2023 European Athletics U23 Championships – Women's shot put explained

Event:	Women's shot put
Competition:	2023 European Athletics U23 Championships
Venue:	Leppävaara Stadium, Espoo
Dates:	13 July (qualification & final)
Competitors:	20
Nations:	16
Win Value:	18.32 m
Gold:	Alida van Daalen
Goldnoc:	NED
Silver:	Serena Vincent
Silvernoc:	GBR
Bronze:	Emilia Kangas
Bronzenoc:	FIN
Prev:	2021
Next:	2025

The women's shot put event at the 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Espoo, Finland, at Leppävaara Stadium on 13 July.^[1]

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:

European U23 record		22.53 m	Sochi, Soviet Union	27 May 1984
Championship U23 record		19.73 m	Amsterdam, Netherlands	12 July 2001

Results

Qualification

Qualification rules: All athletes over 15.50 m (Q) or at least 12 best (q) will advance to the final

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	1	2	3	Mark	Notes
1	B			16.35			16.35	Q
2	A			15.01	16.14		16.14	Q
3	B			12.58	13.75	16.13	16.13	Q,
4	B			16.13			16.13	Q
5	A			15.99			15.99	Q
6	A			15.69			15.69	Q
7	A			13.14	15.18	15.34	15.34	q,
8	B				15.33		15.33	q
9	A			14.05	14.68	14.77	14.77	q
10	B			14.44	14.21	13.81	14.44	q
11	A			13.51	14.36	14.28	14.36	q
12	A			13.56	14.14	14.36	14.36	q
13	B			14.33	14.21	13.95	14.33
14	B			14.33	13.66		14.33
15	A			13.95	14.31	13.93	14.31
16	A			14.22	13.45		14.22
17	B			13.57	14.15	13.67	14.15
18	B			13.87	13.46	14.03	14.03
19	B			13.36	13.83	13.71	13.83
20	A				13.19		13.19

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	1	2	3	4	5	6	Mark	Notes
			16.73	17.49	18.10	16.79	18.10	18.32	18.32
				16.92	13.66	16.93	16.36	16.54	16.93
			16.26			16.75			16.75
			15.63			14.98	16.11		16.11
			15.94	16.03					16.03
				14.41		15.17	14.45	14.79	15.17
			14.39	14.80	12.97	14.98			14.98
			14.41	14.25	14.84	14.91			14.91
			13.92	14.15	14.31				14.31
10			14.17		14.07				14.07
11			13.36		13.59				13.59
12				13.42	13.51				13.51

Notes and References

1. https://espoo23results.european-athletics.com/en/results/athletics/result-shot-put-women-qual-a00100-.htm Women's shot put