Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the shot put. Lisovskaya trained at Spartak in Moscow.She competed for the USSR in the 1988 Summer Olympics held in Seoul, South Korea where she won the gold medal... Soviet Union Soviet Union The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....  (URS)
Silver	Kathrin Neimke Kathrin Neimke Kathrin Neimke , is a German track and field athlete. During the 1980s and 1990s she was one of the world's best in the shot put. Until 1990 she represented East Germany... East Germany (GDR)
Bronze	Ines Müller Ines Müller Ines Müller, née Reichenbach , is a German track and field athlete who represented East Germany in the shot put during the 1980s... East Germany (GDR)

Schedule

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  Qualification Round
  Group A	Group B
  04.09.1987 – ??:??h	04.09.1987 – ??:??h
  Final Round
  05.09.1987 – ??:??h

Abbreviations

• All results shown are in metres

  Q	automatic qualification
  q	qualification by rank
  DNS	did not start
  NM	no mark
  WR	world record
  AR	area record
  NR	national record
  PB	personal best
  SB	season best

Records

Standing records prior to the 1987 World Athletics Championships
World Record World records in athletics World records in the sport of athletics are ratified by the International Association of Athletics Federations. Athletics records comprise the best performances in the sports of track and field, road running and racewalking....		22.63 m	June 7, 1987	Moscow Moscow Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent... , Soviet Union Soviet Union The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
Event Record		21.05 m	August 12, 1983	Helsinki, Finland
Broken records during the 1987 World Athletics Championships
Event Record		21.21 m	September 5, 1987	Rome, Italy
Event Record		21.24 m	September 5, 1987	Rome, Italy

Qualification

• Held on Friday 1987-09-04

  RANK	GROUP A	DISTANCE
  1.		20.26 m
  2.		19.73 m
  3.		19.47 m
  4.		19.35 m
  5.		19.22 m
  6.		19.09 m
  7.		19.08 m
  8.		18.43 m
  9.		18.12 m
  10.		17.89 m

Final

See also

• 1982 Women's European Championships Shot Put (Athens)
  1982 European Championships in Athletics - Women's Shot Put
  These are the official results of the Women's Shot Put event at the 1982 European Championships in Athens, Greece. The final was held on 6 September 1982.-Final:-See also:* 1980 Women's Olympic Shot Put * 1982 Shot Put Year Ranking...
  
  
• 1984 Women's Olympic Shot Put (Los Angeles)
  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:-Abbreviations:*All results shown are in metres-Records:-Final:-See also:...
  
  
• 1986 Women's European Championships Shot Put (Stuttgart)
  1986 European Championships in Athletics - Women's Shot Put
  These are the official results of the Women's shot put event at the 1986 European Championships in Stuttgart, West Germany.-Final:-See also:* 1980 Women's Olympic Shot Put * 1983 Women's World Championships Shot Put...
  
  
• 1987 Shot Put Year Ranking
• 1988 Women's Olympic Shot Put (Seoul)
  Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics - Women's shot put
  The Women's Shot Put event at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea had an entrylist of 26 competitors, with two qualifying groups before the final took place on Saturday October 1, 1988.-Medalists:-Abbreviations:...