1998 European Championships in Athletics - Women's shot put

The final of the Women's Shot Put
Shot put
The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" a heavy metal ball—the shot—as far as possible. It is common to use the term "shot put" to refer to both the shot itself and to the putting action....

event at the 1998 European Championships in Budapest, Hungary was held on Thursday August 20, 1998. The top twelve and ties, and all those reaching 18.00 metres advanced to the final. The qualification round was held in Tuesday August 18, 1998.

Medalists

Gold	Vita Pavlysh Vita Pavlysh Vita Pavlysh is a former athlete who specialised in the shot put.... Ukraine Ukraine Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia... (UKR)
Silver	Irina Korzhanenko Irina Korzhanenko Irina Korzhanenko is a former Russian shot putter. She gained international recognition when she won a bronze medal at the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships... Russia Russia Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects... (RUS)
Bronze	Yanina Korolchik Yanina Korolchik Yanina Karolchyk-Pravalinskaya is a Belarusian shot putter who won an Olympic gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, and a gold medal at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton, Alberta.... Belarus Belarus Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,... (BLR)

Abbreviations

All results shown are in metres

Q automatic qualification
q qualification by rank
DNS did not start
NM no mark
WR world record
AR area record
NR national record
PB personal best
SB season best

Q	automatic qualification
q	qualification by rank
DNS	did not start
NM	no mark
WR	world record
AR	area record
NR	national record
PB	personal best
SB	season best

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Result	Note
Rank	Overall	Athlete	1	2	3	Result	Note
1	1					19.99 m
2	3					18.55 m
3	4					18.38 m
4	7					18.01 m	PB
5	10					18.00 m
6	11					17.80 m
7	13					17.50 m
8	14					17.08 m
9	18					16.41 m

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Result	Note
Rank	Overall	Athlete	1	2	3	Result	Note
1	2					19.18 m
2	5					18.36 m
3	6					18.08 m
4	7					18.01 m	PB
5	7					18.01 m
6	12					17.68 m
7	15					16.83 m
8	16					16.79 m
9	17					16.43 m

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Result	Note
Rank	Athlete	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result	Note
		20.65	21.69	20.46	20.80	20.56	20.91	21.69 m	CR
		19.33	X	19.71	19.41	X	19.49	19.71 m
		17.55	18.24	18.31	18.15	18.24	19.23	19.23 m
4								19.08 m
5								18.77 m	PB
6								18.48 m
7								18.28 m
8								18.17 m

9								18.16 m
10								17.99 m
11								17.69 m
12								17.33 m

The source of this article is wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.