# 1987 World Championships in Athletics – Women's shot put

These are the official results of the Women's Shot Put event at the 1987 World Championships in Rome, Italy. The final was held on Saturday September 5, 1987.

## Medalists

| Gold | Natalya Lisovskaya Soviet Union (URS) |
| Silver | Kathrin Neimke East Germany (GDR) |
| Bronze | Ines Müller East Germany (GDR) |

## Schedule

* All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)
Qualification Round :
| Group A | Group B |
| 04.09.1987 – ??:??h | 04.09.1987 – ??:??h |
| Final Round ||
| 05.09.1987 – 18:00h ||

## 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 | Natalya Lisovskaya (URS) | 22.63 m | June 7, 1987 | Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Event Record | Helena Fibingerová (TCH) | 21.05 m | August 12, 1983 | Helsinki, Finland |
| Broken records during the 1987 World Athletics Championships |||||
| Event Record | Kathrin Neimke (GDR) | 21.21 m | September 5, 1987 | Rome, Italy |
| Event Record | Natalya Lisovskaya (URS) | 21.24 m | September 5, 1987 | Rome, Italy |

## Qualification

* Held on Friday 1987-09-04
| RANK | GROUP A | DISTANCE |
| 1. | Kathrin Neimke (GDR) | 20.26 m |
| 2. | Claudia Losch (FRG) | 19.73 m |
| 3. | Li Meisu (CHN) | 19.47 m |
| 4. | Heike Hartwig (GDR) | 19.35 m |
| 5. | Natalya Lisovskaya (URS) | 19.22 m |
| 6. | Soňa Vašíčková (TCH) | 19.09 m |
| 7. | Iris Plotzitzka (FRG) | 19.08 m |
| 8. | Judy Oakes (GBR) | 18.43 m |
| 9. | Ramona Pagel (USA) | 18.12 m |
| 10. | Asta Hovi-Ovaska (FIN) | 17.89 m |
| RANK | GROUP B | DISTANCE |
| 1. | Helena Fibingerová (TCH) | 20.40 m |
| 2. | Ines Müller (GDR) | 19.96 m |
| 3. | Stephanie Storp (FRG) | 19.64 m |
| 4. | Mihaela Loghin (ROU) | 19.27 m |
| 5. | Natalya Akhrimenko (URS) | 19.21 m |
| 6. | Huang Zhihong (CHN) | 19.18 m |
| 7. | Svetla Mitkova (BUL) | 19.07 m |
| 8. | Bonnie Dasse (USA) | 17.68 m |
| 9. | Deborah Saint-Phard (HAI) | 16.54 m |
| 10. | Melody Torcolacci (CAN) | 15.98 m |

## Final

| Rank | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance | Note |
| Rank | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Distance | Note |
| | Natalya Lisovskaya (URS) | 20.89 | 20.22 | 21.16 | 20.93 | 21.24 | 20.80 | 21.24 m | CR |
| | Kathrin Neimke (GDR) | 20.32 | 21.21 | 20.12 | 20.53 | 20.59 | X | 21.21 m | PB |
| | Ines Müller (GDR) | 20.76 | 20.11 | 20.05 | X | 19.96 | 20.20 | 20.76 m | PB |
| 4 | Claudia Losch (FRG) | 20.05 | 20.73 | X | 19.88 | 20.33 | 20.61 | 20.73 m | |
| 5 | Natalya Akhrimenko (URS) | 20.20 | 19.68 | 20.53 | 20.09 | X | 20.68 | 20.68 m | |
| 6 | Heike Hartwig (GDR) | 19.79 | 19.97 | 19.84 | 20.63 | X | 20.25 | 20.63 m | |
| 7 | Li Meisu (CHN) | 19.95 | 20.00 | 20.09 | 18.74 | 20.43 | 19.98 | 20.43 m | PB |
| 8 | Helena Fibingerová (TCH) | 19.97 | X | 19.51 | 20.05 | 20.15 | 20.29 | 20.29 m | |
| 9 | Svetla Mitkova (BUL) | | | | | | | 19.37m |
| 10 | Stephanie Storp (FRG) | | | | | | | 19.36 m | |
| 11 | Huang Zhihong (CHN) | | | | | | | 19.35 m | PB |
| 12 | Iris Plotzitzka (FRG) | | | | | | | 19.19 m | |
| 13 | Soňa Vašíčková (TCH) | | | | | | | 18.71 m | |
| — | Mihaela Loghin (ROU) | | | | | | | DNS |