Athletics at the 2002 Commonwealth Games – Women's shot put explained

The women's shot put event at the 2002 Commonwealth Games was held on 27–28 July.

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Vivian Chukwuemeka	Valerie Vili	Veronica Abrahamse

Results

Qualification

Qualification: 16.50 m (Q) or at least 12 best (q) qualified for the final.

Rank	Group	Athlete	Nationality	1	2	3	Result	Notes
1	A			17.63			17.63	Q, NR
2	B			17.13			17.13	Q
3	A			16.14	16.04	16.90	16.90	Q, NR
4	B			15.44	15.14	16.48	16.48	q
5	A			15.93	15.74	16.32	16.32	q
6	B			15.53	16.00	15.66	16.00	q
7	A			15.59	15.72	15.80	15.80	q
8	B			15.42	15.27	x	15.42	q
9	B			15.04	14.91	15.25	15.25	q, SB
10	B			14.88	15.05	15.18	15.18	q
11	A			15.03	14.43	14.74	15.03	q
12	B			14.58	14.61	14.81	14.81	q
13	B			14.76	14.65	14.15	14.76
14	A			x	14.34	14.38	14.38
15	A			x	13.81	14.27	14.27
16	A			11.70	11.70	11.92	11.92

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result	Notes
			17.09	17.53	17.09	x	17.48	x	17.53
			16.87	x	17.45	17.23	17.16	17.13	17.45
			15.32	16.77	16.58	16.37	16.19	16.19	16.77
			16.20	x	15.34	x	16.27	x	16.27
			15.49	16.05	x	x	15.18	15.64	16.05
			14.44	15.70	15.34	15.84	15.76	15.99	15.99
			15.26	x	15.62	15.81	x	x	15.81
			15.33	15.14	x	14.90	x	15.10	15.33
			15.23	14.52	x				15.23
10			14.99	15.09	14.61				15.09
11			x	14.83	x				14.83
12			13.88	13.60	13.67				13.88

References

• Official results
• Results at BBC