2016 European Athletics Championships – Women's shot put explained

Event:	Women's shot put
Competition:	European Athletics Championships
Dates:	6 July (qualification) 7 July (final)
Competitors:	27
Nations:	19
Win Label:	Winning mark
Win Value:	20.17 m
Goldnoc:	GER
Silvernoc:	HUN
Bronzenoc:	TUR

The women's shot put at the 2016 European Athletics Championships took place at the Olympic Stadium on 6 and 7 July.

Records

Standing records prior to the 2016 European Athletics Championships
World record		22.63 m^[1] ^[2]	Moscow, Soviet Union	7 June 1987
European record
Championship record		21.69 m	Budapest, Hungary	20 August 1998
World Leading		20.43 m^[3]	Halle, Germany	21 May 2016
European Leading		19.49 m^[4]	Kassel, Germany	19 June 2016

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
6 July 2016	19:10	Qualification
7 July 2016	17:05	Final

Results

Qualification

Qualification: 17.30 m (Q) or best 12 performers (q)^[5]

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	1	2	3	Result	Note
1	B			19.02			19.02	Q
2	B				17.15	17.88	17.88	Q
3	B			17.22	17.77		17.77	Q
4	A			17.54			17.54	Q
5	B			16.62	17.50		17.50	Q
6	A			17.45			17.45	Q
7	B			17.44			17.44	Q
8	B			16.18	17.35		17.35	Q
9	A				16.19	17.29	17.29	q
10	A			17.01	17.16		17.16	q
11	A			16.74	16.03	16.86	16.86	q
12	A			16.86		16.48	16.86	q
13	A			16.77	16.83	16.64	16.83
14	A			16.66		16.10	16.66
15	B			16.56		15.51	16.56
16	B			16.30	16.22	15.95	16.30
17	B			16.27	16.09	16.17	16.27
18	A			15.86		16.26	16.26
19	B			16.02		16.17	16.17
20	B			16.07		16.11	16.11
21	B			15.62	15.89	16.00	16.00
22	A			14.31	14.91	15.85	15.85
23	B			15.37		15.81	15.81
24	A			15.63	15.03	15.06	15.63
25	A			15.50	14.91	15.27	15.50
26	A			14.49		15.50	15.50
27	A			14.84	14.78	14.92	14.92

Final

^[6]

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result	Notes
			20.17	19.28	19.55	x	x	19.46	20.17	EL
			17.79	18.52	18.72	18.05	18.31	18.63	18.72
			17.73	17.90	18.22	x	x	x	18.22
			x	x	17.80	17.53	x	18.20	18.20
			17.34	x	18.10	x	x	17.54	18.10
			17.65	17.87	x	18.03	17.78	x	18.03
			17.35	17.95	17.60	x	17.55	x	17.95	PB
			17.76	17.62	x	17.45	17.92	17.29	17.92
			17.65	x	x				17.65
10			17.14	16.86	x				17.14	SB
11			16.95	x	x				16.95
12			x	15.77	16.06				16.06

External links

• amsterdam2016.org, official championship site

Notes and References

1. Web site: All Time Best . 2016-07-04 . International Association of Athletics Federations.
2. Web site: European Outdoor Records Women . 2016-07-04 . European Athletic Association.
3. Web site: 2016 Top List . 2016-07-04 . International Association of Athletics Federations.
4. Web site: European Top 30 2016 . 2016-07-04 . European Athletic Association.
5. Web site: Qualification results . 2016-07-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160917000011/http://www.european-athletics.org/externalmodules/AT/pdf/ATW051900_C73ZZ.pdf . 2016-09-17 . dead .
6. Web site: Final results . 2016-07-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180921095808/http://www.european-athletics.org/externalmodules/AT/pdf/ATW051101_C73S.pdf . 2018-09-21 . dead .