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.
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, 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.
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.
Records
Prior to the competition, the records were as follows :World record | 22.63 | Moscow, Soviet Union | 7 June 1987 | |
Championship record | 21.24 | Rome, Italy | 5 September 1987 | |
World leading | 20.90 | London, United Kingdom | 27 July 2013 | |
African record | 18.43 | Walnut, United States | 19 April 2003 | |
Asian record | 21.76 | Shijiazhuang, People's Republic of China | 23 April 1988 | |
North, Central American and Caribbean record | 20.96A | Mexico City, Mexico | 2 May 1992 | |
South American record | 19.30A | Tunja, Colombia | 14 July 2001 | |
European record | 22.63 | Moscow, Soviet Union | 7 June 1987 | |
Oceanian record | 21.24 | Daegu, South Korea | 29 August 2011 |
Qualification standards
Schedule
Results
Qualification
Qualification: Qualifying Performance 18.70 or at least 12 best performers advance to the final.Rank | Group | Athlete | Nationality | No. 1 | No. 2 | No. 3 | Result | Notes |
1 | A | Valerie Adams | 19.89 | 19.89 | Q | |||
2 | B | Michelle Carter | 18.29 | 19.76 | 19.76 | Q | ||
3 | A | Yevgeniya Kolodko | 19.55 | 19.55 | Q | |||
4 | B | Christina Schwanitz | 18.06 | 19.18 | 19.18 | Q | ||
5 | A | Gong Lijiao | 18.88 | 18.88 | Q | |||
6 | A | Liu Xiangrong | 18.54 | 18.11 | 18.68 | 18.68 | q | |
7 | B | Irina Tarasova | 18.37 | x | 18.19 | 18.37 | q | |
8 | B | Natalia Ducó | 17.73 | 17.78 | 18.28 | 18.28 | q, SB | |
9 | B | Li Ling | 18.13 | x | 18.19 | 18.19 | q | |
10 | B | Galyna Obleshchuk | 18.04 | x | 17.82 | 18.04 | q | |
11 | A | Tia Brooks | 17.92 | 17.68 | 17.75 | 17.92 | q | |
12 | B | Alena Kopets | 16.68 | 17.87 | 17.50 | 17.87 | q | |
13 | A | Josephine Terlecki | 17.87 | x | x | 17.87 | ||
14 | A | Cleopatra Borel-Brown | 16.90 | 17.84 | 17.02 | 17.84 | SB | |
15 | A | Anca Heltne | 17.76 | 17.46 | x | 17.76 | ||
16 | A | Yuliya Leantsiuk | 16.93 | 17.09 | 17.73 | 17.73 | ||
17 | A | Sandra Lemos | 17.55 | 17.48 | x | 17.55 | ||
18 | B | Geisa Arcanjo | 17.55 | x | x | 17.55 | ||
19 | B | Radoslava Mavrodieva Yankova | 17.34 | 17.16 | 17.33 | 17.34 | ||
20 | A | Anita Márton | 16.98 | 17.32 | 16.99 | 17.32 | ||
21 | A | Olga Golodna | 17.21 | x | 17.17 | 17.21 | ||
22 | B | Chiara Rosa | 17.18 | x | 16.71 | 17.18 | ||
23 | B | Úrsula Ruiz | 16.64 | 16.99 | 17.14 | 17.14 | ||
24 | B | Ahymara Espinoza | 16.24 | 16.86 | 16.39 | 16.86 | ||
25 | B | Yaniuvis López | x | 16.82 | 16.56 | 16.82 | ||
26 | A | Emel Dereli | 16.58 | 16.03 | 16.60 | 16.60 | ||
27 | B | Aliona Dubitskaya | x | 16.37 | 16.53 | 16.53 | ||
28 | A | Valentina Muzaric | 16.47 | x | 16.44 | 16.47 | ||
29 | B | Alyssa Hasslen | 15.93 | 15.67 | 15.97 | 15.97 | ||
A | Leila Rajabi |
Final
The final was held at 20:25.Rank | Athlete | Nationality | No. 1 | No. 2 | No. 3 | No. 4 | No. 5 | No. 6 | Result | Notes |
Valerie Adams | 20.41 | 20.46 | 20.88 | x | 20.76 | 20.32 | 20.88 | |||
Christina Schwanitz | 19.22 | 19.72 | 19.61 | 19.42 | 19.74 | 20.41 | 20.41 | PB | ||
Gong Lijiao | 19.16 | 19.95 | 19.74 | x | 19.37 | 19.77 | 19.95 | |||
Michelle Carter | 19.92 | 19.94 | 19.35 | x | 19.67 | 19.57 | 19.94 | |||
Yevgeniya Kolodko | 18.97 | 19.49 | 19.40 | 19.81 | x | x | 19.81 | |||
Li Ling | 18.30 | 17.97 | 18.18 | 17.68 | 18.39 | 18.32 | 18.39 | |||
Irina Tarasova | 18.06 | 17.82 | 18.08 | 18.31 | x | 18.37 | 18.37 | |||
Tia Brooks | 18.09 | x | 17.94 | 17.73 | x | 17.49 | 18.09 | |||
Galyna Obleshchuk | 16.84 | 18.08 | 17.92 | 18.08 | ||||||
10 | Liu Xiangrong | x | 18.04 | 17.92 | 18.04 | |||||
11 | Natalia Ducó | 18.58 | x | 18.02 | 18.02 | |||||
12 | Alena Kopets | x | 17.24 | 17.70 | 17.70 |