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

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.

• Australia (1)
• Brazil (2)
• Bulgaria (2)
• China (2)
• Czechoslovakia (1)
• East Germany (2)
• Finland (2)
• Paraguay (1)
• Soviet Union (2)
• Sweden (1)
• United States (2)