2017 World Championships in Athletics – Women's shot put

The women's shot put at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on .Start list

Summary The entire final was conducted in rainy conditions. Five throws in, Gong Lijiao took the early lead with a throw of 19.16 metres. Michelle Carter moved into second with 18.82 metres. Near the beginning of the second round, Anita Márton edged ahead with 18.89 metres, Gong improved to 19.35 metres, then Carter improved to 18.86 metres. In the third round, Carter improved to 19.14 metres to go back to second position. The leader board stayed that way until the fifth round when Gong improved to a winning 19.94 metres. In the final round, Márton threw 19.49 metres to take silver.

Records Before the competition records were as follows:

Record Athlete Date LocationWorld22.63Natalya Lisovskaya7 Jun 1988Moscow, Soviet Union Championship21.24Natalya Lisovskaya5 Sep 1987Rome, Italy21.24Valerie AdamsDaegu, South KoreaWorld leading20.11Gong Lijiao28 Jul 2017Böhmenkirch, GermanyAfrican18.43Vivian Chukwuemeka19 Apr 2003Walnut, California, United StatesAsian21.76Li Meisu23 Apr 1988Shijiazhuang, ChinaNACAC20.96Belsy Laza2 May 1992Mexico City, MexicoSouth American19.30Elisângela Adriano14 Jul 2001Tunja, ColombiaEuropean22.63Natalya Lisovskaya7 Jun 1988Moscow, Soviet UnionOceanian21.24Valerie Adams29 Aug 2011Daegu, South Korea

No records were set at the competition.

Qualification standard The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 17.75 metres.

Schedule The event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), is as follows: Date Time Round8 August 20:40 Qualification9 August 20:25 Final

Results Qualification The qualification round took place on 8 August, in two groups, both starting at 20:39. Athletes attaining a mark of at least 18.30 metres ( Q ) or at least the 12 best performers ( q ) qualified for the final. The overall results were as follows:

Rank Group Name Nationality Round Mark Notes 1 2 3 1 B Gong Lijiao 18.97 18.97 2 B Michelle Carter 18.92 18.92 3 A Anita Márton 18.76 18.76 4 A Raven Saunders 17.94 18.63 18.63 5 A Danniel Thomas-Dodd 18.42 18.42 6 A Bian Ka 17.82 18.18 18.18 , 7 B Yuliya Leantsiuk 17.92 18.01 17.82 18.01 8 A Brittany Crew 17.41 17.26 18.01 18.01 9 A Melissa Boekelman 17.55 17.19 17.88 17.88 10 A Gao Yang 17.82 17.87 17.87 11 B Yaniuvis López 17.84 17.84 17.84 12 B Geisa Arcanjo 17.67 17.48 17.79 17.79 13 B Sara Gambetta 17.44 16.97 17.71 17.71 14 A Aliona Dubitskaya 17.68 17.68 15 B Natalia Ducó 17.31 17.66 17.29 17.66 16 B Paulina Guba 17.01 17.13 17.52 17.52 17 A Klaudia Kardasz 16.24 16.34 17.52 17.52 18 B Daniella Bunch 16.76 17.39 17.39 19 B Dimitriana Surdu 17.24 17.37 17.37 20 B Fanny Roos 16.87 17.31 17.31 21 A Radoslava Mavrodieva 16.99 16.99 22 A Noora Salem Jasim 16.68 16.97 16.61 16.97 23 A Rachel Wallader 16.73 16.81 15.83 16.81 24 A Jessica Cérival 15.80 16.56 16.32 16.56 25 B Taryn Suttie 16.47 16.47 26 A María Belén Toimil 16.20 16.38 16.38 27 B Sandra Lemos 16.33 16.36 16.36 28 B Úrsula Ruiz 16.20 16.20 29 B Gleneve Grange 15.96 15.96 30 A Jessica Inchude 14.63 14.52 14.63 A Auriole Dongmo

Final The final took place on 9 August at 20:25. The overall results were as follows:

Rank Name Nationality Round Mark Notes 1 2 3 4 5 6 Gong Lijiao 19.16 19.35 19.03 19.94 19.89 19.94 Anita Márton 18.50 18.89 18.65 18.33 18.54 19.49 19.49 Michelle Carter 18.82 18.86 19.14 19.03 18.97 19.14 Danniel Thomas-Dodd 18.70 18.76 18.56 18.91 18.76 18.91 Gao Yang 18.03 18.00 17.79 18.22 18.11 18.25 18.25 Brittany Crew 17.52 18.21 17.71 18.21 Yuliya Leantsiuk 17.84 18.12 17.51 18.12 Yaniuvis López 17.28 17.98 18.03 17.46 18.03 Geisa Arcanjo 17.93 18.03 18.03 10 Raven Saunders 13.75 17.86 17.86 11 Melissa Boekelman 17.61 17.73 17.73 12 Bian Ka 17.60 17.60

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