2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's shot put explained

The women's Shot Put at the 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on 8 March 2014.

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Valerie Adams	Christina Schwanitz	Gong Lijiao

Records

Standing records prior to the 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships
World record		22.50	Jablonec, Czechoslovakia	19 February 1977
Championship record		20.85	Doha, Qatar	14 March 2010
World Leading		20.05	Rochlitz, Germany	2 February 2014
African record		18.13	Flagstaff, United States	4 February 2006
Asian record		21.10	Beijing, China	3 March 1990
European record		22.50	Jablonec, Czechoslovakia	19 February 1977
North and Central American and Caribbean record		19.89	Fayetteville, United States	11 February 2012
Oceanian Record		20.98	Zürich, Germany	28 August 2013
South American record		18.33	Piraeus, Greece	24 February 1999
Records broken during the 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships
World Leading		20.11	Sopot, Poland	8 March 2014
World Leading		20.67	Sopot, Poland	8 March 2014

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
March 8, 2014	10:15	Qualification
March 8, 2014	18:50	Final

Results

Qualification

Qualification: 18.70 (Q) or at least 8 best performers (q) qualified for the final.^[1]

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	1	2	3	Result	Notes
1			20.11			20.11	Q, WL
2			18.58	19.73		19.73	Q
3			18.85			18.85	Q, SB
4			18.79			18.79	Q, SB
5			17.69	18.37	18.63	18.63	q, PB
6			18.55	18.59	18.60	18.60	q, SB
			18.32			18.32	q, Doping
7				17.95	18.20	18.20	q
8			18.11	17.81	18.07	18.11
9			17.73			17.73
				17.35		17.35	^[2]
10			17.31		17.05	17.31
11			17.07	16.99	17.24	17.24	NR
12			17.16	17.08		17.16
13			16.76	16.94	17.11	17.11
14			17.11			17.11
15				16.74	16.36	16.74
16				16.37	16.48	16.48
17			15.87		16.31	16.31

Final

^[3]

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result	Notes
			20.06	20.41		20.10	20.67	20.16	20.67	WL
			19.69		19.54	19.36	19.94	19.51	19.94
			18.96	18.89	19.07	19.24	18.72	19.19	19.24	SB
				18.18	18.88	18.66		19.11	19.11	SB, Doping
4				19.10		18.63	18.64		19.10	SB
5			18.17	17.73	18.06	17.99		18.05	18.17
6				18.02	18.16	17.98			18.16
7			18.05	17.76	17.67	17.52	17.56		18.05

Notes and References

1. https://iaafmedia.s3.amazonaws.com/competitiondocuments/pdf/4952/AT-SP-W-q----.RS6.pdf?v=-1797660208 Qualification results
2. http://www.iaaf.org/download/download?filename=784c6bbd-0056-4898-9080-8e61fe24bb67.pdf&urlslug=Doping%20sanctions%20-%20News%20155 Doping sanctions - News 155, Positive cases in athletics SANCTIONED ACCORDING TO INFORMATION RECEIVED BY THE IAAF AS OF JULY – AUGUST 2014
3. https://iaafmedia.s3.amazonaws.com/competitiondocuments/pdf/4952/AT-SP-W-f----.RS6.pdf?v=49464854 Final results