2022 World Athletics Championships – Women's shot put explained

Event:Women's shot put
Competition:2022 World Championships
Venue:Hayward Field
Dates:15 July (qualification)
16 July (final)
Competitors:31
Nations:16
Win Label:Winning distance
Win Value:20.49 m
Gold:Chase Ealey
Goldnoc:USA
Silver:Gong Lijiao
Silvernoc:CHN
Bronze:Jessica Schilder
Bronzenoc:NED
Prev:2019
Next:2023

The women's shot put at the 2022 World Athletics Championships was held at the Hayward Field in Eugene on 15 and 16 July 2022.[1]

Summary

Three weeks after winning the American Championship with a world leading 20.51 m, Chase Ealey returned to the same ring. On the very first throw of the competition, she popped a . Double defending champion and Olympic Gold Medalist Gong Lijiao threw 19.77 m to settle into second place, with Auriol Dongmo at 19.44 m and Gong's Chinese teammate Song Jiayuan at 19.21 m being the only other ones past 19 metres. In the second round, Gong improved her hold on second place with a 19.84 m, which became significant when Dongmo improved to 19.62 m two throws later. Next in the ring, Jessica Schilder took away the bronze medal position with a Dutch record of 19.77 m. By that point in the second round, the medal positions were settled. Gong improved to 20.23 m in the third round and 20.39 m in the fifth round, but still fell 10 cm short of Ealey. Schilder tied her national record in the fifth round, which became the tiebreaker after Sarah Mitton had equalled the 19.77 m three throws earlier.

Records

Before the competition, records were as follows:[2]

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World record22.63 mMoscow, Soviet Union7 June 1987
Championship recordalign=center rowspan=221.24 mRome, Italy5 September 1987
Daegu, South Korea29 August 2011
World Leading20.51 mEugene, United States26 June 2022
African Record18.43 mWalnut, United States19 April 2003
Asian Record21.76 mShanghai, China23 April 1988
North, Central American and Caribbean record20.96 mMexico City, Mexico2 May 1992
South American Record19.30 mTunja, Colombia14 July 2001
European Record22.63 mMoscow, Soviet Union7 June 1987
Oceanian record21.24 mDaegu, South Korea29 August 2011

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 18.50 m.[3]

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC−7), was as follows:

DateTimeRound
15 July 17:05 Qualification
16 July 18:25 Final

Results

Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 18.90 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final.[4]

Rank Group Name Nationality Round Mark Notes
1 2 3
1 B 18.74 19.51 19.51 Q,
2 B 18.16 19.38 19.38 Q
3 A 19.38 19.38 Q
4 B 19.16 19.16 Q
5 B 19.09 19.09 Q
6 A 18.33 19.08 19.08 Q
7 B 17.80 17.74 19.08 19.08 Q
8 A 18.64 18.60 18.96 18.96 Q
9 A 17.14 17.58 18.96 18.96 Q
10 B 18.96 18.96 Q
11 A 18.53 18.72 18.41 18.72 q
12 B 17.47 18.57 18.50 18.57 q,
13 B 17.84 18.57 18.57
14 A 18.18 18.33 18.33
15 A 18.22 18.22
16 A 18.02 18.19 18.19
17 B 17.39 17.65 18.01 18.01
18 A 17.65 17.65
19 A 16.73 17.54 17.54
20 A 17.30 17.25 17.51 17.51
21 B 16.75 17.48 17.48
22 A 16.16 16.31 17.40 17.40
23 B 17.21 16.77 17.13 17.21
24 A 16.99 16.99
25 B 16.65 16.65
26 B 16.58 16.58
27 B 15.64 16.20 15.36 16.20
28 A 15.87 16.01 16.13 16.13
29 B 15.40 15.40

Final

Rank Name Nationality Round Mark Notes
1 2 3 4 5 6
20.49 19.82 20.07 19.65 20.49
19.58 19.84 20.23 20.08 20.39 19.89 20.39
19.77 19.53 19.77 19.77
4 18.78 19.18 19.04 19.06 19.77 19.77
5 19.44 19.62 19.38 19.39 19.54 19.62
6 19.21 19.06 19.49 19.57 19.57
7 18.32 19.09 18.56 18.81 18.36 19.50 19.50
8 18.67 18.63 18.67
9 18.08 18.26 18.64 18.64
10 18.29 18.29
11 18.27 18.22 18.27
12 17.21 17.60 17.25 17.60

Notes and References

  1. https://www.worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-championships/oregon22/timetable/bydiscipline/women/shot-put Timetable
  2. Web site: Shot Put Women − Records. IAAF. 9 July 2022.
  3. News: Competitions Entry Standards 2022 – IAAF World Championships – PDF title, Qualification Standards for the IAAF World Athletics Championships Oregon 2022. iaaf.org. 9 July 2022.
  4. https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7137279/AT-SP-W-q----.SL2.pdf Qualification start list