2023 World Athletics Championships – Women's shot put

The women's shot put at the 2023 World Athletics Championships was held at the National Athletics Centre in Budapest on 26 August 2023

Summary

Throwing in the morning preliminary round, seven women got the big Q on their first attempt by exceeding 19.10m. The finals were held later that same evening. Maggie Ewen got off a 19.51m on her first attempt. There throws later, defending champion Chase Ealey launched a 20.35m to announce her intent to hold onto her title. Only four women in this field had ever thrown that far. A couple of throwers later Danniel Thomas-Dodd tossed a 19.38 to grab third place. That lasted until the beginning of the second round when Indoor Champion Auriol Dongmo put out a 19.63m to move into second. Near the beginning of the third round, Sarah Mitton took over second place with a 19.90m. After establishing a new order, Olympic Champion Gong Lijiao threw 19.69m to advance to third place. Four throwers later, Dongmo also threw a 19.69m. With the 19.63m, Dongmo held the tiebreaker and was in third place. With her fifth round throw, Gong threw 19.67m to reverse the tiebreaker and take over third. Mitton then improved to 20.08m. Then Ealey launched another one. for the win. Nobody was able to improve in the final round. Dongmo thought she had a throw that could get her a medal, but it was ruled foul. She protested and it was measured, but we will never what it was. The protest was denied.

Records Before the competition records were as follows:

RecordAthlete & LocationDate World record22.63 mMoscow, Soviet Union7 June 1987Championship record21.24 mRome, Italy5 September 1987Daegu, South Korea29 August 2011World Leading20.45 mLos Angeles, United States27 May 2023African Record18.43 mWalnut, United States19 April 2003Asian Record21.76 mShanghai, China23 April 1988North, Central American and Caribbean record20.96 mMexico City, Mexico2 May 1992South American Record19.30 mTunja, Colombia14 July 2001European Record22.63 mMoscow, Soviet Union7 June 1987Oceanian record21.24 mDaegu, South Korea29 August 2011

Qualification standard The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 18.80 m.

Schedule The event schedule, in local time (UTC+2), was as follows:

Date Time Round26 August 10:25 Qualification 20:15 Final

Results

Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 19.10 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final.

Rank Group Name Nationality Round Mark Notes 1 2 3 1 A Jessica Schilder 19.64 19.64 Q, 2 B Auriol Dongmo 19.59 19.59 Q 3 B Yemisi Ogunleye 19.44 19.44 Q, 4 A Maggie Ewen 19.42 19.42 Q 5 A Sarah Mitton 19.37 19.37 Q 6 A Danniel Thomas-Dodd 17.75 18.77 19.36 19.36 Q 7 B Chase Ealey 19.27 19.27 Q 8 B Gong Lijiao 19.16 19.16 Q 9 A Sara Gambetta 18.70 18.29 18.39 18.70 q 10 B Jorinde van Klinken 18.66 17.68 18.19 18.66 q 11 A Song Jiayuan 18.40 18.54 18.64 18.64 q 12 B Maddison-Lee Wesche 18.59 18.10 17.93 18.59 q 13 A Axelina Johansson 18.57 X X 18.57 14 B Fanny Roos 17.82 18.41 X 18.41 15 B Julia Ritter 17.40 18.41 17.34 18.41 16 A Jessica Inchude 17.74 X 18.16 18.16 17 B Zhang Linru 17.46 17.62 18.08 18.08 18 B Sara Lennman 18.05 17.44 17.71 18.05 19 A Alida van Daalen 16.95 17.93 17.58 17.93 20 A Anita Márton 16.69 17.67 17.85 17.85 21 B Eliana Bandeira X X 17.79 17.79 22 A Dimitriana Bezede 16.85 17.69 X 17.69 23 A Adelaide Aquilla 17.42 17.14 17.29 17.42 24 B Klaudia Kardasz 17.27 X X 17.27 25 A Ana Caroline Silva X 16.63 17.18 17.18 26 B Jalani Davis X 16.93 X 16.93 27 A Erna Sóley Gunnarsdóttir 16.68 15.73 16.07 16.68 28 B Livia Avancini 16.62 X 16.26 16.62 29 A 16.36 16.43 16.61 16.61 30BIvana Gallardo16.55XX16.5531ASenja Mäkitörmä16.2716.2116.1916.2732BIschke Senekal14.9616.2014.8916.2033BEmilia Kangas15.94XX15.9434AX14.8415.5615.5635BGrace TennantXXX

Final The final was started on 26 August at 20:17.

Rank Name Nationality Round Mark Notes 1 2 3 4 5 6 Chase Ealey 20.35 19.71 x 20.04 20.43 x 20.43 Sarah Mitton 19.17 19.27 19.90 19.30 20.08 x 20.08 Gong Lijiao 18.89 19.37 x 19.69 19.67 19.35 19.69 4 Auriol Dongmo 18.79 19.63 x 19.69 19.55 x 19.69 5 Danniel Thomas-Dodd 19.38 19.33 19.59 x 18.61 18.98 19.59 6 Maggie Ewen 19.51 19.21 18.65 x 19.27 19.49 19.51 7 Maddison-Lee Wesche 18.81 x 19.47 19.41 19.51 x 19.51 8 Jessica Schilder 18.25 19.13 19.26 x x 18.14 19.26 9 Jorinde van Klinken 19.05 18.45 x 19.05 10 Yemisi Ogunleye x 18.97 x 18.97 11 Song Jiayuan 18.50 18.18 18.90 18.90 12 Sara Gambetta 18.70 x 18.71 18.71

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