2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's shot put

The women's shot put at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on August 16. Having set a world-leading and Oceanian record of 20.69 m in May, Valerie Vili was a strong favourite and defending champion.Mulkeen, Jon (2009-08-09). Women's Shot Put - PREVIEW . IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-08-17. The seven best marks of the season all belonged to Vili,Shot Put 2009. IAAF (2008-08-16). Retrieved on 2009-08-17. and only Anna Avdeyeva and Natallia Mikhnevich had thrown further than twenty metres that season. Former world champion Nadezhda Ostapchuk, Olympic medallist Nadine Kleinert and Gong Lijiao were other athletes who had a chance of reaching the podium.

Home competitor Kleinert took an early lead with a new personal best of 20.06 m. In the second round, Gong moved up into second place with 19.89 m, a personal best that eventually won her the bronze medal. Vili responded with 20.25 m in the third round, and Kleinert also improved to 20.20 m. Vili proved superior, however, throwing over twenty metres three more times and finishing with a best of 20.44 m. This gave Vili her second World Championships gold medal. Avdeyeva and Mikhnevich rounded out the top five, both with 19.66 m marks.Mulkeen, Jon (2009-08-16). Event Report - Women's Shot Put Final . IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-08-17.

Medalists GoldSilverBronze

Records World record22.63Moscow, Soviet Union7 June 1987Championship record21.24Rome, Italy5 September 1987World leading20.69Rio de Janeiro, Brazil17 May 2009African record18.35Ijebu Ode, Nigeria17 April 2006Asian record21.76Shijiazhuang, China23 April 1988North American record20.96Mexico City, Mexico2 May 1992South American record19.30Tunja, Colombia14 July 2001European Record22.63Moscow, Soviet Union7 June 1987Oceanian Record20.69Rio de Janeiro, Brazil17 May 2009

Qualification standards A standardB standard 18.20m 17.20m

Schedule Date Time RoundAugust 16, 2009 10:05 QualificationAugust 16, 2009 20:20 Final

Results

Qualification Qualification: Qualifying Performance 18.50 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.

Rank Group Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 Result Notes 1 B Valerie Vili 19.70 19.70 Q 2 B Nadine Kleinert 18.38 19.36 19.36 Q 3 A Natallia Mikhnevich 19.12 19.12 Q 4 B Gong Lijiao 19.08 19.08 Q 5 A Anna Avdeyeva 18.45 18.31 18.92 18.92 Q 6 A Denise Hinrichs 18.69 18.69 Q 7 B Misleydis González 18.62 18.62 Q 8 A Li Meiju 18.53 18.53 Q 9 B Michelle Carter 17.43 18.07 18.44 18.44 q 10 A Christina Schwanitz 18.25 18.11 18.25 q 11 A Mailín Vargas 18.14 17.95 17.98 18.14 q 12 B Liu Xiangrong 17.97 18.10 18.10 q 13 B Cleopatra Borel-Brown 17.19 17.31 17.99 17.99 14 B Mariam Kevkhishvili 17.95 17.68 17.75 17.95 15 A Anca Heltne 17.92 17.82 17.69 17.92 16 A Chiara Rosa 17.89 17.89 17 A Austra Skujytė 17.52 17.86 17.86 PB 18 B Yaniuvis López 17.71 17.65 17.71 19 B Natalia Duco 17.61 17.45 17.43 17.61 20 B Jessica Cérival 17.06 16.90 17.30 17.30 21 A Laurence Manfredi 17.04 17.25 17.25 22 A Helena Engman 17.19 17.19 23 A Jillian Camarena 16.92 16.92 24 B Anita Márton 15.99 16.80 16.76 16.80 25 B Leila Rajabi 16.12 16.60 16.60 26 B 'Ana Po'uhila 15.50 16.09 16.09 27 A Annie Alexander 16.01 15.82 16.01 28 A Kristin Heaston 14.98 14.98

Key: PB = Personal best, Q = qualification by place in heat, q = qualification by overall place

Final Rank Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes Valerie Vili 19.40 20.25 20.16 20.44 20.25 20.44 Nadine Kleinert 20.06 19.52 20.20 19.61 20.20 PB Gong Lijiao 19.69 19.89 19.68 19.75 19.89 PB Natallia Mikhnevich 19.66 X 19.27 19.51 19.66 Anna Avdeyeva 18.66 18.78 19.48 19.66 19.66 Michelle Carter 18.93 18.96 18.30 18.96 Li Meiju 18.76 18.35 18.66 18.76 Misleydis González 18.73 18.57 18.60 18.74 18.43 18.74 Mailín Vargas 18.67 18.10 18.11 18.67 10 Liu Xiangrong 18.52 16.79 18.52 11 Denise Hinrichs 18.30 18.39 18.39 12 Christina Schwanitz 17.84 17.84

Key: PB = Personal best

2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's shot put

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