Medalists
| Gold |
 Françoise Mbango Etone
Cameroon (CMR) |
| Silver |
 Tatyana Lebedeva
Russia (RUS) |
| Bronze |
 Hrysopiyí Devetzí
Greece (GRE) |
Records
| World Record |
Inessa Kravets (UKR) |
15.50 |
Göteborg, Sweden |
10 August 1995 |
| Olympic Record |
Inessa Kravets (UKR) |
15.33 |
Atlanta, United States |
31 July 1996 |
| Date |
Event |
Name |
Nationality |
Distance |
OR |
WR |
| 17 August |
Final |
Francoise Mbango Etone |
Cameroon |
15.39 |
OR |
|
Qualifying Round
Group A
- Yargelis Savigne, Cuba 14.99 m Q
- Viktoriya Gurova, Russia 14.78 m Q
- Olga Rypakova, Kazakhstan 14.64 m Q SB
- Anna Pyatykh, Russia 14.45 m Q
- Marija Sestak, Slovenia 14.44 m Q
- Biljana Topic, Serbia 14.14 m
- Teresa Nzola Meso Ba, France 14.11 m
- Mabel Gay, Cuba 14.09 m
- Carlota Castrejana, Spain 14.02 m
- Svitlana Mamieieva, Ukraine 14.01 m
- Magdelin Martinez, Italy 14.00 m
Carolina Klüft, Sweden 13.97 m
- Gita Dodova, Bulgaria 13.53 m
- Erica McLain, United States 13.52 m
- Yelena Parfyonova, Kazakhstan 13.46 m
- Chinonye Ohadugha, Nigeria 13.29 m
- seniya Pryiemka, Belvarus 13.08 m
- Athanasia Perra, Greece NM
Group B
- Hrysopiyi Devetzi, Greece 14.92 m Q
- Tatyana Lebedeva, Russia 14.55 m Q
- Francoise Mbango Etone, Cameroon 14.50 m Q
- Olga Saladukha, Ukraine 14.46 m Q
- Xie Limei, China 14.27 m Q
- Kaire Leibak, Estonia 14.19 m Q
- Trecia Smith, Jamaica 14.18 m Q
- Adelina Gavrila, Romania 13.98 m
- Yarianna Martinez, Cuba 13.96 m
- Baya Rahouli, Algeria 13.87 m
Gisele de Oliveira, Brazil 13.81 m
- Liliya Kulyk, Ukraine 13.66 m
- Shani Marks, United States 13.44 m
- Anastasiya Juravleva, Uzbekistan 13.36 m
- Irina Litvinenko, Kazakhstan 12.92 m
- Yamile Aldama, Sudan NM
- Martina Sestakova, Czech Republic NM
- Dana Veldakova, Slovakia NM
Final
The final was held on August 17.
| Position |
Name |
Nationality |
Result |
Notes |
| 1 |
Françoise Mbango Etone |
Cameroon |
15.39 |
OR |
| 2 |
Tatyana Lebedeva |
Russia |
15.32 |
|
| 3 |
Hrysopiyí Devetzí |
Greece |
15.23 |
|
| 4 |
Olga Rypakova |
Kazakhstan |
15.11 |
AR |
| 5 |
Yargelis Savigne |
Cuba |
15.05 |
|
| 6 |
Marija Šestak |
Slovenia |
15.03 |
NR |
| 7 |
Viktoriya Gurova |
Russia |
14.77 |
|
| 8 |
Anna Pyatykh |
Russia |
14.73 |
|
| 9 |
Olha Saladuha |
Ukraine |
14.70 |
|
| 10 |
Kaire Leibak |
Estonia |
14.13 |
|
| 11 |
Trecia Smith |
Jamaica |
14.12 |
|
| 12 |
Limei Xie |
China |
14.09 |
|
There are the details:
| Athlete |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
5th |
6th |
| Françoise Mbango Etone |
15.19
(1.3) |
15.39
(0.5) |
|
14.82
(0.1) |
|
14.88
(0.1) |
| Tatyana Lebedeva |
15.00
(1.2) |
15.17
(1.0) |
15.32
(0.5) |
14.40
(0.0) |
|
|
| Hrysopiyí Devetzí |
14.96
(0.8) |
15.23
(1.6) |
|
|
|
|
| Olga Rypakova |
|
14.83
(0.6) |
14.93
(0.5) |
15.03
(0.6) |
15.11
(0.3) |
|
| Yargelis Savigne |
|
14.87
(0.5) |
14.77
(0.1) |
15.05
(0.1) |
|
14.91
(0.8) |
| Marija Šestak |
15.03
(1.1) |
14.65
(0.6) |
|
14.46
(0.9) |
14.47
(0.1) |
14.75
(0.9) |
| Viktoriya Gurova |
14.38
(0.6) |
14.04
(0.6) |
14.77
(1.1) |
|
14.65
(0.1) |
|
| Anna Pyatykh |
14.67
(0.3) |
14.73
(-0.2) |
14.57
(0.6) |
|
14.67
(0.3) |
14.28
(0.3) |
| Olha Saladuha |
12.78
(0.6) |
14.70
(1.2) |
11.29
(0.7) |
|
|
|
| Kaire Leibak |
12.19
(0.6) |
14.13
(0.8) |
|
|
|
|
| Trecia Smith |
14.12
(0.5) |
13.75
(0.4) |
|
|
|
|
| Limei Xie |
14.09
(0.8) |
13.94
(0.7) |
13.67
(0.3) |
|
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