2015 World Championships in Athletics – Women's shot put explained

Event:	Women's shot put
Competition:	2015 World Championships
Venue:	Beijing National Stadium
Dates:	22 August
Competitors:	24
Nations:	17
Win Label:	Winning distance
Win Value:	20.37
Gold:	Christina Schwanitz
Goldnoc:	GER
Silver:	Gong Lijiao
Silvernoc:	CHN
Bronze:	Michelle Carter
Bronzenoc:	USA
Prev:	2013
Next:	2017

The women's shot put at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 22 August.^[1] ^[2]

The championship suffered a little with the failure of Valerie Adams to return to defend her 2013 title following surgery over the winter. In the run-up to these championships Adams suffered the end of her 57 event winning streak a month earlier.^[3]

In the finals, home favorite Gong Lijiao assumed the early lead with a 20.30 first put. On the third throw, Christina Schwanitz made 20.37 to take the lead. Gong had no answer and the rest of the field was too far behind, led by Michelle Carter's 19.76. Anita Márton threw a fourth round 19.48m national record to take fourth.^[4]

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:^[5]

World record	22.63	Moscow, Soviet Union	7 June 1987
Championship record	21.24	Rome, Italy	5 September 1987
Championship record	21.24	Daegu, South Korea	29 August 2011
World leading	20.77	Beijing, China	20 May 2015
African record	18.43	Walnut, United States	19 April 2003
Asian record	21.76	Shijiazhuang, China	23 April 1988
North, Central American and Caribbean record	20.96A	Mexico City, Mexico	2 May 1992
South American record	19.30A	Tunja, Colombia	14 July 2001
European record	22.63	Moscow, Soviet Union	7 June 1987
Oceanian record	21.24	Daegu, South Korea	29 August 2011

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
22 August 2015	10:10	Qualification
22 August 2015	20:05	Final

Results

KEY:	bgcolor=ccffcc align=center	Q	Qualified	bgcolor=ccffcc align=center	q	12 best performers	NR	National record	PB	Personal best	SB	Seasonal best

Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 18.30 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final.^[6]

Rank	Group	1	2	3	Mark
1	A	19.39			19.39
2	B	19.22			19.22
3	B	19.11			19.11
4	A	17.40	18.85		18.85
5	B	17.97	18.17	18.57	18.57
6	A	17.01	18.55		18.55
7	A	17.95	18.51		18.51
8	B	17.84	18.29		18.29
9	A	17.97	18.18	18.21	18.21
10	B	17.81	17.77	18.05	18.05
11	B	17.58	17.96		17.96
12	A	17.46	17.55	17.73	17.73
13	A	17.71			17.71
14	A		17.54		17.54
15	A	17.26	17.02	17.42	17.42
16	B	17.10		16.98	17.10
17	B	16.85	17.10	16.94	17.10
18	B	17.04			17.04
19	A	16.97	16.74	16.12	16.97
20	A	16.46	16.85		16.85
21	B	16.53	16.76		16.76
22	A		16.62		16.62
23	B	16.36	16.26		16.36
24	B		14.69	15.17	15.17

Final

The final was held at 20:05.^[7]

Rank	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result
	19.80	20.00	20.37		20.10		20.37
	20.30	20.05	20.25			19.91	20.30
	19.45	19.76	18.57	18.85	19.48	19.71	19.76
	18.02	18.23	18.06	19.48	18.89	19.11	19.48
	18.15	18.09	17.84	19.04			19.04
	18.21		18.52	17.43			18.52
	17.38	18.25	17.67	17.85		17.85	18.25
	17.05	18.09	17.75	18.11	17.79	18.24	18.24
	17.94	17.95	17.98				17.98
10	16.79	17.44	17.84				17.84
11	17.04	17.52	17.11				17.52
12	17.43		16.85				17.43

References

39.9917°N 116.3906°W

Notes and References

Web site: Beijing 2015: Timetable . https://web.archive.org/web/20141201205133/http://www.iaafbeijing2015.com/special/iaaf_sch_en/ . dead . 1 December 2014 . 11 August 2015 . 10 August 2015 . Beijing 2015 .
http://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/4875/AT-SP-W-q----.SL2.pdf Start list
http://www.iaaf.org/news/report/valerie-adams-paris Adams won’t defend world shot put title in Beijing
Web site: REPORT: WOMEN'S SHOT PUT FINAL – IAAF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, BEIJING 2015. 22 August 2015. iaaf.org. 2 September 2015.
Web site: Records & Lists – Shot Put. IAAF. 14 August 2015.
http://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/4875/AT-SP-W-q----.RS6.pdf Qualification results
http://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/4875/AT-SP-W-f----.RS6.pdf Final results