1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's shot put explained

The women's shot put event at the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 8.

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Vita Pavlysh	Astrid Kumbernuß	Irina Korzhanenko

Results

Qualification

Qualification: 18.00 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) qualified for the final.^[1]

Rank	Group	Athlete	Nationality	1	2	3	Result	Notes
1	B			20.22			20.22	Q
2	B			18.80			18.80	Q
3	B			18.71			18.71	Q
4	B			17.63	18.54		18.54	Q
5	A			18.49			18.49	Q
6	B			x	17.86	18.31	18.31	Q, SB
7	A			17.20	x	18.31	18.31	Q
8	B			18.23			18.23	Q
9	A			17.71	x	17.85	17.85	q
10	A			17.59	x	17.70	17.70	q
11	B			17.60	x	17.17	17.60	q
12	A			17.36	17.21	17.27	17.36	q
13	B			16.88	x	x	16.88
14	A			16.68	x	15.92	16.68
15	B			x	16.63	x	16.63
16	A			16.45	x	16.59	16.59
	A

Final

^[2]

Rank	Name	Nationality	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result	Notes
			19.08	20.00	19.99	–	19.72	20.00	20.00
			19.51	19.62	19.44	19.72	19.92	19.71	19.92
			19.40	–	19.49	–	19.45	–	19.49	PB
			18.62	–	–	18.80	–	–	18.80	SB
			18.46	18.33	18.56	18.19	18.67	18.40	18.67
			17.87	–	18.38	–	18.15	–	18.38
			18.37	–	17.98	–	17.79	–	18.38
			18.29	–	–	–	–	–	18.29
			–	18.18	17.71				18.18
10			17.51	–	–				17.51
11			17.45	–	–				17.45
12			17.28	17.36	–				17.36

Notes and References

1. https://web.archive.org/web/20120819043029/http://www2.iaaf.org/wic97/results/w/sp/rq.html Qualification results
2. https://web.archive.org/web/20120819044110/http://www2.iaaf.org/wic97/results/w/sp/rf.html Final results