2015 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's shot put explained

The women's shot put event at the 2015 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 5 March 2015 at 16:30 (qualification) and 7 March, 18:15 (final) local time.

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Anita Márton	Yuliya Leantsiuk	Radoslava Mavrodieva

Records

Standing records prior to the 2015 European Athletics Indoor Championships
World record		22.50	Jablonec, Czechoslovakia	19 February 1977
European record
Championship record		21.46	San Sebastián, Spain	13 March 1977
World Leading		19.45	Boston, United States	1 March 2015
European Leading		19.00	Mogilev, Belarus	20 February 2015

Results

Qualification

Qualification: Qualification Performance 17.85 (Q) or at least 8 best performers advanced to the final.^[1]

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	1	2	3	Result	Note
1			18.44			18.44	Q
2			18.33			18.33	Q
3			x	17.80	17.78	17.80	q
4			17.02	17.73	–	17.73	q, SB
5			17.44	x	x	17.44	q
6			x	17.06	17.18	17.18	q
7			16.84	16.77	16.61	16.84	q
8			16.39	16.67	16.78	16.78	q
9			x	16.38	16.75	16.75
10			16.45	16.61	16.49	16.61
11			15.83	16.49	x	16.49
12			x	15.96	x	15.96
13			x	15.82	15.95	15.95
14			x	x	13.39	13.39

Final

^[2]

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result	Note
			18.05	18.39	18.56	18.29	18.43	19.23	19.23	NR
			17.85	17.90	18.60	x	18.43	18.47	18.60
			17.45	17.83	x	x	17.61	17.80	17.83
4			17.63	x	x	x	17.53	x	17.63
5			16.95	17.05	17.47	x	x	17.03	17.47
6			16.82	17.35	16.94	x	16.94	17.04	17.35
7			16.71	16.81	x	x	x	16.42	16.81
8			16.02	x	x	x	16.07	x	16.07

Notes and References

1. Web site: Qualification results . 2015-03-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170318103936/http://www.european-athletics.org/externalmodules/AT/pdf/ATW051901_C73R.pdf . 2017-03-18 . dead .
2. Web site: Final results . 2015-03-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170303224558/http://www.european-athletics.org/externalmodules/AT/pdf/ATW051101_C73S.pdf . 2017-03-03 . dead .