2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's shot put

Valerie Adams putting at Daegu
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The Women's shot put event at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on August 28 and 29.

There were two main contenders for the gold medal: New Zealander Valerie Vili (who returned to using her maiden name of Adams following her 2010 divorce) and Nadzeya Astapchuk of Belarus. Adams, with four straight wins on the Diamond League circuit, entered the competition as the defending champion and reigning Olympic champion. Astapchuk was the only other woman to have thrown over 20.50 m that season and held the world leading mark of 20.94 m. Other in-form throwers included Americans Jillian Camarena-Williams and Michelle Carter, and Chinese athletes Gong Lijiao and Li Ling. The 2009 silver medallist Nadine Kleinert and 2008 Olympic runner-up Natallia Mikhnevich were present, but neither had performed to a high standard that year.[1][2]

Having already clearly won the final, Adams relaxed and let loose a put of 21.24 on her final throw. While it only elevated her to 22nd on the all time list, it was the best throw since Larisa Peleshenko in 2000. It was obviously the her personal best and annual world leader, it was also the New Zealand national record and Oceana area record. It also equalled the championship record from 1987. Previous world leader Nadzeya Astapchuk came through in the fifth round with a 20.05 put, to edge past Jillian Camarena-Williams.

Medalists

GoldSilverBronze
Valerie Adams
 New Zealand		 Nadzeya Astapchuk
 Belarus		 Jillian Camarena-Williams
 United States (USA)

Records

Prior to the competition, the established records were as follows.

World record  Natalya Lisovskaya (URS) 22.63 Moscow, Soviet Union 7 June 1987
Championship record  Natalya Lisovskaya (URS) 21.24 Rome, Italy 5 September 1987
World leading  Nadzeya Astapchuk (BLR) 20.94 Zhukovsky, Russia 3 July 2011
African record  Vivian Chukwuemeka (NGR) 18.35 Ijebu Ode, Nigeria 17 April 2006
Asian record  Meisu Li (CHN) 21.76 Shijiazhuang, China 23 April 1988
North, Central American and Caribbean record  Belsy Laza (CUB) 20.96 Mexico City, Mexico 2 May 1992
South American record  Elisângela Adriano (BRA) 19.30 Tunja, Colombia 14 July 2001
European record  Natalya Lisovskaya (URS) 22.63 Moscow, Soviet Union 7 June 1987
Oceanian record  Valerie Adams (NZL) 21.07 Thessaloniki, Greece 13 September 2009

Qualification standards

A standard B standard
18.30 17.30

Schedule

Date Time Round
August 28, 2011 10:20 Qualification
August 29, 2011 20:40 Final

Results

Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 18.65 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.

Rank Group Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 Result Notes
1 A Valerie Adams  New Zealand 19.79 19.79 Q
2 B Gong Lijiao  China 19.21 19.21 Q
3 B Christina Schwanitz  Germany 19.20 19.20 Q, SB
4 B Nadzeya Astapchuk  Belarus 19.11 19.11 Q
5 A Jillian Camarena-Williams  United States 19.09 19.09 Q
6 B Anna Omarova  Russia 17.86 18.01 19.03 19.03 Q
7 A Cleopatra Borel-Brown  Trinidad and Tobago 18.20 18.41 18.95 18.95 Q
8 A Anna Avdeyeva  Russia 18.32 18.33 18.92 18.92 Q
9 B Yevgeniya Kolodko  Russia 18.58 18.90 18.90 Q
10 A Natallia Mikhnevich  Belarus 18.88 18.88 Q
11 B Michelle Carter  United States 18.85 18.85 Q
12 A Nadine Kleinert  Germany 18.75 18.75 Q
13 A Li Ling  China 18.67 18.67 Q
14 B Chiara Rosa  Italy 17.69 18.27 18.28 18.28
15 B Mailín Vargas  Cuba x 18.27 x 18.27
16 A Misleydis González  Cuba 18.24 17.96 17.83 18.24
17 B Liu Xiangrong  China 17.59 17.96 18.22 18.22
18 A Julie Labonté  Canada 17.66 18.04 x 18.04
19 A Josephine Terlecki  Germany 17.85 17.72 17.20 17.85
20 B Natalia Ducó  Chile 17.42 x 17.42 17.42
21 A Sarah Stevens-Walker  United States 16.50 x 17.20 17.20
22 B Anita Márton  Hungary x 16.33 17.04 17.04
23 B Lee Mi-Young  South Korea 16.08 16.18 15.96 16.18
24 B Simoné du Toit  South Africa 15.83 x x15.83
25 A Radoslava Mavrodieva  Bulgaria x 15.76 x 15.76

Final

Rank Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes
1st Valerie Adams  New Zealand 19.37 x 20.04 20.72 x 21.24 21.24 CR, AR, WL
2nd Nadzeya Astapchuk  Belarus 19.58 19.34 19.87 19.87 20.05 19.60 20.05
3rd Jillian Camarena-Williams  United States 19.63 18.53 19.24 20.02 18.80 19.44 20.02
4 Gong Lijiao  China 19.64 x x 19.82 19.97 x 19.97
5 Yevgeniya Kolodko  Russia 18.42 18.28 19.78 x x 19.26 19.78 PB
6 Li Ling  China 19.12 19.71 19.23 19.60 19.50 19.49 19.71
7 Anna Avdeyeva  Russia 18.80 18.65 19.16 18.96 19.54 18.51 19.54 SB
8 Nadine Kleinert  Germany 19.26 x 18.83 x x - 19.26 SB
9 Michelle Carter  United States 18.76 x 18.13 18.76
10 Anna Omarova  Russia 18.67 x x 18.67
11 Natallia Mikhnevich  Belarus 18.44 x 18.47 18.47
12 Christina Schwanitz  Germany 17.96 x x 17.96
13 Cleopatra Borel-Brown  Trinidad and Tobago x 17.62 17.53 17.62

References

  1. ↑ Landells, Steve (2011-08-19). Women’s Shot Put - PREVIEW. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-08-28.
  2. ↑ Shot Put 2011. IAAF (2011-08-28). Retrieved on 2011-08-28.

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