# 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 | Attempts | Attempts | Distance | Note |
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | Distance | Note |
| 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 | Attempts | Attempts | Distance | Note |
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | Distance | Note |
| 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 | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance | Note |
| Rank | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Distance | Note |
| | 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 | |