2018 European Athletics Championships – Women's shot put explained

Event:	Women's shot put
Competition:	2018 European Athletics Championships
Venue:	Olympic Stadium
Location:	Berlin
Competitors:	23
Nations:	14
Win Value:	19.33
Win Label:	Winning distance
Gold:	Paulina Guba
Silver:	Christina Schwanitz
Bronze:	Aliona Dubitskaya
Gold Nation:	POL
Silver Nation:	GER
Bronze Nation:	BLR
Previous:	2016
Next:	2022

The women's shot put at the 2018 European Athletics Championships took place at the Olympic Stadium on 7 and 8 August.^[1]

Records

Standing records prior to the 2018 European Athletics Championships
World record		22.63 m	Moscow, Soviet Union	7 June 1987
European record		22.63 m	Moscow, Soviet Union	7 June 1987
Championship record		21.69 m	Budapest, Hungary	20 August 1998
World Leading		20.38 m^[2]	Guiyang, China	17 June 2018
Europe Leading		19.78 m	Biberach an der Riss, Germany	9 July 2018

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
7 August 2018	10:10	Qualification
8 August 2018	20:09	Final

Results

Qualification

Qualification: 17.20 m (Q) or best 12 performers (q).^[3]

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	1	2	3	Result	Note
	B			18.83			18.83
	A			18.67			18.67
	A			18.66			18.66
	B			17.15	18.00		18.00
	A			x	17.87		17.87
	A			17.71			17.71
	A			17.13	17.46		17.46
	B			17.36			17.36
	B			16.15	17.31		17.31	,
10	B			17.24			17.24
11	A			17.23			17.23
12	B			16.86	17.17	17.12	17.17
13	B			17.06	x	16.77	17.06
14	A			16.90	x	16.78	16.90
15	B			16.17	16.66	16.87	16.87
16	A			x	16.69	x	16.69
17	A			15.71	16.19	16.62	16.62
18	B			15.05	15.96	16.27	16.27
19	B			16.17	x	16.20	16.20
20	B			16.04	15.50		16.04
21	A			15.28	15.78	15.35	15.78
22	A			15.09	x	15.18	15.18
23	A			15.13		14.81	15.13

Final

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Rank	Athlete	Nationality	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result	Notes
			18.77	18.77	x	18.49	19.02	19.33	19.33
			19.19	19.08	x	18.86	x	18.98	19.19
			18.59	18.75	18.57	x	18.81	x	18.81
			16.82	17.96	x	x	18.38	18.48	18.48
			16.44	18.09	17.53	17.74	17.39	18.13	18.13
			18.03	x	x	17.86	x	x	18.03
			17.58	17.29	17.03	17.65	17.29	17.69	17.69
			16.93	17.50	17.30	x	17.04	17.27	17.50
			17.26	x	x				17.26
10			16.43	16.13	17.15				17.15
11			17.03	17.09	16.90				17.09
12			16.90	x	x				16.90

Notes and References

1. Web site: European Athletics 2018 European Championships Timetable . european-athletics.org . 15 March 2018 . 3 May 2018.
2. Web site: 2018 Top List . 24 September 2018 . International Association of Athletics Federations.
3. Web site: Qualification Summary results . 9 August 2018 . 9 August 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180809215802/https://www.europeanchampionships.com/results/resECG2018/pdf/ECG2018/ATH/ECG2018_ATH_C74B_ATHWSHOTPUT-----------QUAL--------.pdf . dead .
4. Web site: Final results . 9 August 2018 . 9 August 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180809215741/https://www.europeanchampionships.com/results/resECG2018/pdf/ECG2018/ATH/ECG2018_ATH_C73S_ATHWSHOTPUT-----------FNL-000100--.pdf . dead .