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

Women's shot put at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Venue	Beijing National Stadium
Date	16 August 2008
Competitors	35 from 22 nations
Winning distance	20.56
Medalists
Valerie Vili   New Zealand   Natallia Mikhnevich   Belarus   Nadzeya Astapchuk   Belarus

Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics
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		women
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
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

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 18.35 m (60 ft 2 in) (A standard) and 17.20 m (56 ft 5 in) (B standard).^[2]

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

Schedule

All times are China standard time (UTC+8)

Date	Time	Round
Saturday, 16 August 2008	09:10 21:10	Qualifications Finals

Records

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

World record	Natalya Lisovskaya (URS)	22.63 m	Moscow, Soviet Union	7 June 1987
Olympic record	Ilona Slupianek (GDR)	22.41 m	Moscow, Soviet Union	24 July 1980

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	Name	Nationality	1	2	3	Result	Notes
1	A	Valerie Vili	New Zealand	19.73			19.73	Q
2	B	Gong Lijiao	China	19.46			19.46	Q, PB
3	A	Li Meiju	China	19.18			19.18	Q, PB
4	A	Natallia Mikhnevich	Belarus	19.11			19.11	Q
5	A	Christina Schwanitz	Germany	x	17.97	19.09	19.09	Q
6	B	Nadzeya Ostapchuk	Belarus	19.08			19.08	Q
7	A	Misleydis González	Cuba	18.42	18.91		18.91	Q
8	B	Anna Omarova	Russia	18.26	x	18.74	18.74	Q
9	A	Chiara Rosa	Italy	18.74			18.74	Q, SB
10	B	Li Ling	China	18.60			18.60	Q
11	B	Nadine Kleinert	Germany	18.52			18.52	Q
12	A	Jillian Camarena	United States	18.15	18.32	18.51	18.51	Q, SB
13	B	Michelle Carter	United States	18.49			18.49	Q
14	A	Mailín Vargas	Cuba	18.47			18.47	Q
15	A	Olga Ivanova	Russia	17.69	18.27	18.46	18.46	Q
16	A	Denise Hinrichs	Germany	18.36	18.27	x	18.36
17	B	Cleopatra Borel-Brown	Trinidad and Tobago	17.96	17.32	17.57	17.96
18	A	Yanina Karolchyk-Pravalinskaya	Belarus	17.44	17.77	17.79	17.79
19	B	Assunta Legnante	Italy	16.93	17.76	x	17.76
20	B	Yumileidi Cumbá	Cuba	x	17.60	x	17.60
21	A	Anca Heltne	Romania	17.48	x	17.40	17.48
22	A	Natalia Duco	Chile	17.24	x	17.40	17.40
23	A	Kristin Heaston	United States	x	17.34	17.34	17.34
24	B	Vivian Chukwuemeka	Nigeria	17.15	17.05	x	17.15
25	B	Irina Khudoroshkina	Russia	16.46	16.84	16.78	16.84
26	A	Irini Terzoglou	Greece	16.08	16.14	16.50	16.50
27	B	Ana Po'uhila	Tonga	16.21	16.42	16.35	16.42
28	B	Lin Chia-Ying	Chinese Taipei	16.24	x	16.32	16.32
29	B	Zhang Guirong	Singapore	x	16.23	16.08	16.23
30	B	Mariam Kevkhishvili	Georgia	x	15.99	x	15.99
31	B	Zara Northover	Jamaica	15.73	15.85	15.64	15.85
32	A	Iolanta Ulyeva	Kazakhstan	15.49	x	15.06	15.49
33	A	Lee Mi-Young	South Korea	14.76	x	15.10	15.10
	A	Irache Quintanal	Spain	x	x	x	NM
	B	Krystyna Zabawska	Poland	x	x	x	NM

WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)

DNF = did not finish | DNS = did not start | DQ = disqualification | NM = no mark (i.e. no valid result) | Q = qualification by place in heat | q = qualification by overall place

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result	Notes
	Valerie Vili	New Zealand	20.56	20.40	20.26	20.01	20.52	-	20.56	AR
	Natallia Mikhnevich	Belarus	19.16	20.28	19.87	19.82	19.94	20.10	20.28
	Nadzeya Ostapchuk	Belarus	x	18.69	18.36	x	19.86	19.36	19.86
4	Misleydis González	Cuba	19.30	x	19.01	19.23	19.50	x	19.50	PB
5	Gong Lijiao	China	18.45	18.75	18.90	18.92	19.04	19.20	19.20
6	Anna Omarova	Russia	19.08	18.21	x	x	x	18.76	19.08
7	Nadine Kleinert	Germany	18.30	18.68	19.01	18.99	x	18.81	19.01
8	Li Meiju	China	18.68	18.99	18.74	x	18.85	19.00	19.00
9	Olga Ivanova	Russia	17.96	x	18.44				18.44
10	Mailín Vargas	Cuba	18.28	17.88	17.74				18.28
11	Christina Schwanitz	Germany	x	17.96	18.27				18.27
12	Jillian Camarena	United States	18.09	18.24	17.44				18.24
13	Chiara Rosa	Italy	18.22	17.98	x				18.22
14	Li Ling	China	17.94	x	17.81				17.94
15	Michelle Carter	United States	16.97	17.65	17.74				17.74

WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)

DNF = did not finish | DNS = did not start | DQ = disqualification | NM = no mark (i.e. no valid result) | Q = qualification by place in heat | q = qualification by overall place

References

• sports-reference

1. "Olympic Athletics Competition Schedule". IAAF. Archived from the original on 13 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
2. "Entry Standards - The XXIX Olympic Games - Beijing, China - 8/24 August 2008". IAAF. Archived from the original on 13 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
3. "Olympic Games 2008 - Results 08-16-2008 - Shot Put W Final". IAAF. 2008-08-15. Archived from the original on 17 August 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-15.