2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's shot put

The women's shot put at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 11–12 August.[1]

Women's shot put at the 2013 World Championships
Venue	Luzhniki Stadium
Dates	11 August (qualification) 12 August (final)
Competitors	29 from 21 nations
Winning distance	20.88 m (68 ft 6 in)
Medalists
Valerie Adams  New Zealand (NZL)   Christina Schwanitz  Germany (GER)   Gong Lijiao  China (CHN)

Over the previous 6 years, Valerie Adams had been virtually unbeatable by any legal thrower. This year was more of the same. From the home of the world record (more than 26 years earlier), she took the lead on her first toss at a distance only one other competitor would equal in the competition. Michelle Carter moved into second place with her first round 19.92, while she improved it slightly in the second round, Gong Lijiao threw one centimeter better. Meanwhile, Adams improved on her second and third attempts, reaching 20.88. m.[2] That would be the competition until the final round, when Christina Schwanitz pulled out at 21 cm personal best improvement to rocket from fifth place into second.[3]

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows (in m.):[4]

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	Valerie Adams (NZL)	20.90	London, United Kingdom	27 July 2013
African record	Vivian Chukwuemeka (NGR)	18.43	Walnut, United States	19 April 2003
Asian record	Li Meisu (CHN)	21.76	Shijiazhuang, People's Republic of China	23 April 1988
North, Central American and Caribbean record	Belsy Laza (CUB)	20.96A	Mexico City, Mexico	2 May 1992
South American record	Elisângela Adriano (BRA)	19.30A	Tunja, Colombia	14 July 2001
European record	Natalya Lisovskaya (URS)	22.63	Moscow, Soviet Union	7 June 1987
Oceanian record	Valerie Adams (NZL)	21.24	Daegu, South Korea	29 August 2011

Qualification standards

A result[5]	B result
18.30	17.20

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
11 August 2013	10:45	Qualification
12 August 2013	20:25	Final

All times are local times (UTC+4)

Results

KEY:

Q

Qualified

q

12 best performers

NR

National record

PB

Personal best

SB

Seasonal best

Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 18.70 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.[6]

Rank	Group	Athlete	Nationality	No. 1	No. 2	No. 3	Result	Notes
1	A	Valerie Adams	New Zealand (NZL)	19.89			19.89	Q
2	B	Michelle Carter	United States (USA)	18.29	19.76		19.76	Q
3	A	Yevgeniya Kolodko	Russia (RUS)	19.55			19.55	Q
4	B	Christina Schwanitz	Germany (GER)	18.06	19.18		19.18	Q
5	A	Gong Lijiao	China (CHN)	18.88			18.88	Q
6	A	Liu Xiangrong	China (CHN)	18.54	18.11	18.68	18.68	q
7	B	Irina Tarasova	Russia (RUS)	18.37	x	18.19	18.37	q
8	B	Natalia Ducó	Chile (CHI)	17.73	17.78	18.28	18.28	q, SB
9	B	Li Ling	China (CHN)	18.13	x	18.19	18.19	q
10	B	Galyna Obleshchuk	Ukraine (UKR)	18.04	x	17.82	18.04	q
11	A	Tia Brooks	United States (USA)	17.92	17.68	17.75	17.92	q
12	B	Alena Kopets	Belarus (BLR)	16.68	17.87	17.50	17.87	q
13	A	Josephine Terlecki	Germany (GER)	17.87	x	x	17.87
14	A	Cleopatra Borel-Brown	Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)	16.90	17.84	17.02	17.84	SB
15	A	Anca Heltne	Romania (ROM)	17.76	17.46	x	17.76
16	A	Yuliya Leantsiuk	Belarus (BLR)	16.93	17.09	17.73	17.73
17	A	Sandra Lemos	Colombia (COL)	17.55	17.48	x	17.55
18	B	Geisa Arcanjo	Brazil (BRA)	17.55	x	x	17.55
19	B	Radoslava Mavrodieva Yankova	Bulgaria (BUL)	17.34	17.16	17.33	17.34
20	A	Anita Márton	Hungary (HUN)	16.98	17.32	16.99	17.32
21	A	Olga Golodna	Ukraine (UKR)	17.21	x	17.17	17.21
22	B	Chiara Rosa	Italy (ITA)	17.18	x	16.71	17.18
23	B	Úrsula Ruiz	Spain (ESP)	16.64	16.99	17.14	17.14
24	B	Ahymara Espinoza	Venezuela (VEN)	16.24	16.86	16.39	16.86
25	B	Yaniuvis López	Cuba (CUB)	x	16.82	16.56	16.82
26	A	Emel Dereli	Turkey (TUR)	16.58	16.03	16.60	16.60
27	B	Aliona Dubitskaya	Belarus (BLR)	x	16.37	16.53	16.53
28	A	Valentina Muzaric	Croatia (CRO)	16.47	x	16.44	16.47
29	B	Alyssa Hasslen	United States (USA)	15.93	15.67	15.97	15.97
	A	Leila Rajabi	Iran (IRI)				DNS

Final

The final was held at 20:25.[7]

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	No. 1	No. 2	No. 3	No. 4	No. 5	No. 6	Result	Notes
	Valerie Adams	New Zealand (NZL)	20.41	20.46	20.88	x	20.76	20.32	20.88
	Christina Schwanitz	Germany (GER)	19.22	19.72	19.61	19.42	19.74	20.41	20.41	PB
	Gong Lijiao	China (CHN)	19.16	19.95	19.74	x	19.37	19.77	19.95
4	Michelle Carter	United States (USA)	19.92	19.94	19.35	x	19.67	19.57	19.94
5	Yevgeniya Kolodko	Russia (RUS)	18.97	19.49	19.40	19.81	x	x	19.81
6	Li Ling	China (CHN)	18.30	17.97	18.18	17.68	18.39	18.32	18.39
7	Irina Tarasova	Russia (RUS)	18.06	17.82	18.08	18.31	x	18.37	18.37
8	Tia Brooks	United States (USA)	18.09	x	17.94	17.73	x	17.49	18.09
9	Galyna Obleshchuk	Ukraine (UKR)	16.84	18.08	17.92				18.08
10	Liu Xiangrong	China (CHN)	x	18.04	17.92				18.04
11	Natalia Ducó	Chile (CHI)	18.58	x	18.02				18.02
12	Alena Kopets	Belarus (BLR)	x	17.24	17.70				17.70

References

1. Start list
2. "She came, she threw, she conquered: Valerie Adams wins fourth straight world title". The Age. 13 July 2013. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
3. http://universalsports.com/video/2013-iaaf-track-and-field-world-championship-adams-wins-shotput/
4. "Records & Lists – Shot Put". IAAF. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
5. IAAF World Championships Moscow 2013 – Standards, All Russia Athletic Federation, 2012, archived from the original on 16 August 2013, retrieved 8 August 2013
6. "Qualification Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
7. "Final Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2013.

External links

• Shot put results at IAAF website