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

Athletics at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
5000 m		men		women
10,000 m		men		women
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men		women
20 km walk		men		women
50 km walk		men
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

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

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Vivian Chukwuemeka  Nigeria	Valerie Vili  New Zealand	Veronica Abrahamse  South Africa

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	Valerie Adams	New Zealand	17.63			17.63	Q, NR
2	B	Vivian Chukwuemeka	Nigeria	17.13			17.13	Q
3	A	Cleopatra Borel	Trinidad and Tobago	16.14	16.04	16.90	16.90	Q, NR
4	B	Veronica Abrahamse	South Africa	15.44	15.14	16.48	16.48	q
5	A	Myrtle Augee	England	15.93	15.74	16.32	16.32	q
6	B	Joanne Duncan	England	15.53	16.00	15.66	16.00	q
7	A	Julie Dunkley	England	15.59	15.72	15.80	15.80	q
8	B	Michelle Haage	Australia	15.42	15.27	x	15.42	q
9	B	Ana Po'Uhila	Tonga	15.04	14.91	15.25	15.25	q, SB
10	B	Candice Scott	Trinidad and Tobago	14.88	15.05	15.18	15.18	q
11	A	Tina Akowe	Nigeria	15.03	14.43	14.74	15.03	q
12	B	Eleni Teloni	Cyprus	14.58	14.61	14.81	14.81	q
13	B	Mellisa Gibbons	Jamaica	14.76	14.65	14.15	14.76
14	A	Olympia Menelaou	Cyprus	x	14.34	14.38	14.38
15	A	Eva Massey	Northern Ireland	x	13.81	14.27	14.27
16	A	Zeenat Parveen	Pakistan	11.70	11.70	11.92	11.92

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Vivian Chukwuemeka	Nigeria	17.09	17.53	17.09	x	17.48	x	17.53
	Valerie Adams	New Zealand	16.87	x	17.45	17.23	17.16	17.13	17.45
	Veronica Abrahamse	South Africa	15.32	16.77	16.58	16.37	16.19	16.19	16.77
4	Cleopatra Borel	Trinidad and Tobago	16.20	x	15.34	x	16.27	x	16.27
5	Myrtle Augee	England	15.49	16.05	x	x	15.18	15.64	16.05
6	Joanne Duncan	England	14.44	15.70	15.34	15.84	15.76	15.99	15.99
7	Julie Dunkley	England	15.26	x	15.62	15.81	x	x	15.81
8	Candice Scott	Trinidad and Tobago	15.33	15.14	x	14.90	x	15.10	15.33
9	Tina Akowe	Nigeria	15.23	14.52	x				15.23
10	Ana Po'Uhila	Tonga	14.99	15.09	14.61				15.09
11	Michelle Haage	Australia	x	14.83	x				14.83
12	Eleni Teloni	Cyprus	13.88	13.60	13.67				13.88

References

• Official results
• Results at BBC