2007 World Championships in Athletics - Women's shot put

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 2007 World Championships in Athletics
2007 World Championships in Athletics
The 11th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations , were held at Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan from 24 August to 2 September 2007...

took place on August 26, 2007 at the Nagai Stadium

Nagai Stadium

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in Osaka

Osaka

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, Japan

Japan

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Medallists

Gold
Silver
Bronze

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

Records

Standing records prior to the 2007 World Athletics Championships
World Record World records in athletics World records in the sport of athletics are ratified by the International Association of Athletics Federations. Athletics records comprise the best performances in the sports of track and field, road running and racewalking....		22.63 m	June 7, 1987	Moscow Moscow Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent... , Soviet Union Soviet Union The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
Event Record		21.24 m	September 5, 1987	Rome, Italy

Group A

Place	Athlete	Time	Notes
1		19.45	Q
2		19.05	Q
3		18.77	Q
4		18.76	Q
5		18.72	Q
6		18.52	Q
7		18.29	q
8		18.19
9		17.50
10		17.40
11		17.07
12		16.87
13		16.62
14		16.41

Group B

Place	Athlete	Time	Notes
1		19.17	Q
2		18.85	Q
3		18.38	Q
4		18.28	q
5		18.23	q
6		18.19
7		17.65
8		17.29
9		17.02	SB
10		16.95
11		16.53
12		16.27
13		15.52
		NM

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Result	Note
Rank	Athlete	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result	Note
		19.89	19.74	19.80	X	19.95	20.54	20.54 m	SB
		20.04	X	19.17	X	X	20.48	20.48 m
		18.75	19.45	19.04	X	19.77	19.72	19.77 m	SB
4		18.21	18.88	X	18.92	X	19.38	19.38 m	PB
5		19.33	X	19.27	18.86	18.92	X	19.33 m
6		17.29	18.79	18.83	18.32	18.77	18.62	18.83 m
7		17.82	18.66	X	18.34	X	X	18.66 m
8		X	18.35	18.17	18.39	X	X	18.39 m

9		18.20	X	X				18.20 m
10		X	18.17	X				18.17 m
11		17.36	18.14	17.87				18.14 m
12		X	17.93	17.83				17.93 m

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