1995 World Championships in Athletics – Women's shot put

These are the official results of the Women's Shot Put event at the 1995 IAAF World Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden. There were a total number of 26 participating athletes, with the final held on Saturday August 5, 1995.

Medalists

Gold	Astrid Kumbernuss Germany (GER)
Silver	Huang Zhihong PR China (CHN)
Bronze	Svetla Mitkova Bulgaria (BUL)

Schedule

• All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)

Qualification Round
Group A	Group B
05.08.1995 – 09:40h	05.08.1995 – 09:40h
Final Round
05.08.1995 – 17:25h

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 1995 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

Qualification

Qualifying distance: 18.80 metres.

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
			1	2	3
1	1	Astrid Kumbernuss (GER)	19.83	—	—	19.83 m
2	5	Zhang Liuhong (CHN)	18.24	18.60	18.25	18.60 m
3	8	Irina Korzhanenko (RUS)	18.32	18.40	X	18.40 m
4	10	Stephanie Storp (GER)	17.88	18.36	18.23	18.36 m
5	11	Vita Pavlysh (UKR)	17.79	17.21	18.15	18.15 m
6	12	Connie Price-Smith (USA)	17.48	17.90	18.05	18.05 m
7	13	Judy Oakes (GBR)	17.67	17.87	X	17.87 m
8	16	Mara Rosolen (ITA)	16.90	X	X	16.90 m
9	17	Danguolė Bimbaitė-Urbikienė (LTU)	15.84	X	16.33	16.33 m
10	19	Eileen Vanisi (USA)	16.11	15.82	15.32	16.11 m
11	22	Lisa Misipeka (ASA)	13.98	13.66	13.71	13.98 m
12	24	Mary Curry (SAM)	8.85	—	—	8.85 m
—	—	Oumou Traoré (MLI)	—	—	—	DNS

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
			1	2	3
1	2	Kathrin Neimke (GER)	19.07	—	—	19.07 m
2	3	Huang Zhihong (CHN)	19.01	—	—	19.01 m
3	4	Sui Xinmei (CHN)	18.28	18.15	18.75	18.75 m
4	6	Ramona Pagel (USA)	X	18.57	18.32	18.57 m
5	7	Svetla Mitkova (BUL)	17.91	18.30	18.48	18.48 m
6	8	Valentina Fedyushina (UKR)	17.14	18.40	X	18.40 m
7	14	Corrie de Bruin (NED)	16.77	16.56	17.01	17.01 m
8	15	Nataša Erjavec (SLO)	16.91	16.53	16.58	16.91 m
9	18	Danijela Curović (YUG)	16.13	16.30	15.59	16.30 m
10	20	Yumileidi Cumbá (CUB)	X	15.80	X	15.80 m
11	21	Hanane Ahmed Khaled (EGY)	14.56	X	14.50	14.56 m
12	23	Seng Tea Ai (BRU)	X	12.34	12.46	12.46 m
13	25	Nabeela Mabrouk (PLE)	X	5.71	X	5.71 m

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Astrid Kumbernuss (GER)	20.52	20.59	21.22	20.09	X	20.23	21.22 m
	Huang Zhihong (CHN)	19.92	20.04	X	X	X	—	20.04 m
	Svetla Mitkova (BUL)	18.70	18.32	19.04	18.93	18.99	19.56	19.56 m
4	Kathrin Neimke (GER)	18.37	19.30	18.72	19.11	19.15	X	19.30 m
5	Sui Xinmei (CHN)	18.90	X	X	18.42	18.60	19.09	19.09 m
6	Zhang Liuhong (CHN)	17.94	18.47	19.07	18.23	18.60	18.47	19.07 m
7	Ramona Pagel (USA)	X	18.39	18.81	18.11	X	17.78	18.81 m
8	Stephanie Storp (GER)	18.22	18.01	18.81	X	X	—	18.81 m
9	Connie Price-Smith (USA)	18.72	18.66	X				18.72 m
10	Valentina Fedyushina (UKR)	18.03	X	X				18.03 m
11	Vita Pavlysh (UKR)	17.97	X	X				17.97 m
12	Irina Korzhanenko (RUS)	X	X	17.88				17.88 m

See also

• 1995 Shot Put Year Ranking
• 1996 Women's Olympic Shot Put

References

• Results