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 8–9 August.^[1]

Women's shot put at the 2017 World Championships
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Dates	8 August (qualification) 9 August (final)
Competitors	30 from 21 nations
Medalists
Gong Lijiao    China   Anita Márton    Hungary   Michelle Carter    United States
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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:^[2]

Record	Perf.	Athlete	Nat.	Date	Location
World	22.63	Natalya Lisovskaya	URS	7 Jun 1988	Moscow, Soviet Union
Championship	21.24	Natalya Lisovskaya	URS	5 Sep 1987	Rome, Italy
	21.24	Valerie Adams	NZL	29 Aug 2011	Daegu, South Korea
World leading	20.11	Gong Lijiao	CHN	28 Jul 2017	Böhmenkirch, Germany
African	18.43	Vivian Chukwuemeka	NGR	19 Apr 2003	Walnut, California, United States
Asian	21.76	Li Meisu	CHN	23 Apr 1988	Shijiazhuang, China
NACAC	20.96	Belsy Laza	CUB	2 May 1992	Mexico City, Mexico
South American	19.30	Elisângela Adriano	BRA	14 Jul 2001	Tunja, Colombia
European	22.63	Natalya Lisovskaya	URS	7 Jun 1988	Moscow, Soviet Union
Oceanian	21.24	Valerie Adams	NZL	29 Aug 2011	Daegu, South Korea

No records were set at the competition.^[3]

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 17.75 metres.^[4]

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), is as follows:^[5]

Date	Time	Round
8 August	20:40	Qualification
9 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.^[6] The overall results were as follows:^[7]

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	Round			Mark	Notes
				1	2	3
1	B	Gong Lijiao	China (CHN)	18.97			18.97	Q
2	B	Michelle Carter	United States (USA)	18.92			18.92	Q
3	A	Anita Márton	Hungary (HUN)	18.76			18.76	Q
4	A	Raven Saunders	United States (USA)	17.94	18.63		18.63	Q
5	A	Danniel Thomas-Dodd	Jamaica (JAM)	x	18.42		18.42	Q
6	A	Bian Ka	China (CHN)	17.82	x	18.18	18.18	q, SB
7	B	Yuliya Leantsiuk	Belarus (BLR)	17.92	18.01	17.82	18.01	q
8	A	Brittany Crew	Canada (CAN)	17.41	17.26	18.01	18.01	q
9	A	Melissa Boekelman	Netherlands (NED)	17.55	17.19	17.88	17.88	q
10	A	Gao Yang	China (CHN)	17.82	17.87	x	17.87	q
11	B	Yaniuvis López	Cuba (CUB)	x	17.84	17.84	17.84	q
12	B	Geisa Arcanjo	Brazil (BRA)	17.67	17.48	17.79	17.79	q
13	B	Sara Gambetta	Germany (GER)	17.44	16.97	17.71	17.71
14	A	Aliona Dubitskaya	Belarus (BLR)	x	x	17.68	17.68
15	B	Natalia Ducó	Chile (CHI)	17.31	17.66	17.29	17.66
16	B	Paulina Guba	Poland (POL)	17.01	17.13	17.52	17.52
17	A	Klaudia Kardasz	Poland (POL)	16.24	16.34	17.52	17.52
18	B	Daniella Bunch	United States (USA)	16.76	17.39	x	17.39
19	B	Dimitriana Surdu	Moldova (MDA)	17.24	17.37	x	17.37
20	B	Fanny Roos	Sweden (SWE)	16.87	x	17.31	17.31
21	A	Radoslava Mavrodieva	Bulgaria (BUL)	x	16.99	x	16.99
22	A	Noora Salem Jasim	Bahrain (BHR)	16.68	16.97	16.61	16.97
23	A	Rachel Wallader	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	16.73	16.81	15.83	16.81
24	A	Jessica Cérival	France (FRA)	15.80	16.56	16.32	16.56
25	B	Taryn Suttie	Canada (CAN)	16.47	x	x	16.47
26	A	María Belén Toimil	Spain (ESP)	16.20	16.38	x	16.38
27	B	Sandra Lemos	Colombia (COL)	16.33	x	16.36	16.36
28	B	Úrsula Ruiz	Spain (ESP)	x	16.20	x	16.20
29	B	Gleneve Grange	Jamaica (JAM)	x	15.96	x	15.96
30	A	Jessica Inchude	Guinea-Bissau (GBS)	14.63	x	14.52	14.63
	A	Auriole Dongmo	Cameroon (CMR)				DNS

Final

The final took place on 9 August at 20:25. The overall results were as follows:^[8]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Round						Mark	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
	Gong Lijiao	China (CHN)	19.16	19.35	19.03	x	19.94	19.89	19.94
	Anita Márton	Hungary (HUN)	18.50	18.89	18.65	18.33	18.54	19.49	19.49
	Michelle Carter	United States (USA)	18.82	18.86	19.14	19.03	x	18.97	19.14
4	Danniel Thomas-Dodd	Jamaica (JAM)	18.70	x	18.76	18.56	18.91	18.76	18.91
5	Gao Yang	China (CHN)	18.03	18.00	17.79	18.22	18.11	18.25	18.25
6	Brittany Crew	Canada (CAN)	17.52	18.21	17.71	x	x	x	18.21
7	Yuliya Leantsiuk	Belarus (BLR)	17.84	x	18.12	x	x	17.51	18.12
8	Yaniuvis López	Cuba (CUB)	17.28	17.98	18.03	x	17.46	x	18.03
9	Geisa Arcanjo	Brazil (BRA)	17.93	x	18.03				18.03
10	Raven Saunders	United States (USA)	x	13.75	17.86				17.86
11	Melissa Boekelman	Netherlands (NED)	17.61	17.73	x				17.73
12	Bian Ka	China (CHN)	17.60	x	x				17.60

References

1. Start list
2. "Shot Put – Records". IAAF. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
3. "Records Set - Final" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
4. "Qualification System and Entry Standards" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
5. "Shot Put Women − Timetable". IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
6. "Shot Put Women − Qualification − Results" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
7. "Shot Put Women − Qualification − Summary" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
8. "Shot Put Women − Final − Results" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.