2005 World Championships in Athletics – Women's shot put explained

The Women's Shot Put event at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on August 12 and August 13. The event was won by Nadzeya Ostapchuk of Belarus but when samples taken from her during those games were retested in 2013, they revealed she had been doping.^[1]

After revision, Olga Ryabinkina from Russia and Valerie Vili from New Zealand were promoted to gold and silver respectively.^[2] The bronze medal was awarded to Nadine Kleinert from Germany who originally finished fifth since all the results of the fourth-placer Svetlana Krivelyova of Russia between August 18, 2004, and August 17, 2006, were annulled in a separate doping case.^[3]

The winning margin was 2 cm which as of 2024 remains the only time the women's shot put has been won by less than 3 cm at these championships.

Medalists

Gold	Olga Ryabinkina Russia (RUS)
Silver	Valerie Vili New Zealand (NZL)
Bronze	Nadine Kleinert Germany (GER)

Schedule

• All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+2)

Qualification Round
Group A	Group B
12.08.2005  - 18:30h	12.08.2005  - 17:30h
Final Round
13.08.2005  - 18:40h

Abbreviations

• All results shown are in metres

Q	automatic qualification
q	qualification by rank
DNS	did not start
NM	no mark
WR	world record
AR	area record
NR	national record
PB	personal best
SB	season best

Records

Standing records prior to the 2005 World Athletics Championships
		22.63 m	June 7, 1987	Moscow, Soviet Union
		21.24 m	September 5, 1987

Qualification

Group A

Rank	Athlete	Attempts			Result	Note
		1	2	3
1		X	18.94	-	18.94 m
2		17.65	18.72	-	18.72 m
3		17.30	17.31	18.35	18.35 m
4		17.46	17.80	18.06	18.06 m
5		17.75	17.62	17.87	17.87 m
6		X	17.21	17.80	17.80 m
7		X	17.72	17.56	17.72 m
8		17.53	X	X	17.53 m
9		X	17.50	17.35	17.50 m
10		15.86	16.18	16.94	16.94 m
11		X	16.35	16.67	16.67 m
12		X	15.14	X	15.14 m
		19.65	-	-	19.65 m	DQ

Group B

Rank	Athlete	Attempts			Result	Note
		1	2	3
1		19.87	-	-	19.87 m	AR
2		18.90	-	-	18.90 m
3		18.83	-	-	18.83 m
4		18.53	-	-	18.53 m
5		17.82	18.17	18.35	18.35 m
6		17.14	17.85	17.34	17.85 m
7		17.32	X	X	17.32 m
8		17.31	X	16.96	17.31 m
9		16.67	16.30	16.41	16.67 m
10		16.18	X	16.69	16.60 m
11		16.51	15.96	16.24	16.51 m
12		16.50	15.98	15.73	16.50 m
		19.28	-	-	19.28 m	DQ

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Result	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
		X	19.34	19.64	X	19.06	18.76	19.64 m
		X	18.23	19.62	19.33	X	19.62	19.62 m
		X	17.92	18.70	18.87	19.07	X	19.07 m
4		18.37	X	X	18.57	X	18.64	18.64 m
5		17.51	18.20	18.35	X	18.10	X	18.35 m
6		16.91	17.85	18.25	18.02	18.34	X	18.34 m
7		17.55	18.02	X				18.02 m
8		17.85	18.01	17.82				18.01 m
9		17.83	17.60	X				17.83 m
10		X	16.99	X				16.99 m
		20.30	20.13	X	X	20.23	20.51	20.51 m
		17.35	18.47	19.16	18.59	19.10	18.94	19.16 m

See also

• 2005 Shot Put Year Ranking

References

• IAAF results, heats
• IAAF results, final
• todor66

Notes and References

1. Web site: Doping: Five 2005 world medallists caught after IAAF retests . . 13 March 2013 . BBC Sport . 11 March 2014.
2. Web site: Revision of results following sanctions of Tsikhan and Ostapchuk. 27 April 2014. IAAF. 4 April 2014.
3. Web site: Athletics-Kuzenkova and Krivelyova get two-year bans for doping. 2 April 2013. Reuters. 4 April 2014.