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 record22.63Moscow, Soviet Union7 June 1987
Championship record21.24Rome, Italy5 September 1987
World leading20.90London, United Kingdom27 July 2013
African record18.43Walnut, United States19 April 2003
Asian record21.76Shijiazhuang, People's Republic of China23 April 1988
North, Central American and Caribbean record20.96AMexico City, Mexico2 May 1992
South American record19.30ATunja, Colombia14 July 2001
European record22.63Moscow, Soviet Union7 June 1987
Oceanian record21.24Daegu, South Korea29 August 2011

Qualification standards

Schedule

Results

Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 18.70 or at least 12 best performers advance to the final.
RankGroupAthleteNationalityNo. 1No. 2No. 3ResultNotes
1AValerie Adams19.8919.89Q
2BMichelle Carter18.2919.7619.76Q
3AYevgeniya Kolodko19.5519.55Q
4BChristina Schwanitz18.0619.1819.18Q
5AGong Lijiao18.8818.88Q
6ALiu Xiangrong18.5418.1118.6818.68q
7BIrina Tarasova18.37x18.1918.37q
8BNatalia Ducó17.7317.7818.2818.28q, SB
9BLi Ling18.13x18.1918.19q
10BGalyna Obleshchuk18.04x17.8218.04q
11ATia Brooks17.9217.6817.7517.92q
12BAlena Kopets16.6817.8717.5017.87q
13AJosephine Terlecki17.87xx17.87
14ACleopatra Borel-Brown16.9017.8417.0217.84SB
15AAnca Heltne17.7617.46x17.76
16AYuliya Leantsiuk16.9317.0917.7317.73
17ASandra Lemos17.5517.48x17.55
18BGeisa Arcanjo17.55xx17.55
19BRadoslava Mavrodieva Yankova17.3417.1617.3317.34
20AAnita Márton16.9817.3216.9917.32
21AOlga Golodna17.21x17.1717.21
22BChiara Rosa17.18x16.7117.18
23BÚrsula Ruiz16.6416.9917.1417.14
24BAhymara Espinoza16.2416.8616.3916.86
25BYaniuvis Lópezx16.8216.5616.82
26AEmel Dereli16.5816.0316.6016.60
27BAliona Dubitskayax16.3716.5316.53
28AValentina Muzaric16.47x16.4416.47
29BAlyssa Hasslen15.9315.6715.9715.97
ALeila Rajabi

Final

The final was held at 20:25.
RankAthleteNationalityNo. 1No. 2No. 3No. 4No. 5No. 6ResultNotes
Valerie Adams20.4120.4620.88x20.7620.3220.88
Christina Schwanitz19.2219.7219.6119.4219.7420.4120.41PB
Gong Lijiao19.1619.9519.74x19.3719.7719.95
Michelle Carter19.9219.9419.35x19.6719.5719.94
Yevgeniya Kolodko18.9719.4919.4019.81xx19.81
Li Ling18.3017.9718.1817.6818.3918.3218.39
Irina Tarasova18.0617.8218.0818.31x18.3718.37
Tia Brooks18.09x17.9417.73x17.4918.09
Galyna Obleshchuk16.8418.0817.9218.08
10Liu Xiangrongx18.0417.9218.04
11Natalia Ducó18.58x18.0218.02
12Alena Kopetsx17.2417.7017.70