Athletics at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Women's shot put explained

Event:	Women's shot put
Games:	2022
Venue:	Alexander Stadium
Dates:	2 August (qualification) 3 August (final)
Competitors:	13
Nations:	10
Win Label:	Winning distance
Win Value:	19.03 m
Gold:	Sarah Mitton
Goldcga:	CAN
Silver:	Danniel Thomas-Dodd
Silvercga:	JAM
Bronze:	Maddi Wesche
Bronzecga:	NZL
Prev:	2018
Next:	2026

The women's shot put at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, as part of the athletics programme, took place in the Alexander Stadium on 2 and 3 August 2022.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Games records were as follows:

World record		22.63 m	Moscow, Soviet Union	7 June 1987
Commonwealth record		21.24 m	Daegu, South Korea	29 August 2011
Games record		20.47 m	Delhi, India	9 October 2010

Schedule

The schedule was as follows:^[1]

Date	Time	Round
Tuesday 2 August 2022	11:00	Qualification
style=background:lemonchiffon	Wednesday 3 August 2022	style=background:lemonchiffon	20:05	style=background:lemonchiffon	Final

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Results

Qualification

Across two groups, those who threw ≥18.00 m (Q) or at least the 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final.^[2]

Rank	Group	Athlete	1	2	3	Result	Notes
1	B		18.42			18.42	Q
2	A		18.24			18.24	Q
3	B		18.08			18.08	Q
4	A		17.19	17.30		17.30	q
5	A		15.80	16.54	17.10	17.10	q
6	B		16.03	16.52	17.09	17.09	q
7	B		15.83	16.68	16.78	16.78	q
8	A		16.70			16.70	q
9	A		16.61	16.60		16.61	q
10	B		16.27	16.26	13.79	16.27	q
11	B		16.10	14.87	15.50	16.10	q
12	A		15.37	15.35	15.32	15.37	q
13	A			13.27		13.27

Final

The medals were determined in the final.^[3]

Rank	Name	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result	Notes
		17.13	17.33	17.77	17.83	18.29	19.03	19.03
		17.98		18.98				18.98
		18.84	18.54	17.86			18.42	18.84
4		17.56		17.60	16.90	17.52	17.62	17.62
5			17.28	16.90		16.92		17.28
6		17.13	16.46	16.65	17.18	16.71		17.18
7		15.10	17.12	16.47	16.32	16.27	17.18	17.18
8		17.08	16.74	17.03	16.50	17.05	17.02	17.08
9		16.70	15.93	16.20				16.70
10		15.80	16.30	15.90				16.30
11			15.81	15.43				15.81
12		15.57	15.56	15.59				15.59

Notes and References

1. Web site: Women's Shot Put. Birmingham 2022. 2 August 2022. 2 August 2022.
2. https://b2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/ATH/2022-08-02/ATHWSHOTPUT-----------QUAL--------__C73R_1.0.pdf Qualification results
3. https://b2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/ATH/2022-08-03/ATHWSHOTPUT-----------FNL-000100--__C73S_2.0.pdf Final results