Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's shot put explained

Event:	Women's shot put
Games:	2008 Summer
Venue:	Beijing National Stadium
Date:	16 August 2008
Competitors:	35
Nations:	22
Gold:	Valerie Vili
Goldnoc:	NZL
Silver:	Misleydis González
Silvernoc:	CUB
Bronze:	Gong Lijiao
Bronzenoc:	CHN
Win Label:	Winning distance
Win Value:	20.56
Prev:	2004
Next:	2012

The women's shot put event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 16 August at the Beijing Olympic Stadium.^[1] The qualifying standards were (A standard) and (B standard).^[2]

The event was won by Valerie Vili (née Adams) of New Zealand, with a best throw of 20.56 metres.^[3]

In 2016 it was announced that a reanalysis of samples resulted in doping violations by Natallia Mikhnevich and Nadzeya Ostapchuk. They were disqualified from the competition and the silver and bronze medals were reallocated by the IAAF (now World Athletics).^[4]

Schedule

All times are China standard time (UTC+8)

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

No new world or Olympic records were set for this event.

Results

Qualifying round

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 18.40 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the Final.

Rank	Group	1	2	3	Result	Notes
1	A	19.73			19.73	Q
2	B	19.46			19.46	Q, PB
3	A	19.18			19.18	Q, PB
DSQ^[5]	A	19.11			19.11	Q
5	A	x	17.97	19.09	19.09	Q
DSQ^[6]	B	19.08			19.08	Q
7	A	18.42	18.91		18.91	Q
8	B	18.26	x	18.74	18.74	Q
9	A	18.74			18.74	Q, SB
10	B	18.60			18.60	Q
11	B	18.52			18.52	Q
12	A	18.15	18.32	18.51	18.51	Q, SB
13	B	18.49			18.49	Q
14	A	18.47			18.47	Q
15	A	17.69	18.27	18.46	18.46	Q
16	A	18.36	18.27	x	18.36
17	B	17.96	17.32	17.57	17.96
18	A	17.44	17.77	17.79	17.79
19	B	16.93	17.76	x	17.76
20	B	x	17.60	x	17.60
21	A	17.48	x	17.40	17.48
22	A	17.24	x	17.40	17.40
23	A	x	17.34	17.34	17.34
24	B	17.15	17.05	x	17.15
25	B	16.46	16.84	16.78	16.84
26	A	16.08	16.14	16.50	16.50
27	B	16.21	16.42	16.35	16.42
28	B	16.24	x	16.32	16.32
29	B	x	16.23	16.08	16.23
30	B	x	15.99	x	15.99
31	B	15.73	15.85	15.64	15.85
32	A	15.49	x	15.06	15.49
33	A	14.76	x	15.10	15.10
	A	x	x	x
	B	x	x	x

Final

Rank	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result	Notes
	20.56	20.40	20.26	20.01	20.52	-	20.56	AR
DSQ	19.16	20.28	19.87	19.82	19.94	20.10	20.28
DSQ	x	18.69	18.36	x	19.86	19.36	19.86
	19.30	x	19.01	19.23	19.50	x	19.50	PB
	18.45	18.75	18.90	18.92	19.04	19.20	19.20
4	19.08	18.21	x	x	x	18.76	19.08
5	18.30	18.68	19.01	18.99	x	18.81	19.01
6	18.68	18.99	18.74	x	18.85	19.00	19.00

7	17.96	x	18.44				18.44
8	18.28	17.88	17.74				18.28
9	x	17.96	18.27				18.27
10	18.09	18.24	17.44				18.24
11	18.22	17.98	x				18.22
12	17.94	x	17.81				17.94
13	16.97	17.65	17.74				17.74

References

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Notes and References

Web site: Olympic Athletics Competition Schedule . 2008-08-04 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20080913131714/http://www.iaaf.org/OLY08/results/eventCode%3D3659/bydiscipline/index.html . 13 September 2008 . dead .
Web site: Entry Standards - The XXIX Olympic Games - Beijing, China - 8/24 August 2008 . 2008-08-04. IAAF. https://web.archive.org/web/20080913131730/http://www.iaaf.org/OLY08/standards/index.html. 13 September 2008 . live.
Web site: Olympic Games 2008 - Results 08-16-2008 - Shot Put W Final . 2008-08-15 . 2008-08-15 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20080817101829/http://www.iaaf.org/oly08/results/eventCode%3D3659/racedate%3D08-16-2008/sex%3DW/discCode%3DSP/combCode%3Dhash/roundCode%3Df/results.html . 2008-08-17 . dead .
https://www.iaaf.org/results/olympic-games/2008/the-xxix-olympic-games-3659/women/shot-put/final/series IAAF.org. The XXIX Olympic Games. Shot Put women.
Web site: IOC sanctions seven athletes for failing anti-doping tests at Beijing 2008 and London2012. International Olympic Committee. 25 Nov 2016. 2016-12-08.
Web site: Ostapchuk stripped of another Olympic medal. 13 January 2017.