2007 World Championships in Athletics – Women's shot put explained

The women's shot put event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics took place on August 26, 2007 at the Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan.

Medallists

Gold
Silver
Bronze

Abbreviations

• All results shown are in metres

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

Records

Standing records prior to the 2007 World Athletics Championships
		22.63 m	June 7, 1987
		21.24 m	September 5, 1987

Qualification

Group A

Place	Athlete	Nation	1	2	3	Time	Notes
1			19.45			19.45	Q
2			19.05			19.05	Q
3			18.77			18.77	Q
4			18.76			18.76	Q
5			18.72			18.72	Q
6			17.34	18.52		18.52	Q
7			18.17	18.22	18.29	18.29	q
8			17.52	17.42	18.19	18.19
9			X	15.27	17.50	17.50
10			17.14	X	17.40	17.40
11			16.92	X	17.07	17.07
12			16.87	X	16.26	16.87
13			16.41	16.61	16.62	16.62
14			16.05	16.20	16.41	16.41

Group B

Place	Athlete	Nation	1	2	3	Time	Notes
1			19.17			19.17	Q
2			18.85			18.85	Q
3			X	18.20	18.38	18.38	Q
4			18.28	18.17	18.05	18.28	q
5			18.23	X	18.11	18.23	q
6			17.26	17.86	18.19	18.19
7			17.58	17.65	17.20	17.65
8			16.76	17.29	X	17.29
9			16.34	16.52	17.02	17.02
10			16.95	X	16.89	16.95
11			16.53	X	16.32	16.53
12			16.19	16.27	X	16.27
13			15.49	15.52	15.01	15.52
—			X	X	X

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Attempts						Result	Note
			1	2	3	4	5	6
			19.89	19.74	19.80	X	19.95	20.54	20.54 m
			18.75	19.45	19.04	X	19.77	19.72	19.77 m	SB
			18.21	18.88	X	18.92	X	19.38	19.38 m
4			19.33	X	19.27	18.86	18.92	X	19.33 m
5			17.29	18.79	18.83	18.32	18.77	18.62	18.83 m
6			17.82	18.66	X	18.34	X	X	18.66 m
7			X	18.35	18.17	18.39	X	X	18.39 m
8			18.20	X	X				18.20 m
9			X	18.17	X				18.17 m
10			17.36	18.14	17.87				18.14 m
11			X	17.93	17.83				17.93 m
—			20.04	X	19.17	X	X	20.48	20.48 m

References

• Official results, qualification - IAAF.org
• Official results, final - IAAF.org
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