# Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's shot put

These are the official results of the women's shot put event at the 1992 Summer Olympics, held on 5 August 1992, at the Olympic Stadium in Barcelona, Spain. There were a total number of 18 participating athletes. The top 12 and ties and all those reaching 18.50 metres advanced to the final.

## Medalists

| Gold | Svetlana Krivelyova Unified Team |
| Silver | Huang Zhihong China |
| Bronze | Kathrin Neimke Germany |

## Abbreviations

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

## Records

Standing records prior to the 1992 Summer Olympics :
| World Record | Natalya Lisovskaya (URS) | 22.63 m | 7 July 1987 | Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Olympic Record | Ilona Slupianek (GDR) | 22.41 m | 24 July 1980 | Moscow, Soviet Union |

## Qualification
### Group A

| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance | Note |
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | Distance | Note |
| 1 | 2 | Natalya Lisovskaya (EUN) | 19.58 | — | — | 19.58 m | |
| 2 | 3 | Svetla Mitkova (BUL) | 19.21 | — | — | 19.21 m | |
| 3 | 7 | Zhou Tianhua (CHN) | 17.98 | 18.63 | — | 18.63 m | |
| 4 | 8 | Stephanie Storp (GER) | 18.49 | 18.58 | — | 18.58 m | |
| 5 | 11 | Ramona Pagel (USA) | 16.53 | 18.02 | 17.89 | 18.02 m | |
| 6 | 12 | Vita Pavlysh (EUN) | X | X | 17.39 | 17.39 m | |
| 7 | 14 | Myrtle Augee (GBR) | X | 15.92 | 16.53 | 16.53 m | |
| 8 | 15 | Pam Dukes (USA) | X | 16.46 | 15.46 | 16.46 m | |
| 9 | 16 | Georgette Reed (CAN) | 15.14 | 15.15 | 15.33 | 15.33 m | |

### Group B

| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance | Note |
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | Distance | Note |
| 1 | 1 | Svetlana Krivelyova (EUN) | 19.98 | — | — | 19.98 m | |
| 2 | 4 | Kathrin Neimke (GER) | 19.13 | — | — | 19.13 m | |
| 3 | 5 | Huang Zhihong (CHN) | 18.93 | — | — | 18.93 m | |
| 4 | 6 | Belsy Laza (CUB) | 18.33 | 18.36 | 18.72 | 18.72 m | |
| 5 | 9 | Krystyna Danilczyk-Zabawska (POL) | 17.51 | 18.04 | 18.30 | 18.30 m | |
| 6 | 10 | Zhen Wenhua (CHN) | 18.07 | X | 18.17 | 18.17 m | |
| 7 | 13 | Margarita Ramos (ESP) | X | 16.82 | 16.64 | 16.82 m | |
| 8 | 17 | Elli Evangelidou (CYP) | 14.42 | 14.38 | 14.69 | 14.69 m | |
| — | — | Bonnie Dasse (USA) | | | | 16.68 m | DSQ |

## Final

| Rank | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance | Note |
| Rank | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Distance | Note |
| | Svetlana Krivelyova (EUN) | 20.34 | 20.09 | X | 19.99 | 20.89 | 21.06 | 21.06 m |
| | Huang Zhihong (CHN) | 20.25 | 20.19 | 20.47 | X | 20.11 | 20.44 | 20.47 m | |
| | Kathrin Neimke (GER) | 19.61 | 18.56 | 19.56 | 19.22 | X | 19.78 | 19.78 m | |
| 4 | Belsy Laza (CUB) | 18.78 | 19.70 | X | X | 18.69 | 18.75 | 19.70 m | |
| 5 | Zhou Tianhua (CHN) | 19.11 | 18.66 | 18.64 | 19.26 | 18.34 | 18.57 | 19.26 m | |
| 6 | Svetla Mitkova (BUL) | 19.23 | X | X | 19.09 | 19.21 | 19.19 | 19.23 m | |
| 7 | Stephanie Storp (GER) | 17.58 | 19.10 | 19.08 | X | 18.96 | 18.43 | 19.10 m | |
| 8 | Vita Pavlysh (EUN) | 18.69 | X | X | X | 18.61 | X | 18.69 m | |
| 9 | Natalya Lisovskaya (EUN) | 18.60 | X | X | | | | 18.60 m | |
| 10 | Krystyna Danilczyk-Zabawska (POL) | 17.61 | 17.89 | 18.29 | | | | 18.29 m | |
| 11 | Ramona Pagel (USA) | 18.24 | 18.04 | 17.21 | | | | 18.24 m | |
| 12 | Zhen Wenhua (CHN) | 17.56 | 17.81 | X | | | | 17.81 m | |