# 1991 World Championships in Athletics – Women's shot put

These are the official results of the Women's Shot Put event at the 1991 IAAF World Championships in Tokyo, Japan. There were a total number of 24 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups and the final held on Saturday August 24, 1991. The qualification mark was set at 18.50 metres.

## Medalists

| Gold | Huang Zhihong PR China (CHN) |
| Silver | Natalya Lisovskaya Soviet Union (URS) |
| Bronze | Svetlana Krivelyova Soviet Union (URS) |

## Schedule

* All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)
Qualification Round :
| Group A | Group B |
| 24.08.1991 – 09:30h | 24.08.1991 – 09:30h |
| Final Round ||
| 24.08.1991 – 17:40h ||

## 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 1991 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 |

## Qualifying round

| RANK | GROUP A | DISTANCE |
| 1. | Natalya Lisovskaya (URS) | 19.72 m |
| 2. | Zhou Tianhua (CHN) | 19.38 m |
| 3. | Claudia Losch (GER) | 18.83 m |
| 4. | Kathrin Neimke (GER) | 18.59 m |
| 5. | Svetla Mitkova (BUL) | 18.54 m |
| 6. | Krystyna Danilczyk-Zabawska (POL) | 18.15 m |
| 7. | Connie Price-Smith (USA) | 18.09 m |
| 8. | Judy Oakes (GBR) | 17.81 m |
| 9. | Asta Hovi-Ovaska (FIN) | 17.15 m |
| 10. | Margarita Ramos (ESP) | 15.89 m |
| 11. | Hanane Khaled (EGY) | 14.76 m |
| 12. | Iammo Launa (PNG) | 12.56 m |
| RANK | GROUP B | DISTANCE |
| 1. | Stephanie Storp (GER) | 19.52 m |
| 2. | Huang Zhihong (CHN) | 19.14 m |
| 3. | Marina Antonyuk (URS) | 18.80 m |
| 4. | Svetlana Krivelyova (URS) | 18.66 m |
| 5. | Belsy Laza (CUB) | 18.32 m |
| 6. | Ramona Pagel (USA) | 17.99 m |
| 7. | Myrtle Augee (GBR) | 17.80 m |
| 8. | Pam Dukes (USA) | 17.17 m |
| 9. | Agnese Maffeis (ITA) | 16.99 m |
| 10. | Mihaela Oana (ROM) | 16.73 m |
| 11. | Elisângela Adriano (BRA) | 15.93 m |
| 12. | Seng Tea Ai (BRU) | 11.49 m |

## Final

| Rank | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance | Note |
| Rank | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Distance | Note |
| | Huang Zhihong (CHN) | 20.64 | 20.83 | 20.51 | X | X | 20.43 | 20.83 m | |
| | Natalya Lisovskaya (URS) | 20.15 | X | 19.95 | X | 20.29 | X | 20.29 m | |
| | Svetlana Krivelyova (URS) | 19.88 | 19.77 | 20.16 | 19.31 | 19.91 | 19.74 | 20.16 m | |
| 4 | Claudia Losch (GER) | 18.97 | 19.74 | X | 18.41 | 19.32 | 19.44 | 19.74 m | |
| 5 | Zhou Tianhua (CHN) | 19.32 | 19.64 | X | 19.05 | X | X | 19.64 m | |
| 6 | Stephanie Storp (GER) | 19.50 | X | 17.85 | 18.88 | 18.76 | X | 19.50 m | |
| 7 | Marina Antonyuk (URS) | 19.12 | X | X | X | X | X | 19.12 m | |
| 8 | Kathrin Neimke (GER) | 18.81 | 18.52 | 18.39 | 18.63 | 18.83 | 18.63 | 18.83 m | |
| 9 | Belsy Laza (CUB) | | | | | | | 18.49 m | |
| 10 | Svetla Mitkova (BUL) | | | | | | | 18.34 m | |
| 11 | Connie Price-Smith (USA) | | | | | | | 18.12 m | |
| 12 | Krystyna Danilczyk-Zabawska (POL) | | | | | | | 17.59 m | |