2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's shot put explained

The women's shot put event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 9 and 10 July.

Medalists

Gold	Natalia Ducó
Silver	Melissa Boekelman
Bronze	Ma Qiao

Results

Final

10 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts						Result	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
	align=left		align=left		17.23	x	17.01	17.20	x	x	17.23
	align=left		align=left		16.16	16.43	16.36	16.36	16.60	x	16.60
	align=left		align=left		16.18	16.41	16.55	15.75	16.33	16.39	16.55
4	align=left		align=left		16.32	16.27	16.41	16.55	15.87	15.73	16.55
5	align=left		align=left		15.68	x	16.01	15.73	16.06	x	16.06
6	align=left		align=left		x	15.38	14.74	15.92	15.41	x	15.92
7	align=left		align=left		15.22	15.74	15.70	15.88	15.70	x	15.88
8	align=left		align=left		15.68	15.54	15.70	15.43	15.46	15.63	15.70
9	align=left		align=left		14.10	15.22	14.62				15.22
10	align=left		align=left		15.18	14.23	14.45				15.18
11	align=left		align=left		14.03	x	13.73				14.03
12	align=left		align=left		x	x	14.01				14.01

Qualifications

9 July

Group A

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	align=left		align=left		17.89	-	-	17.89	Q
2	align=left		align=left		15.24	15.65	16.20	16.20	Q
3	align=left		align=left		15.47	15.84	15.76	15.84	q
4	align=left		align=left		15.59	15.73	15.71	15.73	q
5	align=left		align=left		15.05	15.72	x	15.72	q
6	align=left		align=left		15.47	x	14.57	15.47	q
7	align=left		align=left		14.59	x	15.03	15.03
8	align=left		align=left		14.53	14.78	13.11	14.78
9	align=left		align=left		14.32	14.77	13.97	14.77
10	align=left		align=left		14.42	14.68	14.71	14.71
11	align=left		align=left		14.13	x	14.57	14.57
12	align=left		align=left		12.79	x	13.75	13.75
13	align=left		align=left		13.45	x	x	13.45

Group B

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	align=left		align=left		16.15	-	-	16.15	Q
2	align=left		align=left		14.90	14.86	15.92	15.92	q
3	align=left		align=left		15.18	15.71	15.40	15.71	q
4	align=left		align=left		14.90	15.31	15.41	15.41	q
5	align=left		align=left		14.50	15.11	x	15.11	q
6	align=left		align=left		15.04	x	x	15.04	q
7	align=left		align=left		13.41	14.21	14.96	14.96
8	align=left		align=left		14.72	12.95	13.38	14.72
9	align=left		align=left		13.42	14.06	14.49	14.49
10	align=left		align=left		14.25	14.45	13.38	14.45
11	align=left		align=left		12.24	14.06	13.88	14.06
12	align=left		align=left		14.03	13.14	13.48	14.03

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 25 athletes from 19 countries participated in the event.