1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's shot put

1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics
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
5000 m walk		women
10,000 m walk	men
Road events
20 km	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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The women's shot put event at the 1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, at Laurentian University Stadium on 27 and 28 July.^[1][2]

Medalists[]

Gold	Ines Wittich  East Germany
Silver	Heike Rohrmann  East Germany
Bronze	Soviet Union

Results[]

Final[]

28 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Ines Wittich	East Germany	18.54
	Heike Rohrmann	East Germany	17.84
		Soviet Union	17.10
4	Svetlana Krivelyova	Soviet Union	16.91
5		Bulgaria	16.66
6		West Germany	16.56
7		Bulgaria	16.48
8	Zhang Liuhong	China	15.43
9		West Germany	15.27
10		United States	14.67
11		United Kingdom	14.65
12		France	14.53

Qualifications[]

27 Jul

Group A[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Ines Wittich	East Germany	17.74	Q
2	Heike Rohrmann	East Germany	17.18	Q
3		Soviet Union	16.71	Q
4	Svetlana Krivelyova	Soviet Union	16.24	Q
5		West Germany	15.92	Q
6		Bulgaria	15.55	Q
7		Bulgaria	15.31	Q
8	Zhang Liuhong	China	14.91	Q
9		West Germany	14.81	Q
10		France	14.73	Q
11		United States	14.65	Q
12		United Kingdom	14.33	q
13		Australia	14.13
14		China	14.01
15	Teresa Machado	Portugal	13.99
16		United States	13.06
17		Brazil	12.94
18		Canada	12.90

Participation[]

According to an unofficial count, 18 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.

References[]