1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's shot put

Events at the 1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
3000 m				women
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men		women
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
5000 m walk				women
10,000 m walk		men
Road events
20 km road run		men
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Javelin throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The women's shot put event at the 1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, at Deveti Septemvri Stadium on 8 and 9 August.

Medalists

Gold	Qiu Qiaoping China
Silver	Li Xiaoyun China
Bronze	Heike Hopfer East Germany

Results

Final

9 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts						Result	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
	Qiu Qiaoping	China	17.17	17.43	17.74	18.05	18.20	17.58	18.20
	Li Xiaoyun	China	17.13	x	17.66	17.74	x	17.74	17.74
	Heike Hopfer	East Germany	15.44	17.27	17.23	17.25	x	x	17.27
4	Ilona Gersdorff	East Germany	x	16.31	16.61	x	16.79	16.64	16.79
5	Anna Shilofest	Soviet Union	x	16.66	x	16.47	x	x	16.66
6	Yekaterina Shishenko	Soviet Union	15.00	15.42	15.47	16.05	15.62	15.66	16.05
7	Marika Tuliniemi	Finland	14.87	x	15.24	15.38	15.06	15.09	15.38
8	Päivi Rikala	Finland	14.87	15.26	15.25	15.07	15.26	15.24	15.26
9	Alexandra Amaro	Brazil	15.12	14.55	14.14				15.12
10	Elisângela Adriano	Brazil	15.03	14.95	x				15.03
11	Nicole Carkeek	Australia	14.10	15.01	x				15.01
12	Stevanie Wadsworth	United States	14.57	14.97	14.37				14.97
13	Galabina Koleva	Bulgaria	x	14.15	14.97				14.97

Qualifications

8 Aug

Group A

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Li Xiaoyun	China	16.66	-	-	16.66	Q
2	Ilona Gersdorff	East Germany	16.47	-	-	16.47	Q
3	Qiu Qiaoping	China	16.00	-	-	16.00	Q
4	Heike Hopfer	East Germany	15.73	-	-	15.73	Q
5	Stevanie Wadsworth	United States	15.62	-	-	15.62	Q
6	Yekaterina Shishenko	Soviet Union	15.46	-	-	15.46	Q
7	Marika Tuliniemi	Finland	14.87	15.38	-	15.38	Q
8	Galabina Koleva	Bulgaria	15.29	-	-	15.29	Q
9	Päivi Rikala	Finland	15.27	-	-	15.27	Q
10	Alexandra Amaro	Brazil	14.69	14.47	15.16	15.16	Q
11	Elisângela Adriano	Brazil	14.71	15.14	-	15.14	Q
12	Anna Shilofest	Soviet Union	15.09	-	-	15.09	Q
13	Nicole Carkeek	Australia	15.01	-	-	15.01	Q
14	Dawn Dumble	United States	14.03	x	14.78	14.78
15	Eva Cernanová	Czechoslovakia	13.87	14.34	14.77	14.77
16	Linda-Marie Mårtensson	Sweden	14.64	14.31	14.64	14.64
17	Daniela Grigorova	Bulgaria	14.05	13.19	x	14.05
18	Sadith Fretes	Paraguay	10.83	10.80	10.80	10.83

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 18 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.

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