The women's shot put at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 22 August.Start list
The championship suffered a little with the failure of Valerie Adams to return to defend her 2013 title following surgery over the winter. In the run-up to these championships Adams suffered the end of her 57 event winning streak a month earlier.Adams won’t defend world shot put title in Beijing
In the finals, home favorite Gong Lijiao assumed the early lead with a 20.30 first put. On the third throw, Christina Schwanitz made 20.37 to take the lead. Gong had no answer and the rest of the field was too far behind, led by Michelle Carter's 19.76. Anita Márton threw a fourth round 19.48m national record to take fourth.
Records Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:
World record22.63Moscow, Soviet Union7 June 1987Championship record21.24Rome, Italy5 September 198721.24Daegu, South Korea29 August 2011World leading20.77Beijing, China20 May 2015African record18.43Walnut, United States19 April 2003Asian record21.76Shijiazhuang, China23 April 1988North, Central American and Caribbean record20.96AMexico City, Mexico2 May 1992South American record19.30ATunja, Colombia14 July 2001European record22.63Moscow, Soviet Union7 June 1987Oceanian record21.24Daegu, South Korea29 August 2011
Qualification standards Entry standards 17.75
Schedule Date Time Round22 August 2015 10:10 Qualification22 August 2015 20:05 Final
Results KEY:QQualifiedq12 best performersNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best
Qualification Qualification: Qualifying Performance 18.30 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final.Qualification results
Rank Group Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 Mark Notes 1 A Christina Schwanitz 19.39 19.39 2 B Michelle Carter 19.22 19.22 3 B Gong Lijiao 19.11 19.11 4 A Anita Márton 17.40 18.85 18.85 5 B Natallia Mikhnevich 17.97 18.17 18.57 18.57 6 A Cleopatra Borel 17.01 18.55 18.55 7 A Aliona Dubitskaya 17.95 18.51 18.51 8 B Natalia Ducó 17.84 18.29 18.29 9 A Gao Yang 17.97 18.18 18.21 18.21 10 B Jeneva Stevens 17.81 17.77 18.05 18.05 11 B Yuliya Leantsiuk 17.58 17.96 17.96 12 A Paulina Guba 17.46 17.55 17.73 17.73 13 A Tia Brooks 17.71 17.71 14 A Chiara Rosa 17.54 17.54 15 A Geisa Arcanjo 17.26 17.02 17.42 17.42 16 B Guo Tianqian 17.10 16.98 17.10 17 B Yaniuvis López 16.85 17.10 16.94 17.10 18 B Leila Rajabi 17.04 17.04 19 A Halyna Obleshchuk 16.97 16.74 16.12 16.97 20 A Auriol Dongmo Mekemnang 16.46 16.85 16.85 21 B Ahymara Espinoza 16.53 16.76 16.76 22 A Danniel Thomas 16.62 16.62 23 B Úrsula Ruiz 16.36 16.26 16.36 24 B Keely Medeiros 14.69 15.17 15.17
Final The final was held at 20:05.Final results
Rank Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes 19.80 20.00 20.37 20.10 20.37 Gong Lijiao 20.30 20.05 20.25 19.91 20.30 Michelle Carter 19.45 19.76 18.57 18.85 19.48 19.71 19.76 Anita Márton 18.02 18.23 18.06 19.48 18.89 19.11 19.48 Gao Yang 18.15 18.09 17.84 19.04 19.04 Aliona Dubitskaya 18.21 18.52 17.43 18.52 Yuliya Leantsiuk 17.38 18.25 17.67 17.85 17.85 18.25 Natallia Mikhnevich 17.05 18.09 17.75 18.11 17.79 18.24 18.24 Natalia Ducó 17.94 17.95 17.98 17.98 10 Jeneva Stevens 16.79 17.44 17.84 17.84 11 Paulina Guba 17.04 17.52 17.11 17.52 12 Cleopatra Borel 17.43 16.85 17.43
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