2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's shot put explained

Event:	Women's shot put
Competition:	2018 World U20 Championships
Venue:	Ratina Stadium
Dates:	11 July
Competitors:	26
Nations:	21
Win Label:	Winning distance
Win Value:	17.09 m
Gold:	Maddi Wesche
Goldnoc:	NZL
Silver:	Zhang Linru
Silvernoc:	CHN
Bronze:	Jorinde van Klinken
Bronzenoc:	NED
Prev:	2016
Next:	2021

The women's shot put at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Ratina Stadium on 11 July.^[1]

Records

Standing records prior to the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships
World U20 Record		20.54	Orimattila, Finland	1 July 1989
Championship Record		18.76	Lisbon, Portugal	21 July 1994
World U20 Leading		17.28	Emmeloord, Netherlands	17 June 2018

Results

Qualification

The qualification round took place in two groups, with Group A starting at 10:15 and Group B starting at 11:30. Athletes attaining a mark of at least 15.50 metres(

Q) or at least the 12 best performers (q) qualified for the final.^{[2] [3]}

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	Round			Mark	Notes
				1	2	3
1	A	align=left		align=left		15.42	17.02		17.02
2	B	align=left		align=left			16.01		16.01
3	B	align=left		align=left		15.83			15.83
4	B	align=left		align=left		15.30	15.78		15.78
5	A	align=left		align=left		14.97	15.41	15.72	15.72
6	A	align=left	Zhang Linru		15.19		15.62	15.62
7	A	align=left		align=left		15.39	14.34	14.94	15.39
8	B	align=left		align=left		14.35		15.20	15.20
9	B	align=left		align=left		14.82	15.16	14.65	15.16
10	B	align=left		align=left		14.73	14.59	14.73	14.73
11	A	align=left		align=left		14.60	14.45	14.64	14.64
12	B	align=left		align=left		14.56		13.80	14.56	,
13	B	align=left		align=left		14.52	14.54	14.39	14.54
14	A	align=left		align=left		14.32	13.70	14.24	14.32
15	A	align=left		align=left		13.78	13.91	14.31	14.31
16	A	align=left		align=left		13.80	14.12	14.23	14.23
17	B	align=left		align=left		13.72	13.98	14.17	14.17
18	B	align=left		align=left		13.91	14.15		14.15
19	A	align=left		align=left		13.42	14.13	13.98	14.13
20	A	align=left		align=left			13.43	13.68	13.68
21	B	align=left		align=left			13.58		13.58
22	B	align=left		align=left			13.46	13.40	13.46
23	B	align=left		align=left		13.40	13.07	13.26	13.40
24	A	align=left		align=left		13.17	13.37	13.05	13.37
	A	align=left		align=left
	A	align=left		align=left

Final

The final took place at 16:35.^[4]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Round						Mark	Notes
1			2	3	4	5	6
	Maddi Wesche		16.23	16.21	16.47			17.09	17.09
	Zhang Linru		15.63	16.65	16.34	16.35	17.05		17.05
	Jorinde van Klinken		17.05					15.36	17.05
4	Selina Dantzler		15.18	15.96			16.16	15.86	16.16
5	Meike Strydom		14.80	15.89	15.88	15.60	15.52	15.57	15.89
6	Lindsay Baker		15.33	15.46	15.67				15.67
7	Hanna Meinikmann		15.11		15.13		15.41	15.08	15.41
8	Sydney Giampietro		14.45	15.19	12.74				15.19
9	Ashley Bologna		14.89						14.89
10	Tetyana Kravchenko		14.60						14.60
11	Aysel Yılmaz		13.62	13.55					13.62
	Alyssa Wilson

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2018 World U20 Championships Tampere Timetable by day. 9 July 2018 . IAAF.org.
2. Web site: Shot Put Women - Qualification Results. IAAF. 11 July 2018. 11 July 2018.
3. Web site: Shot Put Women - Qualification Summary. IAAF. 11 July 2018. 11 July 2018.
4. Web site: Shot Put Women - Final Results. IAAF. 11 July 2018. 11 July 2018.