2016 Olympic Games Statistics – Women’s SP by K Ken Nakamura The records to look for in Rio de Janeiro: 1) Can Valerie Vili (NZL) become the first to win Olympic WSP three-times? 2) Can Gong Lijiao (CHN) become the first Asian to win WSP in the Olympic Games? Summary Page: All time performance list at the Olympics Performance Performer Distance Name Nat Pos Venue Year 1 1 22.41 Ilona Slupianek GDR 1 Moskva 1980 2 2 22.24 Natalya Lisovskaya URS 1 Seoul 1988 3 3 21.42 Svetlana Krachevskaya URS 2 Moskva 1980 4 4 21.20 Margitta Pufe GDR 3 Moskva 1980 5 5 21.16 Ivanka Khristova BUL 1 Montreal 1976 Shortest winning distance since 1972: 19.59 by Yumileidi Cumba (CUB) in 2004 Margin of Victory Difference Winning dist Name Nat Venue Year Max 1.17m 22.24 Natalya Lisovskaya URS Seoul 1988 99cm 22.41 Ilona Slupianek GDR GDR 1980 Min 1cm 20.48 Claudia Losch FRG Los Angeles 1984 4cm 19.59 Yumileidi Cumba CUB Athinai 2004 Longest Shot in each round Round distance Name Nat Venue Year Final 22.41 Ilona Slupianek GDR Moskva 1980 Qualifying round 20.40 Valerie Adams NZL London 2012 20.39 Claudia Losch FRG Seoul 1988 Longest non-qualifier for the final Dist Position Name Nat Venue Year 19.06 Valentina Fedyushina URS Seoul 1988 Best Marks for Places in the Olympics Pos Distance Name Nat Venue Year 1 22.41 Ilona Slupianek GDR Moskva 1980 2 21.42 Svetlana Krachevskaya URS Moskva 1980 3 21.20 Margitta Pufe GDR Moskva 1980 4 21.15 Nunu Abashidze URS Moskva 1980 Multiple Gold Medalists: Valerie Adams (NZL): 2008, 2012 Tamara Press (URS): 1960, 1964 Longest throw in Rio de Janeiro Performance Performer Dist Name Nat Pos DMY 1 1 20.73 Viktoriya Pavlysh UKR 1 4 May 1997 All time performance list at the Olympics Performance Performer Distance Name Nat Pos Venue Year 1 1 22.41 Ilona Slupianek GDR 1 Moskva 1980 2 2 22.24 Natalya Lisovskaya URS 1 Seoul 1988 3 3 21.42 Svetlana Krachevskaya URS 2 Moskva 1980 4 4 21.20 Margitta Pufe GDR 3 Moskva 1980 5 5 21.16 Ivanka Khristova BUL 1 Montreal 1976 6 6 21.15 Nunu Abashidze URS 4 Moskva 1980 7 7 21.07 Kathrin Neimke GDR 2 Seoul 1988 8 8 21.06 Li Meisu CHN 3 Seoul 1988 8 8 21.06 Svetlana Krivelyova EUN 1 Barcelona 1992 10 10 21.03 Nadezhda Chizhova URS 1 München 1972 11 20.96 Nadezhda Chizhova 2 Montreal 1976 12 11 20.72 Verzhiniya Veselinova BUL 5 Moskva 1980 13 12 20.70 Valerie Adams NZL 1 London 2012 14 13 20.67 Helena Fibingerova TCH 3 Montreal 1976 15 14 20.56 Astrid Kumbernuss GER 1 Atlanta 1996 15 14 20.56 Yanina Korolchik BLR 1 Sydney 2000 15 14 20.56 Valerie Vili 1 Beijing 2008 18 17 20.55 Marianne Adam GDR 4 Montreal 1976 19 18 20.54 Ilona Schoknecht GDR 5 Montreal 1976 20 19 20.48 Claudia Losch FRG 1 Los Angeles 1984 20 19 20.48 Evgeniia Kolodko RUS 2 London 2012 22 21 20.47 Mihaela Loghin ROU 2 Los Angeles 1984 22 21 20.47 Huang Zhihong CHN 2 Barcelona 1992 24 20.40 Valerie Adams 1qA London 2012 25 20.39 Claudia Losch 1qA Seoul 1988 26 23 20.37 Ines Reichenbach Muller GDR 4 Seoul 1988 27 20.30 Li Meisu 2qA Seoul 1988 28 24 20.28 Natalya Mikhnevich BLR 2 Beijing 2008 29 20.27 Claudia Losch 5 Seoul 1988 30 25 20.22 Margitta Gummel GDR 2 München 1972 30 25 20.22 Elena Stoyanova BUL 6 Moskva 1980 30 25 20.22 Gong Lijiao CHN 3 London 2012 33 28 20.20 Heike Hartwig GDR 6 Seoul 1988 34 20.18 Kathrin Neimke 3qA Seoul 1988 35 29 20.13 Natalya Akhrimenko URS 7 Seoul 1988 Shortest winning distance since 1972: 19.59 by Yumileidi Cumba (CUB) in 2004 Margin of Victory Difference Winning dist Name Nat Venue Year Max 1.17m 22.24 Natalya Lisovskaya URS Seoul 1988 99cm 22.41 Ilona Slupianek GDR GDR 1980 Min 1cm 20.48 Claudia Losch FRG Los Angeles 1984 4cm 19.59 Yumileidi Cumba CUB Athinai 2004 Difference between first and third Diff Winning dist 3rd place dist Winner’s Name Nat Venue Year Max 1.68m 21.03m 19.35 Nadezhda Chizhova URS München 1972 1.42m 19.61m 18.19 Margitta Gummel GDR Mexico City 1968 Min 10cm 19.59 19.49 Yumileidi Cumba CUB Athinai 2004 Difference between third and fourth (medal versus no medal) Difference 3rd place dist Name Nat Venue Year Max 1.05m 19.19m Gael Martin AUS Los Angeles 1984 69cm 21.06m Li Meisu CHN Seoul 1988 Min 3cm 16.42m Earlene Brown USA Roma 1960 Longest Shot in each round Round distance Name Nat Venue Year Final 22.41 Ilona Slupianek GDR Moskva 1980 Qualifying round 20.40 Valerie Adams NZL London 2012 20.39 Claudia Losch FRG Seoul 1988 Longest non-qualifier for the final Dist Position Name Nat Venue Year 19.06 Valentina Fedyushina URS Seoul 1988 Average from last eight Olympics Average 2012 2008 2004 2000 1996 1992 1988 1984 Winning distance 20.72 20.70 20.56 19.59 20.56 20.56 21.06 22.24 20.48 Winning Medal 19.76 20.22 19.86 19.49 19.62 19.35 19.78 21.06 19.19 Missing Medal (4 th ) 19.34 19.63 19.50 19.01 19.37 19.30 19.70 20.37 18.14 8th 18.64 19.00 19.00 18.56 18.49 18.68 18.69 19.82 17.23 Shortest to make final 18.30 18.36 18.46 18.16 17.84 18.55 17.39 19.40 Final only Best Marks for Places in the Olympics Pos Distance Name Nat Venue Year 1 22.41 Ilona Slupianek GDR Moskva 1980 2 21.42 Svetlana Krachevskaya URS Moskva 1980 3 21.20 Margitta Pufe GDR Moskva 1980 4 21.15 Nunu Abashidze URS Moskva 1980 5 20.72 Verzhiniya Veselinova BUL Moskva 1980 6 20.22 Elena Stoyanova BUL Moskva 1980 7 20.13 Natalya Akhrimenko URS Seoul 1988 Best Marks for Places – all competitions Pos Distance Name Nat Venue Day Month Year 1 22.63 Natalya Lisovskaya URS Moskva 7 June 1987 2 21.74 Ilona Slupianek GDR Leipzig 23 June 1979 21.59 Natalya Lisovskaya URS Potsdam 21 July 1984 3 21.34 Ines Müller GDR Tallinn 21 June 1986 21.20 Margitta Pufe GDR Moskva 24 July 1980 4 21.15 Nunu Abashidze UKR Moskva 24 July 1980 21.00 Cordula Schulze GDR Posdam 21 July 1984 5 20.77 Ines Müller GDR Potsdam 21 July 1984 20.72 Verzhinia Veselinova BUL Moskva 24 July 1980 6 20.63 Heike Hartwig GDR Roma 5 Sept 1987 20.32 Liane Schmuhl GDR Erfut 3 June 1984 Multiple Gold Medalists: Valerie Adams (NZL): 2008, 2012 Tamara Press (URS): 1960, 1964 Multiple Medalists: Valerie Adams-Vili (NZL): 2008 Gold, 2012 Gold Astird Kumbernuss (GER): 1996 Gold, 2000 Bronze Kathrin Neimke (GDR): 1988 Silver, 1992 Bronze Ivanka Khistova (BUL): 1972 Bronze, 1976 Gold Margitta Gummel (GDR): 1968 Gold, 1972 Silver Nadezhda Chizhova (URS): 1968 Bronze, 1972 Gold, 1976 Silver Tamara Press (URS): 1960 Gold, 1964 Gold Galina Zybina (URS): 1952 Gold, 1956 Silver, 1964 Bronze Marianne Werner (FRG): 1952 Silver, 1956 Bronze Multiple Medals by athletes from a single nation Nation Year Gold Silver Bronze BLR 2008 Natalya Mikhnevich Nadezhda Ostapchuk GDR 1980 Ilona Slupianek Margitta Pufe GDR 1968 Margitta Gummel Marita Lange URS 1964 Tamara Press Galina Zybina URS 1956 Tamara Tyshkevich Galina Zybina URS 1952 Galina Zybina Klavdiya Tochenova Man & Woman from the same team winning the corresponding event: Never happened Medals by Countries: Nation Gold Silver Bronze URS 6 3 3 GDR 2 3 1 NZL 2 GER 1 4 3 BLR 1 1 2? BUL 1 1 FRG 1 EUN 1 FRA 1 CUB 1 CHN 2 2 RUS 2 1 ITA 1 ROU 1 AUT 1 USA 1 TCH 1 AUS 1 Olympic Gold medalist with World Championships Gold Name Nat World Championships Olympics Valerie Vili Adams NZL 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013 2008, 2012 Yanina Korolchik BLR 2001 2000 Astrid Kumbernuss GER 1995, 1997, 1999 1996 Svetlana Krivelyova RUS 2003 1992 Natalya Lisovskaya URS 1987 1988 Olympic Champion with World Indoor Championships Gold medal Name Nat Olympic Games World Indoor Championships Valerie Vili (Adams) NZL 2008, 2012 2008, 2012, 2014 Svetlana Krivelyova EUN 1992 1993, 1999, 2004 Natalya Lisovskaya URS 1988 1985, 1987 Olympic Gold medalists who previously won World Junior Gold medal Name Nat Olympics Games World Junior Championships Valerie Vili (Adams) NZL 2008, 2012 2002 Olympic Gold medalists who previously won World Youth Gold medal Name Nat Olympic Games World Youth Championships Valerie Vili (Adams) NZL 2008, 2012 2001 Olympic Champion with European Championships gold medal Name Nat Olympic Games European Championships Astrid Kumbernuss GER 1996 1990 Ilona Slupianek GDR 1980 1978, 1982 Nadezhda Chizhova URS 1972 1966, 1969, 1971, 1974 Tamara Press URS 1960, 1964 1962 Olympic medalists with Asian Games and/or Asian Championships medal Name Nat Olympics Year Asian Games Year Asian Champ Year Gong Lijiao CHN Bronze 2012 Gold 2014 Gold 2009 Sui Xinmei CHN Silver 1996 Gold 1990, 1994 Gold 1995 Huang Zhihong CHN Silver 1992 Gold 1986 Gold 1989, 1991, 1993 Li Meisu CHN Bronze 1988 Gold 1982 Gold 1998 Olympic medalists with All African Games and/or African Championships medal: None Olympic medalist with Pan American Games gold medal Name Nat Olympic Games Year Pan American Games Earlene Brown USA Bronze 1960 1959 Olympic Champion with Commonwealth Games Gold medal Name Nat Olympics Commonwealth Games Valerie Villi NZL 2008, 2012 2006, 2010, 2014 Last seven Olympics: Year Gold Nat Dist Silver Nat Dist Bronze Nat Dist 2012 Valerie Adams NZL 20.70 Evgeniia Kolodko RUS 20.48 Gong Lijiao CHN 20.22 2008 Valerie Vili NZL 20.56 Natalia Mikhnevich BLR 20.28 Nadzeya Ostapchuk BLR 19.86 2004 Yumeileidi Cumba CUB 19.59 Nadine Kleinert GER 19.55 Nadzeya Ostapchuk? BLR 19.01 2000 Yanina Korolchik BLR 20.56 Larisa Peleshenko RUS 19.92 Astrid Kumbernuss GER 19.62 1996 Astrid Kumbernuss GER 20.56 Sui Xinmei CHN 19.88 Irina Khudorozhkina RUS 19.35 1992 Svetlana Krivelyova EUN 21.06 Huang Zhihong CHN 20.47 Kathrin Neimke GER 19.78 1988 Natalya Lisovskaya URS 22.24 Kathrin Neimke GDR 21.07 Li Meisu CHN 21.06 Last eight World Championships: Year Gold Nat Dist Silver Nat Dist Bronze Nat Dist 2015 Christina Schwanitz GE 20.37 Gong Lijiao CHN 20.30 Michelle Carter USA 19.76