Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's shot put

Women's shot put
at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
Women's shot put; at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
Venues	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Dates	3 August 1984
Competitors	13 from 8 nations
Winning distance	20.48
Medalists
	← 1980 1988 →

The women's shot put event at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California had an entry list of 13 competitors. The final was held on 3 August 1984.^[1]

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The winning margin was 1 cm which as of June 2024 remains the only time the women's shot put has been won by less than 4 cm at the Olympics.

Standing records prior to the 1984 Summer Olympics
World Record	Natalya Lisovskaya (URS)	22.53 m	May 27, 1984	Sochi, Soviet Union
Olympic Record	Ilona Slupianek (GDR)	22.41 m	July 24, 1980	Moscow, Soviet Union

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
Rank	Athlete	1	2	3	4	5	6	Distance	Note
	Claudia Losch (FRG)	19.97	20.31	19.33	20.06	19.96	20.48	20.48 m
	Mihaela Loghin (ROM)	19.67	19.73	19.95	20.47	20.25	20.09	20.47 m
	Gael Mulhall (AUS)	18.10	19.19	18.75	18.53	X	18.34	19.19 m
4	Judy Oakes (GBR)	18.14	17.76	18.01	18.08	X	17.81	18.14 m
5	Li Meisu (CHN)	17.37	X	17.44	17.96	17.61	17.19	17.96 m
6	Venissa Head (GBR)	X	17.90	X	17.37	15.59	16.40	17.90 m
7	Carol Cady (USA)	17.22	17.23	17.10	16.83	16.32	17.19	17.23 m
8	Florența Crăciunescu (ROM)	16.62	17.23	17.10	16.45	X	17.05	17.23 m

9	Lorna Griffin (USA)	15.87	16.08	17.00				17.00 m
10	Yang Yanqin (CHN)	16.76	16.97	16.46				16.97 m
11	Ramona Pagel (USA)	16.06	15.69	15.90				16.06 m
12	Carmen Ionesco (CAN)	14.92	15.25	14.96				15.25 m
13	Odette Mistoul (GAB)	14.39	X	14.59				14.59 m

Medalists