| Event: | Women's shot put |
| Games: | 2000 Summer |
| Venue: | Stadium Australia |
| Date: | 27 September 2000 (qualifications 28 September 2000 (finals) |
| Competitors: | 25 |
| Nations: | 18 |
| Win Label: | Winning distance |
| Win Value: | 20.56 |
| Longnames: | yes |
| Gold: | Yanina Korolchik |
| Goldnoc: | BLR |
| Silver: | Larisa Peleshenko |
| Silvernoc: | RUS |
| Bronze: | Astrid Kumbernuss |
| Bronzenoc: | GER |
| Prev: | 1996 |
| Next: | 2004 |
The women's shot put event at the 2000 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program was held at the Olympic Stadium on Thursday, 28 September, with the Qualification held on Wednesday, 27 September.[1]
The qualifying athletes progressed through to the final where the qualifying distances are scrapped and they start afresh with up to six throws. The qualifying distance was 18.50m. For all qualifiers who did not achieve the standard, the remaining spaces in the final were filled by the longest throws until a total of 12 qualifiers.
| Qualification Round | ||
|---|---|---|
| Group A | Group B | |
| 27 September 2000 - 10:00h | 27 September 2000 - 10:00h | |
| Final Round | ||
| 28 September 2000 - 20:30h | ||
| Q | automatic qualification | |
| q | qualification by rank | |
| DNS | did not start | |
| NM | no mark | |
| OR | olympic record | |
| WR | world record | |
| AR | area record | |
| NR | national record | |
| PB | personal best | |
| SB | season best |
| Standing records prior to the 2000 Summer Olympics | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22.63 m | 7 June 1987 | ||||
| 22.41 m | 24 July 1980 | ||||
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Country | Attempts | Distance | Note | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||
| 1 | 4 | 18.32 | 18.42 | 18.93 | 18.93 m | ||||
| 2 | 5 | 18.90 | - | - | 18.90 m | ||||
| 3 | 6 | 18.48 | 18.56 | - | 18.56 m | ||||
| 4 | 7 | 17.35 | 18.56 | - | 18.56 m | ||||
| 5 | 8 | X | 18.02 | 18.42 | 18.42 m | ||||
| 6 | 10 | 17.67 | 18.23 | X | 18.23 m | ||||
| 7 | 11 | 17.43 | 17.99 | 17.35 | 17.99 m | ||||
| 8 | 14 | X | 17.33 | 17.47 | 17.47 m | ||||
| 9 | 15 | 17.25 | 17.40 | 17.44 | 17.44 m | ||||
| 10 | 16 | 17.38 | 16.70 | 17.42 | 17.42 m | ||||
| 11 | 20 | 16.57 | 16.38 | X | 16.57 m | ||||
| 12 | 23 | X | 16.30 | X | 16.30 m | ||||
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Country | Attempts | Distance | Note | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||
| 1 | 1 | 19.36 | - | - | 19.36 m | ||||
| 2 | 2 | 17.32 | 18.04 | 19.20 | 19.20 m | PB | |||
| 3 | 4 | 19.08 | - | - | 19.08 m | ||||
| 4 | 9 | 17.75 | X | 18.39 | 18.39 m | ||||
| 5 | 12 | 16.95 | 17.84 | 17.45 | 17.84 m | ||||
| 6 | 13 | 16.96 | X | 17.81 | 17.81 m | ||||
| 7 | 17 | 17.15 | 17.27 | 16.91 | 17.27 m | ||||
| 8 | 18 | 16.49 | 16.74 | 16.95 | 16.95 m | ||||
| 9 | 19 | 16.13 | X | 16.66 | 16.66 m | ||||
| 10 | 21 | 16.38 | 15.11 | 16.31 | 16.38 m | ||||
| 11 | 22 | X | 15.30 | 16.34 | 16.34 m | ||||
| 12 | 24 | 15.68 | 16.18 | - | 16.18 m | ||||
| 13 | 25 | X | 15.67 | X | 15.67 m | ||||
| Rank | Athlete | Attempts | Distance | Note | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |||||
| 19.43 | X | 18.76 | 19.11 | X | 20.56 | 20.56 m | NR | |||
| 19.16 | 19.92 | 19.79 | X | X | 19.60 | 19.92 m | ||||
| 19.38 | 19.24 | 18.73 | 18.76 | 18.89 | 19.62 | 19.62 m | ||||
| 4 | 18.84 | 18.60 | 19.04 | 19.12 | 19.37 | 19.36 | 19.37 m | |||
| 5 | 18.61 | 17.93 | 19.18 | 18.39 | X | 17.16 | 19.18 m | SB | ||
| 6 | 18.33 | 18.30 | 18.70 | X | X | X | 18.70 m | |||
| 7 | 18.45 | X | 18.63 | 18.34 | X | 17.09 | 18.63 m | NR | ||
| 8 | X | 18.49 | 18.33 | X | X | X | 18.49 m | |||
| 9 | X | 17.56 | 17.96 | 17.96 m | ||||||
| 10 | 17.33 | 17.85 | 17.66 | 17.85 m | ||||||
| 11 | 17.30 | 17.85 | X | 17.85 m | ||||||
| 12 | 16.70 | 17.14 | 16.75 | 17.14 m | ||||||