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Athletics At The 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's Shot Put
The women's shot put event at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea Seoul (; ; ), officially known as the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea.Before 1972, Seoul was the ''de jure'' capital of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) as stated iArticle 103 of ... had an entry list of 26 competitors, with two qualifying groups before the final (12) took place on Saturday October 1, 1988. Medalists Abbreviations *''All results shown are in metres'' Records Qualification Group A Group B Final See also * 1986 Women's European Championships Shot Put (Stuttgart) * 1987 Women's World Championships Shot Put (Rome) * 1990 Women's European Championships Shot Put (Split) * 1991 Women's World Championships Shot Put (Tokyo) References External links *Official Report* {{DEFAULTSORT:Athletics At The 1988 Summer Olympics - Women's Shot Put S Shot put at the Olympics 1988 in women's athletics Women's even ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olympic Stadium (Seoul)
The Seoul Olympic Stadium (), also known as Jamsil Olympic Stadium (formerly romanised as ''Chamshil''), is a multi-purpose stadium in Seoul, South Korea. It is the main stadium built for the 1988 Summer Olympics and the 1986 Asian Games, 10th Asian Games in 1986. It is the centrepiece of the Seoul Sports Complex in the Songpa District, in the southeast of the city south of the Han River (Korea), Han River. It is the largest stadium in South Korea. Design and construction This multi-purpose stadium was designed by Kim Swoo-geun. The lines of the stadium's profile imitate the elegant curves of a Korean Joseon Dynasty porcelain vase. Spectator seats are distributed on two tiers, half covered. Initially built with a capacity of approximately 100,000, today it seats 69,950. Before its construction, Seoul's largest venues were Dongdaemun Stadium and Hyochang Stadium. Seating 30,000 and 20,000 respectively, they were too small to attract world-class sporting events. Construction on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cong Yuzhen
Cong Yuzhen (; born January 22, 1963) is a former shot put athlete from China. She competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea Seoul (; ; ), officially known as the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea.Before 1972, Seoul was the ''de jure'' capital of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) as stated iArticle 103 o ..., finishing in ninth place in the overall-rankings. Achievements References * External links * 1963 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Chinese female shot putters Olympic athletes for China Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 1986 Asian Games Asian Games silver medalists for China Medalists at the 1986 Asian Games Asian Athletics Championships winners 20th-century Chinese women {{PRChina-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judy Oakes
Judith Miriam Oakes (born 14 February 1958 in Lewisham, Greater London) is a female retired English shot putter, powerlifter, and weightlifter. Athletics career Oakes represented Great Britain in the 1984 Summer Olympics, 1988 Summer Olympics, 1996 Summer Olympics and 2000 Summer Olympics. Oakes competed in six consecutive Commonwealth Games from 1978 until 1998 and won a medal at every one of them. She represented England and won a bronze medal at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Four years later she represented England and won a gold medal, at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. A further four years later she represented England and won a silver medal, at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland. The fourth appearance and medal came in 1990 when she represented England and won another silver, at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand. The fifth and sixth medals were a both gold medals at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ramona Pagel
Ramona Pagel (born Ramona Ebert, November 10, 1961 in Los Angeles) is a retired American shot putter. She made four consecutive Olympic teams, 1984-1996, four IAAF World Championships and won a full set of medals in three showings at the Pan American Games. Her personal best put was 20.18 metres, achieved in June 1988 in San Diego. That mark was the American record for 25 years. The record was tied 23 years later by Jillian Camarena-Williams in 2011 and was finally beaten by Michelle Carter at the 2013 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships. Two days before her record was beaten, Stamatia Scarvelis, coached by Pagel, won the Junior National Championship at the same meet. Ramona attended Schurr High School in Montebello, California. In 1979, she placed 3rd in CIF California State Meet, throwing the 8 Lb. Shot 47' 5¼". Not only was that the third best in the competition, it was the third best in state history (in the 6 years that weight was thrown). The weight wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iris Plotzitzka
Iris Plotzitzka (born 7 January 1966 in Memmingen, Bavaria) is a retired West German West Germany is the colloquial term used to indicate the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG; german: Bundesrepublik Deutschland , BRD) between its formation on 23 May 1949 and the German reunification through the accession of East Germany on 3 O ... shot putter. She represented the sports clubs LAC Quelle Fürth and LC Olympiapark München, and won the silver medal at the West German championships in 1986. Her personal best throw was 20.53 metres, achieved in August 1988 in Köln. Achievements References * 1966 births Living people People from Memmingen Sportspeople from Swabia (Bavaria) West German female shot putters Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for West Germany {{West Germany-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natalya Akhrimenko
Natalya Akhrimenko (russian: Наталья Ахрименко; born May 12, 1955 in Novokuybyshevsk, Samara Oblast) is a retired track and field shot putter from Russia, best known for competing at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nationa .... There she ended up in seventh place, just like eight years later in Seoul, South Korea. Achievements References * * 1955 births Living people Russian female shot putters Soviet female shot putters Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of the Soviet Union European Athletics Championships medalists Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Goodwill Games medalists in athletics U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huang Zhihong
Huang Zhihong (); born May 7, 1965, in Lanxi, Jinhua, Zhejiang) is a former shot put athlete from China. An Olympic silver medallist and a double world champion, she was in fact the first Asian to win a world championship in athletics. Her personal best throw is 21.52, achieved in Beijing 1990. Achievements See also * China at the World Championships in Athletics The People's Republic of China (PRC) first competed at the IAAF World Championships in Athletics in 1983, at the World Championships in Helsinki. Medals by World Championships Medalists 1983 *Zhu Jianhua – Bronze – Men's high jump 1987 * Y ... References External links * 1965 births Living people People from Jinhua Athletes from Zhejiang Chinese female shot putters Olympic athletes for China Olympic silver medalists for China Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olym ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ines Müller
Ines Müller, (born 2 January 1959 in Grimma, Muldentalkreis, Saxony), is a German track and field athlete who represented East Germany East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; german: Deutsche Demokratische Republik, , DDR, ), was a country that existed from its creation on 7 October 1949 until its dissolution on 3 October 1990. In these years the state ... in the shot put during the 1980s. Her biggest success was the bronze medal in the 1987 World Championship. International Competitions Müller represented the Empor Rostock sport club. During her sporting career she was 1.82 meters tall and weighed 90 kilograms. References External links * * 1959 births Living people People from Grimma East German female shot putters German female shot putters Olympic athletes for East Germany Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships ath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siololovau Ikavuka
Siololovau Ikavuka (born 8 February 1968) is a Tongan athlete. She competed in the women's shot put and the women's discus throw at the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October .... She was the first woman to represent Tonga at the Olympics. References External links * 1968 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Tongan female shot putters Tongan female discus throwers Olympic athletes for Tonga Place of birth missing (living people) {{Tonga-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Isabel Urrutia
Maria may refer to: People * Mary, mother of Jesus * Maria (given name), a popular given name in many languages Place names Extraterrestrial *170 Maria, a Main belt S-type asteroid discovered in 1877 *Lunar maria (plural of ''mare''), large, dark basaltic plains on Earth's Moon Terrestrial *Maria, Maevatanana, Madagascar *Maria, Quebec, Canada * Maria, Siquijor, the Philippines *María, Spain, in Andalusia *Îles Maria, French Polynesia *María de Huerva, Aragon, Spain *Villa Maria (other) Arts, entertainment, and media Films * ''Maria'' (1947 film), Swedish film * ''Maria'' (1975 film), Swedish film * ''Maria'' (2003 film), Romanian film * ''Maria'' (2019 film), Filipino film * ''Maria'' (2021 film), Canadian film directed by Alec Pronovost * ''Maria'' (Sinhala film), Sri Lankan upcoming film Literature * ''María'' (novel), an 1867 novel by Jorge Isaacs * ''Maria'' (Ukrainian novel), a 1934 novel by the Ukrainian writer Ulas Samchuk * ''Maria'' (play), a 1935 play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yvonne Hanson-Nortey
Yvonne W. A. Hanson-Nortey (born 18 February 1964 in Croydon, Greater London) is a retired female shot putter from England. She was affiliated with Hallamshire Harriers. Athletics career Hanson-Nortey represented England, at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland. Four years later she represented England and won a bronze medal in the shot put event, at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand. Her personal best put was 17.45 metres, achieved in July 1989 in London (Crystal Palace). This places her sixth on the British outdoor all-time list, behind Judy Oakes, Myrtle Augee, Meg Ritchie, Venissa Head and Angela Littlewood Angela Mary Littlewood (born 24 September 1949 in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire) is a female retired English shot putter. Athletics career Her personal best put was 17.53 metres, achieved in July 1980 in the Moscow 1980 Summer Olympics. This plac .... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Connie Price-Smith
Connie Price-Smith (born Constance Marie Price, June 3, 1962) is an American shot putter and discus thrower. Price-Smith is also a four-time Olympian. She graduated from Southern Illinois University-Carbondale in 1985. Later career Price-Smith was also named to the 2012 Olympic track & field team coach staff in London. On July 21, 2015, she started her tenure as the head coach at the University of Mississippi. She was named women's head coach for the United States team at the 2016 Summer Olympics, again in Rio de Janeiro. In 2016, she was elected into the National Track and Field Hall of Fame The National Track and Field Hall of Fame is a museum operated by The Armory Foundation in conjunction with USA Track & Field. It is located within the Armory Foundation (the former Fort Washington Avenue Armory) at 216 Fort Washington Avenue, b .... International competitions *^ Reached the 1987 World Championship Final at discus but failed to register a distance. *Note: Result ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
