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Host City: Seoul, South Korea
Venue(s): Olympic Stadium, Seoul Sports Complex, Seoul
Date Started: September 30, 1988
Date Finished: September 30, 1988
Format: Top 12 and ties and all those reaching 19.50 metres advanced to the final.
| Gold: | Nataliya Lisovskaya |
| Silver: | Kathrin Neimke |
| Bronze: | Li Meisu |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | D | SBMD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Claudia Losch | 28 | West Germany | FRG | 20.39 | QU | |
| 2 | Li Meisu | 29 | China | CHN | 20.30 | QU | |
| 3 | Kathrin Neimke | 22 | East Germany | GDR | 20.18 | QU | |
| 4 | Heike Hartwig | 25 | East Germany | GDR | 20.06 | QU | |
| 5 | Ines Reichenbach-Müller | 29 | East Germany | GDR | 19.79 | QU | |
| 6 | Nataliya Lisovskaya | 26 | Soviet Union | URS | 19.78 | QU | |
| 7 | Zdeňka Bartoňová-Šilhavá | 34 | Czechoslovakia | TCH | 19.74 | QU | |
| 8 | Huang Zhihong | 23 | China | CHN | 19.71 | QU | |
| 9 | Cong Yuzhen | 25 | China | CHN | 19.55 | QU | |
| 10 | Svetla Mitkova | 24 | Bulgaria | BUL | 19.53 | QU | |
| 11 | Bonnie Dasse | 29 | United States | USA | 19.45 | QC | |
| 12 | Nataliya Akhrimenko | 33 | Soviet Union | URS | 19.40 | QC | |
| 13 | Walentina Fedjuschina | 23 | Soviet Union | URS | 19.06 | 19,05 | |
| 14 | Iris Plotzitzka | 22 | West Germany | FRG | 19.06 | 18,79 | |
| 15 | Ramona Pagel | 26 | United States | USA | 18.55 | ||
| 16 | Judy Oakes | 30 | Great Britain | GBR | 18.34 | ||
| 17 | Myrtle Augee | 23 | Great Britain | GBR | 17.31 | ||
| 18 | Connie Price-Smith | 26 | United States | USA | 17.09 | ||
| 19 | Deborah Saint Phard | 23 | Haiti | HAI | 16.02 | ||
| 20 | Yvonne Hanson-Nortey | 24 | Great Britain | GBR | 15.13 | 14.86 | |
| 21 | María Isabel Urrutia | 23 | Colombia | COL | 15.13 | 14.85 | |
| 22 | Grace Apiafi | 29 | Nigeria | NGR | 15.06 | ||
| 23 | Choi Mi-Seon | 19 | South Korea | KOR | 13.97 | ||
| 24 | Jeanne-Nicole Ngo Minyemeck | 19 | Cameroon | CMR | 12.73 | ||
| 25 | Siololovau Ikavuka | 20 | Tonga | TGA | 12.31 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | D | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Claudia Losch | 28 | West Germany | FRG | 20.39 | |
| 2 | Li Meisu | 29 | China | CHN | 20.30 | |
| 3 | Kathrin Neimke | 22 | East Germany | GDR | 20.18 | |
| 4 | Heike Hartwig | 25 | East Germany | GDR | 20.06 | |
| 5 | Zdeňka Bartoňová-Šilhavá | 34 | Czechoslovakia | TCH | 19.74 | |
| 6 | Cong Yuzhen | 25 | China | CHN | 19.55 | |
| 7 | Svetla Mitkova | 24 | Bulgaria | BUL | 19.53 | |
| 8 | Bonnie Dasse | 29 | United States | USA | 19.45 | |
| 9 | Walentina Fedjuschina | 23 | Soviet Union | URS | 19.06 | |
| 10 | Connie Price-Smith | 26 | United States | USA | 17.09 | |
| 11 | Yvonne Hanson-Nortey | 24 | Great Britain | GBR | 15.13 | |
| 12 | María Isabel Urrutia | 23 | Colombia | COL | 15.13 | |
| 13 | Siololovau Ikavuka | 20 | Tonga | TGA | 12.31 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | D | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ines Reichenbach-Müller | 29 | East Germany | GDR | 19.79 | |
| 2 | Nataliya Lisovskaya | 26 | Soviet Union | URS | 19.78 | |
| 3 | Huang Zhihong | 23 | China | CHN | 19.71 | |
| 4 | Nataliya Akhrimenko | 33 | Soviet Union | URS | 19.40 | |
| 5 | Iris Plotzitzka | 22 | West Germany | FRG | 19.06 | |
| 6 | Ramona Pagel | 26 | United States | USA | 18.55 | |
| 7 | Judy Oakes | 30 | Great Britain | GBR | 18.34 | |
| 8 | Myrtle Augee | 23 | Great Britain | GBR | 17.31 | |
| 9 | Deborah Saint Phard | 23 | Haiti | HAI | 16.02 | |
| 10 | Grace Apiafi | 29 | Nigeria | NGR | 15.06 | |
| 11 | Choi Mi-Seon | 19 | South Korea | KOR | 13.97 | |
| 12 | Jeanne-Nicole Ngo Minyemeck | 19 | Cameroon | CMR | 12.73 |